THE MIXED LEGACY OF 'ABENOMICS' IN JAPAN

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is hoping for a landslide win in snap elections this Sunday... READ MORE›

CHINA OCT. OFFICIAL FACTORY PMI FALLS MORE THAN EXPECTED TO 51.6

Boosted by government spending, a resilient property market and unexpected strength in exports... READ MORE›

US ECONOMISTS DECODE CHINA'S ECONOMY

American economists are paying close attention to how China's economy grows. Richard Cooper, forme... READ MORE›

US ECONOMISTS DECODE CHINA'S ECONOMY

American economists are paying close attention to how China's economy grows. Richard Cooper, forme... READ MORE›

US ECONOMISTS DECODE CHINA'S ECONOMY

American economists are paying close attention to how China's economy grows. Richard Cooper, forme... READ MORE›

RETHINK ON HOUSING BENEFIT CAP FOR ELDERLY AND VULNERABLE

More than 700,000 people in supported housing usually have the accommodation element of their costs met entirely through housing benefit... READ MORE›

TAX CHANGES COULD COST UK PUBLIC SECTOR WORKERS 30% OF SALARY

Tax changes could cost UK public sector workers 30 percent of salary... READ MORE›

DAVID CAMERON WARNS OF LOOMING SECOND GLOBAL CRASH

A European Central Bank ECB survey showed that inflation would remain at worryingly low levels before picking up slightly next year... READ MORE›

UK ECONOMIC GROWTH PICKS UP TO 0.7% IN SECOND QUARTER

The economy has now seen 10 quarters of sustained economic growth... READ MORE›

GLOBAL ECONOMY WARNING LIGHTS ARE FLASHING, SAYS PM

Related Stories Red warning lights are once again flashing over the state of the global economy, the prime minister has said... READ MORE›

CONSUMER ANXIETY IN CHINA UNDERMINES GOVERNMENTS ECONOMIC PLANS

Those who have lost money in the ongoing stock market crash are especially anxious... READ MORE›

AMERICANS HAVEN'T GOTTEN A RAISE IN 16 YEARS

Americans are angry because they don't care about the statistical noise -- they care about what they see with their own eyes... READ MORE›

Despite the weirdness of Campbell Newman running for premier from outside the parliament in 2012, his government began its work in a familiar, austerian manner... READ MORE›

EGYPTIAN POLICE ARREST SCORES OF ANTI-SISI PROTESTERS

Political uncertainty, macroeconomic instability and global economic turmoil since the 2008 crisis have all contributed to Egypt's prolonged recession, soaring unemployment and foreign currency shortages... READ MORE›

THE UGLY TRUTH ABOUT OBAMA'S 'PRETTY DARN GREAT' ECONOMY

And Obama would be crawling through the northern suburbs of Richmond, Va... READ MORE›

A HILARIOUS MONTY PYTHON SKETCH HELPS EXPLAIN WHY GREECE IS IN A HUGE CRISIS

Many top English-speaking economists are either alarmed or aghast over Europe's handling of the crisis in Greece... READ MORE›

SIX PLACES WHERE PETER DUTTON WAS WRONG ON 457 VISAS

Immigration Minister Peter Dutton has granted thousands of 457 visas in regions of high youth unemployment, despite claiming he has stopped the practice... READ MORE›

PAYROLLS IN U.S. RISE 156,000 AS MORE AMERICANS SEEK WORK

The jobless rate rose to 5 percent as the labor participation rate ticked up to a six-month high... READ MORE›

ONE IN SIX JOBSEEKERS HAVE ALLOWANCE STOPPED BY DWP EACH YEAR

The figures contradict official claims that only a small minority of jobseekers have been affected by the government's increasingly severe welfare policies... READ MORE›

ETHIOPIA'S CRACKDOWN ON DISSENT TAKES RISING TOLL

Politicians held over protests as PM says anti-peace forces spreading false information about investment zone plan... READ MORE›

CHINA TO LAY OFF FIVE TO SIX MILLION WORKERS, EARMARKS AT LEAST $23 BILLION

In addition, an assortment of local government matching funds will also be made available... READ MORE›

WHY ARE SO MANY MEN NOT WORKING? THEY'RE IN PAIN

Stopping the decadeslong slide in labor force participation should be a national priority, economist Alan Krueger says... READ MORE›

EUROPE WILL FIND WAY TO KEEP BRITAIN IN EU SAYS GERMAN MINISTER

"The size of the economy's decline was a big shock to Abe and the Liberal Democratic Party," said Katsuyuki Yakushiji, a professor of politics at Toyo University in Tokyo... READ MORE›

FED MINUTES POINT TO RATE HIKE 'RELATIVELY SOON'

Kansas City Fed President Esther George, Cleveland's Loretta Mester and Eric Rosengren of Boston dissented at the meeting in favor of higher rates... READ MORE›

LONDON HOUSES ARE SECOND MOST OVER-VALUED IN WORLD

Low-interest rate regimes across Europe have pushed prices in London, Stockholm, Munich and Zurich to record levels, after accounting for inflation... READ MORE›

If the United States removes Cuba from the list of states that sponsor terrorism, a prospect raised by Mr... READ MORE›

TEN GOOD PIECES OF ECONOMIC DATA FROM ALL AROUND THE WORLD

It's been a big week for bullish economic data across the globe, from South Korean exports to European manufacturing figures... READ MORE›

TUNISIA ORDERS ARMY TO PROTECT OIL AND GAS FIELDS

However, the coordinator of a sit-in in El-Kamour, near oil fields in southern Tunisia, remained defiant in the wake of Essebsi's speech... READ MORE›

THE MONTY PYTHON SKETCH THAT (SORT OF) EXPLAINS THE GREEK DEBT CRISIS

Several Nobel Prize winners say it has been exacerbated time and again by an unnecessarily rigid approach by Germany Europe's economic powerhouse and decision-maker... READ MORE›

NEW STRONG EARTHQUAKE HITS CENTRAL ITALY

Tokyo hosts 11th China Japan and ROK economic and trade meeting... READ MORE›

PAYROLL SURGE: EMPLOYERS ADDED 292,000 JOBS IN DEC.

At the same time, measures of manufacturing employment, online job ads and auto sales declined last month, leading some analysts to predict that job growth slowed... READ MORE›

MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS REQUIRE FUNDING CERTAINTY TO AVERT 'CATASTROPHE'

Advocacy groups will be calling on the federal government on Wednesday to create a 10-year plan to tackle mental health illness... READ MORE›

BEIJING'S ZOMBIE PROBLEM: CAN IT REALLY SHUT DOWN ITS OVERBUILT ECONOMY?

China's boom created more billionaires in Beijing than there are in New York... READ MORE›

GOVERNMENT TO OFFER HOMELESS FAMILIES IN DUBLIN THE CHANCE OF HOUSE IN RURAL COUNTIES

The government will offer homeless families from Dublin the chance of a house in rural counties, in a radical bid to ease the current crisis... READ MORE›

MALCOLM TURNBULL WARNS OF 'LIKELY' STRIKE ON AUSTRALIA

Mr Turnbull sought to level with Australians, while also remaining calm... READ MORE›

THE TORIES ARE IGNORING THE WORSENING CRISES IN SOCIAL CARE, HEALTH AND WELFARE

Faced with the double dilemma of a growing elderly population and chronic underfunding from central government, the social care system in Britain is at breaking point... READ MORE›