Business / Economy Oct 19, 2020
China’s economy accelerates, broadening global recovery from pandemic
Underpinning the recovery has been an aggressive containment of the coronavirus that has allowed factories to quickly reopen.
Business Oct 13, 2020
Investors urge heavy carbon emitters to set science-based reduction targets
The effort by 137 investors reflects concern that climate change may put their investments at risk, as well as causing damage to the world economy.
Business / Economy Sep 24, 2020
IMF official warns coronavirus will weigh on some economies for years
The novel coronavirus crisis is lasting longer than expected, and it will take some countries years to return to growth, the No. 2 official at the International Monetary Fund said Wednesday. The Fund has provided some $90 billion in total financing to 79 countries, including ...
Commentary / World Sep 23, 2020
Celebrating 75 years of the United Nations
by Jose Antonio Ocampo
The U.N. and the belief in global solidarity that it embodies have never been more essential as the world finds itself in turmoil amid a virus pandemic and a recession.
Commentary / World Sep 21, 2020
by Kaushik Basu
Once links between medicine and economics are pinpointed, fascinating policy ideas begin to emerge.
World Sep 21, 2020
The post-pandemic recovery’s missing link is trust
by Bertrand Badre and Aurelie Jean
As with the 2008 global financial crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic has decisively weakened public confidence in expertise.
Business / Economy Sep 15, 2020
Virus restrictions threaten Asian economic recovery in 2021, ADB says
Coronavirus-ravaged economies across the Asia Pacific will make a "swoosh-shaped" recovery next year, the Asian Development Bank forecast Tuesday, but it warned that further restrictions to combat the contagion could derail the region's return to growth. Developing Asia — stretching from the Cook Islands in ...
Commentary / World Sep 1, 2020
Our weird pandemic spending ways could change soon
by Conor Sen
There's been a lot of talk about the U.S. experiencing a K-shaped recovery, with large companies and the rich recovering while smaller companies and lower-paid service workers struggle. But this divide also shows up in the way Americans are shopping. July personal spending data confirmed ...
Business / Economy Aug 27, 2020
RCEP states make 'significant' progress in trade talks without India
The RCEP deal aims to establish common rules for e-commerce, trade and intellectual property.
Business | FOCUS Aug 24, 2020
Jackson Hole conference goes virtual as monetary experts discuss life after ‘peak central banking’
by Rich Miller
After convening every August since 1982 at the edge of Wyoming’s magnificent Teton mountain range, monetary policymakers will hold a virtual Jackson Hole conference this week that will look pale by comparison. The same could probably be said of the central banks themselves. Yes, the ...
Commentary / Japan Aug 19, 2020
‘Too big to fail’ isn’t just a financial problem
by Brad Glosserman
Business / Economy Aug 16, 2020
First into the virus slump, China is proving the fastest out
An industry-powered rebound is pushing China toward the prospect of being the only major economy to expand this year.