POLITICAL ECONOMY - SINO DAILY

IMF meet in Tokyo to address anxiety about growth

Oct 10, 2012 (AFP)

Finding ways to boost the slowing global economy and helping poor nations fend off financial shocks will be on the agenda at meetings this week of the Internati...

IMF cuts Asian growth forecast as West's crises bite

Oct 09, 2012 (AFP)

The IMF on Tuesday cut its growth forecasts for developing Asia, blaming a slowdown in Europe and the United States, and warned that China's attempts to boost i...

IMF trims China 2012 growth forecast to 7.8%

Oct 09, 2012 (AFP)

The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday cut its forecast for Chinese economic growth for this year and next, saying stimulus efforts have so far failed to de...

Japan hosts IMF meet 50 years after economic miracle

Oct 08, 2012 (AFP)

The last time Japan hosted an International Monetary Fund summit nearly 50 years ago, the nation was a leader in innovation and economic growth that made it the...

Rich businessmen pulling out of France as tax-hit looms

Oct 07, 2012 (AFP)

A flood of top-end properties are hitting the market as businessmen seek to leave France before stiff tax hikes hit, real estate agents and financial advisors s...

As growth falters, analysts ask has Asia lost its mojo?

Oct 07, 2012 (AFP)

First the IMF warned developing Asia to brace for shocks from the West. Then the Asian Development Bank slashed its regional growth forecasts. Now analysts are ...

Spain hunts for investors to avert bailout

Oct 05, 2012 (UPI)

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy's financially beleaguered government is on a global marketing drive to find investors willing to put money into an economy ...

OECD says IT sector resisting economic crisis

Oct 04, 2012 (AFP)

The information and communication technology (ICT) sector has resisted the economic crisis and is becoming a key infrastructure for the world's economy, the OEC...

Outside View: Jobs outlook discouraging

Oct 04, 2012 (UPI)

Forecasters expect the U.S. Labor Department to report Friday that the U.S. economy added 113,000 jobs in September -- a monthly pace too slow to return the nat...

Demonstrators break into Greek defence ministry

Oct 04, 2012 (AFP)

More than 200 employees of a Greek shipyard on Thursday broke into thecourtyard of the defence ministry in Athens to protest against non-payment of their wages,...

China, Japan 'too important' for row: IMF chief

Oct 03, 2012 (AFP)

The shaky global economy needs Japan and China to be fully engaged, the head of the IMF said, warning the world could not afford to have the two countries distr...

ADB cuts growth forecasts for developing Asia

Oct 03, 2012 (AFP)

The Asian Development Bank Wednesday slashed its growth estimates for the region's emerging economies to the lowest level since 2009, citing a slowdown in power...

Potocnik: EU still backs 'green economy'

Oct 03, 2012 (UPI)

The June Rio+20 summit was disappointing but the European Union remains committed to a "green economy" despite the financial crisis, EU Commissioner for the Env...

Asian economy slowing

Oct 03, 2012 (UPI)

Dimming global prospects and soft domestic demand in China and India are slowing the pace of economic growth in Asia. Asian Development Bank reports, released W...

China banks sit out Tokyo IMF-linked events: report

Oct 03, 2012 (AFP)

Chinese banks have pulled out of events linked to annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank in Japan next week, a report said, as Tokyo ...

New window of opportunity for Russian companies planning to go public

Oct 02, 2012 (Voice of Russia)

As Sberbank's listing last week proved to be a blockbuster success, the deal gave grounds for inflamed speculation about a potential IPO boom of Russian compani...

Walker's World: Can the euro make it?

Oct 01, 2012 (UPI)

Can the euro succeed and the stricken countries of Greece, Portugal, Ireland and Spain haul themselves back to prosperity? Some very smart people in Europe beli...

China manufacturing in second month of contraction

Oct 01, 2012 (AFP)

China's manufacturing activity contracted for a second straight month in September, according to official data released Monday, falling short of expectations fo...

Japanese manufacturers less confident as global demand sags

Oct 01, 2012 (AFP)

Japanese manufacturers are increasingly nervous, a major business survey showed Monday, as sagging demand at home and abroad is compounded by fears over the eff...

Internet 'ecosystem' is 3.7% of US economy: study

Oct 01, 2012 (AFP)

The advertising-supported Internet "ecosystem" generated $530 billion last year and supported 5.1 million jobs in the United States, an industry study said Mond...