World economy

2009: A momentous though depressing year gone by

05 Jan 2010

Even as I have being reporting stellar gains for equity markets and gold, I have tried to keep at the forefront of my mind the terrible toll this recession is having on jobs, families and homes. By CNN's London correspondent Richard Quest, in his exclusive column for domain-b.

IMF to revise global economy recovery projections on positive cues

05 Jan 2010

India can outgrow China by 2014, says new chief economist Kaushik Basu

05 Jan 2010

The newly appointed chief economic advisor in the finance ministry Kaushik Basu is confident that India can surpass China’s economic growth rate, most probably by 2014

Post crisis, Singapore's economy shrinks 6.8 per cent in Q4

04 Jan 2010

The city state's manufacturing sector plunged 38 per cent while growth for the entire year remained negative at -2.1 per cent.

Iceland to repay €3.8 billion to British, Dutch investors

01 Jan 2010

The settlement, which is about 40 per cent of the nation's gross domestic product, will cost about €12,000 for each citizen on the island nation of 320,000.

US jobless claims fall to a 14-month low of 432,000

01 Jan 2010

US trade panel rules against China in tubular and pipe steel dumping case

31 Dec 2009

China's auditors find $34.37 billion embezzled from $586 billion stimulus package

30 Dec 2009

Japan's economic prospects improve

28 Dec 2009

Obama triumphs as Senate approves healthcare bill

26 Dec 2009

Italy’s tax amnesty brings back record €80 billion from tax havens

26 Dec 2009

China poised to become world’s second largest economy after revising 2008 growth figures

26 Dec 2009

Recession forces parents in UK to raid kids' piggy banks: Survey

26 Dec 2009

With the UK facing the worst recession since World War 11, more than one in five UK parents have been borrowing from their child’s savings account out of sheer desperation

US treasury makes $16 billion profit from bailouts

24 Dec 2009

US real GDP up 2.2 per cent in Q3 as economy expands slowly

23 Dec 2009

China to impose anti-dumping duties on import of steel fasteners from EU

23 Dec 2009

India Bhutan sign 12 agreements including hydel power MoUs

23 Dec 2009

Tame 2010 with mid-year global volatility likely; positive GDP in Asia Pacific: S&P

23 Dec 2009

Britain’s GDP shrinks 0.2 per cent in Q3; tepid recovery in the US

23 Dec 2009

Carriers see better times ahead as global economy recovers

22 Dec 2009

China may pump additional $200 billion into CIC: report

21 Dec 2009

China to target 8 per cent growth for 2010

21 Dec 2009

Senate secures majority to pass health bill

21 Dec 2009

Asian sovereigns to hike borrowing in 2010, plan stimulus exit strategies: S&P

18 Dec 2009

Asian sovereigns to hike borrowing in 2010, plan stimulus exit strategies: S&P

18 Dec 2009