Business Jul 29, 2021
The chip-shortage recovery will be rocky, as Apple can attest
by Ian King
Even with some supplies getting closer to normal, firms still lack the components needed to complete their complex tech devices.
Commentary / World Jul 28, 2021
How climate change can bring Latin America back
by Shannon O'Neil
For Latin America, this quickening green transition could attract hundreds of billions in investment, help spur an economic recovery and let nations leapfrog technologically.
Commentary / World Jul 28, 2021
Beijing's big tech crackdown means a bad summer for investors everywhere
by Marcus Ashworth
Beijing’s crackdown over the weekend on for-profit school tutoring is just one part of a much wider reshape of the tech economy in China.
Business / Economy Jul 28, 2021
IMF cuts Japan's growth forecast to 2.8% in 2021 as COVID-19 spreads again
by Miya Tanaka
Japan was the only country among the Group of Seven industrialized nations that faced a downgrade in the fund's latest World Economic Outlook report.
Commentary / World Jul 27, 2021
by Kaushik Basu
The global economy and capitalism are at a crossroads, with the COVID-19 being the primary impetus for this view, followed by climate change, digital technology and changing labor markets.
Business Jul 27, 2021
Even as Beijing's grip tightens, Hong Kong maintains status as finance hub
by Enda Curran and Christopher Anstey
More than a year after the crackdown began, signs of an investor exodus are hard to find.
Business / Economy Jul 27, 2021
Global growth to stay strong but virus variants the top risk, economists say
by Shrutee Sarkar
A global survey of nearly 500 economists taken this month also concluded that recent rising inflation in key economies around the world would be transitory.
Business | FOCUS Jul 25, 2021
Global supply chains buckle as virus variant and disasters strike
by Jonathan Saul, Muyu Xu and Yilei Sun
Events have conspired to disrupt the fragile flow of raw materials, parts and consumer goods, according to companies, economists and shipping specialists.
Commentary / World Jul 22, 2021
Imagine the COVID-19 economy before Amazon and Zoom
by Noah Smith
Online services such as Zoom and Amazon have proven their worth during the pandemic. And COVID-19 may ultimately push our society to learn new ways of using digital technologies.
Commentary / World Jul 15, 2021
Making trade work for everyone
by Mari Pangestu
A fuller understanding of the uneven distributional effects of trade — put simply, who gains and who loses, where and why — is critical to design better supporting policies.
Commentary / World Jul 15, 2021
China is the first crack in the COVID-19 recovery
by Daniel Moss
The shift by China's central bank is jarring because the nation spent months conveying the idea that it was comfortable trimming — not adding — support for the economy.
Business / Economy Jul 15, 2021
China’s economic growth slows in second quarter from record pace
Gross domestic product expanded 7.9% from a year earlier, the National Bureau of Statistics said Thursday, down from 18.3% in the previous quarter.