World economy

Chinese ODI rises to $55.9 billion in 2008

09 Sep 2009

Goldman Sachs to advise RBS on sale of aviation leasing arm

09 Sep 2009

Greenspan warns of double-digit inflation if monetary expansion is not curbed

08 Sep 2009

The 83-year-old former policy maker said capital requirements even during non-crisis periods needed to have a larger buffer

Switzerland replaces US at top of WEF competitiveness rankings

08 Sep 2009

India and China moved up one place each in the WEF global competitiveness ranking and are now placed 49th and 29th, respectively, in the list of 133 countries.

Import of sensitive items up over 40 per cent in Q1 2009-10

08 Sep 2009

Rise in job ads in Australian media seen as sign of economic revival

08 Sep 2009

Chinese firms outperform US rivals in 2008: survey

07 Sep 2009

BCC warns UK of economic relapse and credit rating downgrade

07 Sep 2009

G20 ministers agree to keep stimulus programmes going until full recovery

05 Sep 2009

Working US families turning to government free food stamps

05 Sep 2009

India ready to lend up to $10 billion to IMF: Mukherjee

05 Sep 2009

The Indian pledge is part of the $80 billion that the four BRIC countries will invest to replenish the IMF fund to help countries struggling under the current financial crisis

Battered and bruised, healing isn't quite over

05 Sep 2009

Optimism may be growing, but it is only an inch thick... battered, bruised and beaten up, no-one is prepared to really celebrate just yet. There is a feeling that there could be another brush with disaster before this crisis is over, says CNN's London correspondent Richard Quest, in an exclusive column to domain-b.

UK car scrappage scheme boost sales in August

05 Sep 2009

IMF chief warns of sluggish global recovery

05 Sep 2009

Despite the global economy emerging from the worst financial and economic crisis in the post-war period, recovery will be sluggish, cautions IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn

Drivers buffeted by recession: IBM "commuter pain" survey

04 Sep 2009

Delhi trade talks fail to show the way forward

04 Sep 2009

OECD predicts early recovery from recession

04 Sep 2009

Obama to address joint session of Congress on health reform

04 Sep 2009

Sharma calls for greater engagement to re-energise world trade talks

03 Sep 2009

HSBC announces five new PMIs, to create first emerging markets index

03 Sep 2009

Hard decisions unlikely at Delhi WTO mini-meet

02 Sep 2009

Key officials from key member countries of the WTO are meeting in New Delhi today to set the tone for the larger mini-WTO meeting that is to take place over Thursday and Friday

Despite deficit Australia signals recovery

01 Sep 2009

Japan's Democratic party discusses new ministry to oversee recovery

01 Sep 2009

US Fed makes $14 billion from bailouts: report

01 Sep 2009

The US government has actually profited from the global financial collapse as the US Federal Reserve is reported to have made a profit of $14 billion from distress loans

China's manufacturing expands 54 per cent in August

01 Sep 2009