It can no longer be doubted that the world economy is heading into a new downturn following a recovery that has been unusually short and weak among the industrial countries. The loss of momentum during …
Euroland lead indicators have turned down again, threatening to scupper the economic recovery that never really was. We have been, relatively speaking, ‘bullish’ on Euroland growth for a little while now – based partly on …
The strong-arming, chest-thumping and browbeating around China’s flood of cheap textile exports to the U.S. could make a direct hit on the wallet of the US small-cap investor – but not in the way that …
Barclays has played its part in helping British consumers build up over £1trn pounds of debt in the past few years, and has made healthy profits along the way, says Lex in the FT. So …
On May 17, the U.S. Treasury Department issued yet another strong warning to China over its currency. A CNN/Money article on May 17 reports: ‘China could be deemed a ‘manipulative trade partner’ if it doesn’t …
After a decade and a half of recession, “deflation and national funk”, Japan may be bouncing back, says Richard Lloyd Parry in The Times. But when it comes to property, “we can’t shake off the …