The most noteworthy thing about this weekend’s gathering of finance ministers and central bank governors in Baden-Baden may be that it turns out to be as uneventful as previous G20 meetings. If so...

The most recent retail sales and industrial production data for several advanced economies have not been as strong as the business surveys. While the reasons for this discrepancy are not clear, it...

Global manufacturing continued to expand very strongly in February, according to the latest batch of PMIs, published today. Indeed, the PMIs of nearly all the major advanced and emerging economies...

The striking pick-up in world GDP growth since early last year is partly due to China’s policy stimulus and the stabilisation of oil prices, but it also reflects the recovery from the financial crisis...