World Economy

Exports from Thailand grew in March for the second consecutive month, but appear to have lost much of their steam following February’s unexpected jump, Yahoo reported. Exports grew 1.3% year-on-…

Catalonia will continue to count the cost of its drive for independence, according to BBVA Research. The Madrid-based bank sees the Catalan economy trailing the performance of Spain overall, as…

Barclays Bank Zambia Managing Director Mizinga Melu says the removal of subsidies by government has sparked economic growth in the country. She says removal of subsidies has also led to a…

Hong Kong’s economy will get 2018 off to a good start, riding on growth in exports, robust domestic demand and the end of a tourism slump, the city’s financial chief said.

Paul Chan Mo-…

The International Monetary Fund does not want austerity in Tunisia, and in fact proposed programs to protect the poor from the impact of economic reforms, a fund spokesman said late Saturday.…

Nigeria is in a good position for growth this year, says the African Development Bank. In its economic outlook for 2018, AfDB says despite slow and difficult recovery from recession and paltry…

Traders are rerating Chinese banks, betting that the nation’s steady economic recovery will fuel a rally in the stocks that are cheaper than global peers by major valuation metrics.

Egypt expects private investments to take the lead in driving economic growth this year, the planning minister said, suggesting that investor confidence had rallied enough to supplant what has…

The year 2017 set a record for new car sales in Australia, with well over a million factory-fresh automobiles hitting the bitumen, AAP reported. That raised the obvious question: With wages…

Persian Gulf Arab stock markets mostly edged down on Sunday with Saudi Arabia pulling further away from a major resistance level, although a surge by fuel distributor ADNOC Distribution buoyed…

SoftBank Group Corp.’s expected spin-off of its Japanese telecoms business will lure investors seeking exposure to a solid tech name but the prospect of tougher competition in a mature industry…

Digital currencies and the software developed to track them have become attractive targets for cybercriminals while also creating a lucrative new market for computer-security firms.

India’s fiscal deficit is expected to increase to 3.5% of GDP in 2018-19 but it will not have any material impact on macro stability risks, says a Morgan Stanley report.

Inflation is what could jolt the markets this year. At least that’s what the tactical asset allocation team at DNB Asset Management is preparing for.

“Inflation surprising on the upside…

European leaders will be out in force at the World Economic Forum in Davos this week to defend multilateralism before US President Donald Trump arrives to deliver his “America First” message.

Almost a decade after the financial crisis, economies in just about every corner of the world—the United States, Europe and Japan—are growing in unison. But can the expansion last?

In its latest economic analysis report, Business Management International, a research firm that provides macroeconomic, industry and financial market analysis, delivers its economic outlook for…

Greece’s once record jobless rate of 27% may have dropped seven points since the start of the financial crisis, but nearly six in 10 people are stuck in a market dominated by part-time, on-and-…

The North American Free Trade Agreement will probably be renegotiated successfully with only marginal changes, said a large majority of economists in a Reuters poll, despite the Trump…

Venezuela has more crude oil than any other nation. But the crisis there is so bad that even oil companies are losing big money, CNNMoney reported .The world’s largest oil service provider,…

Argentina’s gross domestic product expanded by 2.9% in 2017, and grew 0.7% in the fourth quarter from the third quarter, a treasury ministry source said, bouncing back from a 2.2% contraction…

The theme at this year's World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, is "creating a shared future in a fractured world."

The plan is to bring together global economic and political…

Will the city of London really survive Brexit by becoming the world’s cryptocurrency center? Perhaps. Can bitcoin get through its current cliff-fall crash? Possibly. Is blockchain going to…

The Brazilian economic activity index increased 0.5% and on a year-over-year basis the economy improved at a 2.8% rate.

Charter rates for bulk carriers have plunged as iron ore exports from Brazil slow and inventories of the mineral pile up in China.