The Big Mac isn't just a greasy hallmark of modern technological wizardry. It's also a tool for economists to measure the wealth of nations.
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Commerce, Engineer Khurram Dastgir Khan said on Thursday the sudden fall in foreign direct investment (FDI) in the country during July-August would eventually take its toll on
Ahead of the policy review by month-end, Reserve Bank Governor Raghuram Rajan has said that inflation is still high.
Unleash those animal spirits IN A typical year Natume, a car showroom for the well-heeled in Tokyo, sells 300 Bentleys, Ferraris and other posh rides. “This year...
In a merciless international environment, successful exporters are moving toward the emerging world and the BRICS of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa
DR. Devan Pillay, a South African academic has told Uganda and other African countries to consider dropping the Gross Domestic Product in favour of the Gross National Happiness
There is more of this than anyone realised YEMI KALE, Nigeria’s statistician-general, is not the type of person to be in any way associated with the sort of...
The United States and Europe are on different paths to recovery from the 2008 financial crisis. Bad new ideas have perpetuated depression in Europe.
Monetary policy is how central banks manage liquidity to sustain a healthy economy. Here's its 2 objectives, the 2 policy types, and the tools used.
Once derided, his ideas now dominate D.C.'s crisis tool kit. Not bad for a dead economist
Five years ago Monday, President Barack Obama visited the Denver Museum of Nature and Science to sign the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, his $800…
IN 2014 commodity prices tumbled. Many economists feared the worst for Africa. For decades the continent has been hopelessly dependent on commodities to power...
THE Labour Party renewed its attacks on the Scottish National Party (SNP) after the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), a think-tank, calculated the budget hole full...
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India will decide on whether to end government control of diesel pricing after elections in two states next month, an oil ministry source said.India currently controls prices with
These global conglomerates helped to build South Korea into a wealthy, export-oriented powerhouse in less than a generation but their huge influence is getting in the way of a growing, innovative economy
The Swiss National Bank’s removal of the minimum exchange rate of CHF1.20 to the euro in January and institution of negative interest ...
African economies will gather pace this year and next year, in their fitful and uneven economic ascent, three prominent organizations said in a joint report released Monday.
Why do our taxes keep going up? An editorial by The Wall Street Journal.
More cantons are likely to adopt a flat rate tax model as competition to attract higher revenues heats up in Switzerland and abroad, ...
The U.S. economy shrank in the first three months of the year, driven by a slowdown in shipping due to West Coast port disputes.
Some prominent economists who back the Bush tax-cut plan also predicted his brother’s tax cuts wouldn’t hurt the surplus.
ECONOMISTS and investors are not only worried about when the Federal Reserve will start to push up interest rates. Just as important is the scale and length of the...
The economy shrank for the second quarter in a row for the fifth time in seven years, figures showed, increasing the pressure on Shinzo Abe
