World economy

21 Jul 2015

Maurice Obstfeld is known around the globe for his work on international economics and is considered one of the most influential macroeconomists

20 Jul 2015

The United States and Cuba have restarted diplomatic engagements and reopened their embassies at Havana and Washington on Monday, since severing ties in 1961

20 Jul 2015

The €60 daily withdrawal limit has now been modified to €420 a week and Greek have been allowed to use bank cards to make payments while they are out of the country, but capital controls remain in place

18 Jul 2015

The 60 euro daily withdrawal limit has now been converted to 420 euros a week and Greek have been allowed to use bank cards to make payments while they are out of the country, but capital controls remain in place

18 Jul 2015

18 Jul 2015

18 Jul 2015

The alternative to an agreement would not be a time-out from the euro that would be orderly but predictable chaos, warned German Chancellor Angela Merkel

18 Jul 2015

Chabahar in southeast Iran is key to India’s efforts to access and pursue its economic and security interests in landlocked Afghanistan and the Central Asian nations circumventing Pakistan

16 Jul 2015

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras managed to get the deal approved with support from pro-European opposition parties, which left a question over the future of his government

16 Jul 2015

The Chinese economy has posted a 7-per cent growth in the second quarter, demonstrating that the world’s second-largest economy is on a stable path

15 Jul 2015

15 Jul 2015

15 Jul 2015

The Japanese central bank will keep expanding base money at an annual pace of ¥80 trillion ($648 billion) via aggressive asset purchases

14 Jul 2015

The agreement could potentially change the economic equations in the Middle East with Iran emerging as the new growth centre

14 Jul 2015

13 Jul 2015

The recovery that began at the end of last week, ended a run of almost a month of heavy losses that saw Shanghai sink about 30 per cent, wiping trillions off valuations

13 Jul 2015

13 Jul 2015

The Euro zone will give Greece up to $96 billion in fresh bailout loans, on the condition that the government of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras reverses its referendum mandate and implements a round of harsher austerity measures

13 Jul 2015

11 Jul 2015

11 Jul 2015

Oil demand, which peaked in the first quarter at 1.8 mbpd, will continue to ease in 2015 and into 2016 as temporary support fades, warns a new report by the International Energy Agency

11 Jul 2015

An important agricultural region in China is drying out, and increased farming may be more to blame than rising temperatures and less rain, according to a study spanning 30 years of data

11 Jul 2015

On Friday Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras had appealed to his party's lawmakers to back a tough reforms package to try to save the country from financial meltdown

10 Jul 2015

10 Jul 2015