World economy

BoE's £50 billion cash injection reflects looming crisis: report

09 May 2009

McDonald's beats trend; sales up in April

09 May 2009

Aussie government moves to tighten margin lending regulations

08 May 2009

Anti-dumping investigations: India launches the most; China investigated the most, says WTO

08 May 2009

Obama trims budget to save $17 billion

08 May 2009

US losing less jobs now, says report

07 May 2009

China central bank assures "ample" liquidity to sustain economic recovery

07 May 2009

European Central Bank cuts key rate to 1 per cent; BoE boosts liquidity

07 May 2009

The European Central Bank has cut its key interest rate by 25 basis points to 1.0 per cent even as the Bank of England left its key rate unchanged at 0.5 per cent and increased its bond-purchase programme.

Australia records $19.3-billion consumer spending in March quarter, avoids recession

06 May 2009

Bernanke sees signs of recovery amid positive cues

06 May 2009

Obama to crack down on US corporates using tax havens

06 May 2009

Buffet blasts government ‘stress tests’ on US banks

06 May 2009

Legendary investor Warren Buffett has hit out at the government's "stress tests" of US banks, saying they do not properly assess the industry's health.

Australia leaves interest rates untouched at 3 per cent

06 May 2009

Slump hits job ads in Australian papers, net

05 May 2009

Obama to announce new overseas tax proposals

04 May 2009

German economy to contract 6 per cent in 2009

02 May 2009

Time Warner posts moderate losses

30 Apr 2009

US GDP shrinks by 6.1 per cent in FQ

30 Apr 2009

Defection may give Obama a dream majority

30 Apr 2009

Australia confident of faster recovery discards IMF's forecast of slow recovery

29 Apr 2009

Environment initiative will hit economy, jobs warn Australian industry leaders

29 Apr 2009

China, US companies sign contracts worth around $16.3 billion in Chicago

29 Apr 2009

Deutsche Bank swings to a 1.2 billion net profit in Q1 2009

28 Apr 2009

China signs trade deals worth $10.6 billion with US

28 Apr 2009

Japan unveils supplementary budget of ¥15.4 trillion

28 Apr 2009