World economy

World economy

Fiscal deficits are A-OK after all

Fiscal deficits are A-OK after all

The old thinking that the government is a sort of big national family which should not spend more than it takes in is not dead

An investor looks at a stock quotation board at a brokerage office in Beijing, China January 3, 2020. Photo :Reuters

Gold, oil soar, shares slip amid US-Iran tension

A trader works at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, January 2, 2020/ Reuters

Market themes for the week ahead

The skyline with its banking district is photographed in Frankfurt, Germany, August 13, 2019/ Reuters

From opioid deaths to student debt: A view of the 2010s economy in charts

Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, June 24, 2019/ Reuters

The best year financial markets have ever had?

Visitors look at a stock quotation board at Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo Japan, October 11, 2018/ Reuters

Market themes for the week ahead

Flags of NATO member countries are seen at the Alliance headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, November 26, 2019/ Reuters

Market themes for the week ahead

A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, December 19, 2018/ Reuters

Take Five: A spanner in the global economic works

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Climate impacts ‘to cost world $7.9 trillion’ by 2050

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Trade deal doubts clip world stock rally, oil wavers

Chinese and US flags flutter near The Bund, before US trade delegation meet their Chinese counterparts for talks in Shanghai, China July 30, 2019/ Reuters

China has replaced US as locomotive of global economy

The Federal Reserve building is pictured in Washington, DC, US, August 22, 2018/ Reuters

Big central banks move to wait-and-see mode

A 3D-printed Facebook logo are seen in front of displayed binary digits in this illustration taken, March 18, 2018/ Reuters

Different rules for new corporate giants