World economy

EU agrees to boost IMF funding

21 Mar 2009

Country-wide job loss strike paralyses France

20 Mar 2009

Canada to suspend senior bureaucrats’ bonuses from next year

20 Mar 2009

A Tiger in the Australian woods

20 Mar 2009

Hitachi, Sony freeze wages, to implement work-sharing

20 Mar 2009

IMF prompts G-20 nations for crisis management

20 Mar 2009

Conference Board LEI slips 0.4 per cent in February

20 Mar 2009

`Zimbabwe dollar no longer currency'

19 Mar 2009

Zimbabwe looking for $2-billion bailout package

19 Mar 2009

Zimbabwe's new unity government is looking for emergency aid after slashing its estimate for this year's revenue by nearly half from $1.7 billion to $1 billion.

Japan mulls work-sharing agreements to protect jobs

19 Mar 2009

US consumer price index rises 0.4 per cent; beats forecasts

19 Mar 2009

IMF portrays gloomy global scenario

19 Mar 2009

Every region except Asia is expected to show negative growth in 2009 as the global economy shrinks further, IMF says in an update due in April

Top financial panel discusses G-20, markets

18 Mar 2009

World Bank slashes China's growth estimate to 6.5 per cent

18 Mar 2009

UK’s unemployment crosses 2 million

18 Mar 2009

Heavy equipment maker Caterpillar cuts employee count by a further 2,454 positions

18 Mar 2009

Recession hit Nucor warns Q1 loss of 55-65 cents per share

18 Mar 2009

Disney halts Hong Kong park expansion, angers government

17 Mar 2009

Russia allocates $45 billion to deal with its slumping economy

17 Mar 2009

Nokia slashes 1,700 jobs in response to declining demand

17 Mar 2009

Europe in grip of deflation fears as unemployment reaches record high

16 Mar 2009

G-20 for tripling IMF kitty, greater say for emerging economies

16 Mar 2009

The G-20 meeting has agreed to boosting of resources of the International Monetary Fund and a devolution of powers at the IMF and the World Bank

G-20 finance ministers focus on growth, regulation

16 Mar 2009

G20 finance ministers  ay governments must absorb toxic debts worth as much as $3.6 trillion to save the global financial system and thwart recession

Reckless US economy led world to recession: Canada PM

14 Mar 2009

US tries to calm China's fears over bonds, investments

14 Mar 2009