ARE AMERICANS HAPPY IT'S TRUMP, OR JUST HAPPY IT'S OVER?

For the first time since 2006, 37 percent of households said they expect their personal finances to improve in 2017... READ MORE›

GLOBAL DEBT RISES TO ALL-TIME HIGH $152TN

Excessive private debt is a major headwind against the global recovery and a risk to financial stability... READ MORE›

INVESTORS COULD LOSE $4.2TN BECAUSE OF CLIMATE CHANGE, REPORT WARNS

It also called for a proper carbon price to be established as well as a tough new climate change treaty to be agreed in Paris... READ MORE›

LONDONERS MISS OUT AS HOMES BUILT AS SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES FOR FOREIGN BUYERS

Richard Blakeway, London's deputy mayor for housing, land and property, defended the scale of foreign investment... 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›

UK ECONOMIC GROWTH REVISED DOWN

Revised figures show gross domestic product GDP in the third quarter of this year was 2... READ MORE›

WESTERN FIRMS INVEST BILLIONS IN RUSSIA AS ECONOMY RETURNS TO GROWTH

Western firms invest billions in Russia as economy returns to growth -- RT Business... READ MORE›

TORIES PLAN TO SELL A?1.4BN STAKE IN GREEN INVESTMENT BANK TO PAY DOWN DEFICIT

Nick Mabey, chief executive of E3G, said Selling off a majority stake in the Green Investment Bank would be completely reckless... 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›

AS EUROPE AND ASIA HOARD CASH, ECONOMISTS SEE ECHOES OF CRISIS

European and Asian investors have been rushing into the United States bond market, spurred by a global glut of savings that has reached record levels... READ MORE›

FUND THAT BEAT 91 OF PEERS PUTS NEXT BIG BET ON WORLDS POOREST

The MSCI Emerging Markets Index, Holberg Rurik's benchmark, is down 9 percent over the past five years while the MSCI frontier index is down 1.4 percent... READ MORE›

GREEK DEBT CRISIS: REFORMS WILL FAIL, SAYS EX-FINANCE MINISTER YANIS VAROUFAKIS

His warning came as Greece's prime minister Alexis Tsipras reshuffled his cabinet barely 48 hours after dissidents broke ranks over the bailout deal for the country... 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›

CHINA THIRD QUARTER GDP GROWS 6.7 PERCENT AS EXPECTED AS CONSTRUCTION BOOMS, DEBT RISES

China's economy expanded 6.9 percent in 2015, the slowest pace in a quarter of a century... READ MORE›

HOPING JOBS FOR INDIA FOLLOW MODI CLEARS INVESTORS PATH

Foreign investors will also be permitted to buy up to 74 percent of Indian pharmaceutical companies without seeking government approval... READ MORE›

ALBERTA CREDIT RATING DOWNGRADED BY STANDARD AND POOR'S

Finance Minister Joe Ceci said he was disappointed by the downgrade, blaming it mainly on the low price of oil... READ MORE›

GREECE'S TAX REVENUES COLLAPSE AS DEBT CRISIS CONTINUES

Greece is due to make a EUR3.2bn repayment to the European Central Bank on 20 August... READ MORE›

THE WORLD HAS TOO MANY WORKERS. HERE'S ONE WAY TO FIX IT.

It does so in decidedly un-centrist fashion -- by embracing a larger infrastructure spending program than Bernie Sanders does... READ MORE›

OILSANDS GROWTH IN DOUBT AND THE FEDS ARE CONCERNED

Post-2020 investment to expand alberta's oilsands could slow or stall... READ MORE›

Bad loans are on the rise and banks expect more to go sour as the economy slows... READ MORE›

NERVY GLOBAL INVESTORS REVISIT 1930S PLAYBOOK

Morgan Stanley goes on to draw a parallel with the global response to 2008's crash and subsequent world recession... READ MORE›

AUTUMN STATEMENT: BRITAINS ROADS TO GET A?1.3BN INVESTMENT TO TACKLE CONGESTION

In an announcement before Wednesday's Autumn Statement, the Chancellor said that the country's roads will benefit from a ?1.3 billion spending package to tackle traffic... READ MORE›

CHINA'S FLIGHT OF CAPITAL CAUSES GLOBAL RIPPLES

Another survey yesterday also showed investors have cut exposure to emerging markets to record low levels... READ MORE›

JAPAN ECONOMY SHRINKS MORE THAN EXPECTED, HIGHLIGHTS LACK OF POLICY OPTIONS

Instead the data showed that private consumption, which makes up 60 percent of GDP, fell 0.8 percent, exceeding market forecasts of a 0.6 percent decline... READ MORE›

NHS SET TO RECEIVE A?2BN CASH INJECTION UNDER THIS WEEKS AUTUMN STATEMENT

George Osborne is expected to point towards the growing UK economy as the reason for why the NHS is gaining a 2bn cash injection... READ MORE›

UK FIRMS EXPECT OUTPUT SURGE IN LATE 2016 DESPITE BREXIT VOTE

But retailers and consumer services were broadly flat and business and professional services fell slightly... READ MORE›

HALLOWEEN CANDY SALES ARE SENDING GOOD ECONOMIC SIGNALS

In fact, the team expects spending on Halloween candy to experience the strongest increase since 2011, rising 5.5 and hitting 3.8 billion... READ MORE›

BUDGET DEFICIT BLOWS OUT TO $37.4 BILLION

The government's plan was about restraining expenditure while supporting economic growth to lift revenue, Mr Morrison said... READ MORE›

THESE ARE THE WINNERS AND LOSERS IN THE IMF'S NEW GLOBAL GROWTH FORECASTS

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