With the Fed likely to keep the monetary taps flowing for even longer than previously expected, the world will be awash with liquidity for a long time to come. There are tentative signs that this is...

Disappointing preliminary business surveys for October suggest that the improvement in business conditions seen over the past few months may be beginning to tail off.

If the political fight over the US debt ceiling goes to the wire, or beyond, there will be negative implications for the US economy. But the impact on the rest of the world should be fairly small.

Global growth is likely to accelerate gradually next year as activity in the US gathers pace and the euro-zone's fragile recovery continues. Among the emerging economies, growth in China may slow...