Economics

As the unpredictable European elections seem to look completely set to push back the Brexit talks by more than six months, one senior economist is of the view that U.K.

French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen said that majority of holders of the country’s debt do not care about a currency in which the debt will be repaid. However, investors…

While the path to balancing auto exports and imports will be no easier than it was in the 1980s, Japan’s bulging automotive trade surplus will be a sore spot when

The United States continues to actively build up oil reserves and is stepping up active drilling. This situation occurred thanks to stabilization of oil prices, which OPEC and other producers…

Accusing Canada of distorting the global aerospace industry with subsidies for planemaker Bombardier Inc, Brazil opened a formal complaint against Canada at the World Trade Organization (WTO). Undercutting the market

Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Italy Salvatore Rossi during a radio show was asked why wouldn’t the country abandon the euro and return to its old and familiar…

In Australia, mortgage arrears are creeping up, lenders’ bad debt provisions have increased and personal insolvencies are near an all-time high are the three warning signs that back up the

PwC published a forecast of the world’s most powerful economies until 2030. The report is called "The long view: How will the global economic order change by 2050?". The paper…

Greece should meet the fiscal surplus target preferred by most IMF directors which will help its economy to grow by just under 1.0 percent in the long run given the

While asking the Romanian government to increase transparency, both European Union officials and investors have raised concerns over corruption in the country. This followed the government scrapping the constitutional changes

Analysts see an opportunity for double-digit growth of AMD's stock price in the current year, according to Barron's. Over the past year papers of the producer of chips and graphics…

As a regulatory clampdown and restrictions on foreign exchange caused 30 acquisitions with European and US groups to fall through, the Financial Times reports that Chinese overseas deals worth almost

The suddenly limp U.S. dollar is something that stock investors could have at least one less worry in the next earnings period. A sharp reversal since the start of the

A strategist at BofA Merrill Lynch is of the view that the complete impact of the U.K. and European Union (EU) failing to reach a trade agreement and the subsequent

Vice-President of the European Central Bank (ECB) Vitor Constancio urged to create a plan of action to support banks in dealing with a backlog of bad debts of about 1…

The world's largest pension fund GPIF (Government Pension Investment Fund of Japan) is going to invest in infrastructure projects in the United States.

Due to the high political uncertainty in the United States international acquisitions of U.S. firms are lagging compared to other parts of the world despite the fact that global corporate

As the mainland economy shows signs of stabilizing, indicating that the industrial sector continued to expand in January and a tad faster than expected, shows China’s official manufacturing Purchasing Managers’

Global tech companies, including Amazon, are considering legal action because of the potential impact on their business of President Donald Trump’s recent immigration ban barring citizens from seven predominantly Muslim

It is very difficult to find someone who would have been completely satisfied with their salary. Very often, people believe that they are underpaid.

Financial help to poor Indian population could almost eradicate poverty in the country, but it will cost between 4% and 5% of GDP, said the country's government report.

While keeping its policy stance unchanged, as was widely expected in its latest policy review, the Bank of Japan raised its economic growth forecasts. From its previous forecast, made in

Analysts have been carefully assessing how French elections in May could deal a “severe blow” to the European Union (EU) with Marine le Pen transforming her National Front (NF) into

Japan continues to be popular among in migrant workers. In October last year, more than a million foreigners chose this country, and decided to work there – this number is…

The latest IMF report, which was delivered to the Fund’s board members for consultation, reveals that more turbulence lies ahead for Greece – the debt-ridden European nation, despite decisive action

Even as the U.S. works through political differences and gets used to the new Trump administration, Bill Gates and Warren Buffett expressed optimism that the country will move ahead and

It may not be Russia that the U.S. president sees as America’s critical new ally despite all the talk about the mutual admiration between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin. The

While steady consumer spending and rising business investment pointed to sustained strength in domestic demand, U.S. economic growth slowed sharply in the fourth quarter as a plunge in shipments of

Consulting company EY said that Chinese investment in European companies almost tripled in 2016, growing to $ 85.8 billion. Germany has received especially generous cash flow as investments in the…

Ever since the rally in global stocks and dollar following Donald Trump’s victory in the U.S. elections, gold prices have been under pressure. And reflected in the recovery of gold

With a better-than-expected set of growth figures for the fourth quarter, the British economy showed no signs of losing momentum at the end of 2016. Preliminary figures by the Office

According to the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), for the first time in the history of the country, the United States has been demoted from a full democracy to a flawed

Even as U.S. protectionism threatens to hurt trade across the region and dent external demand, in a positive sign for the export-reliant economy, Japan’s exports rose for the first time

At the meeting of 26 January Eurogroup is going discuss Greece’s progress on its way to economic recovery. At the meeting, the ministers will talk over all possible risks that…

Fallouts of investigations of its senior executives in an on-going corruption scandal and from a massive product recall of its Galaxy Note 7 handsets were cushioned as Samsung’s profits jumped

The U.K. Supreme Court has ruled that the government needs to get permission from the parliament on whether the government can start the Brexit process. Although this is expected to

Major oil-producing countries are expecting that price for petroleum will grow due to decrease in production, yet decline in dynamics of supplies to China and India can disrupt these plans.

Four years ago, Bank of Cyprus was forced to convert deposits into shares for the sake of salvation. Last week, it placed shares on the London Stock Exchange. The bank’s…

A Reuters poll showed that any significant weakening of the yen is worrying the Japanese companies and they believe that it could spark an unwelcome political backlash but they they

Coffee futures are rapidly becoming more expensive due to decline in production of the world's largest exporters and reducing stocks of grains. The best part of your morning may soon…

Italian Finance Minister Pier Carlo Padoan criticized the European Commission for creation of problems for all European countries. According to the official, Brussels "lacks vision", and is responsible for flourishing…

Amin Nasser, CEO of Saudi Aramco, said that the majority of forecasts are suggesting preservation of growth in demand for oil and gas for decades, while share of electric cars…

Societe Generale said that as the government’s demonetization drive triggers a shortage of cash, India seems set for four consecutive quarters of sub-7 percent growth for the first time since