If it were not for the euro-zone crisis, world economic growth would probably gather pace next year. Prospects for the US are brightening, there has been significant progress with private sector...

Some commentators argue that the recent build-up of non-financial corporations’ liquid assets in many countries is impeding business investment. However, the rise in cash balances dates back a couple...

The global manufacturing PMI rose in November as conditions improved in China and the rate of contraction slowed in much of Europe. But the latest reading still points to weak global growth, large...

Some commentators argue that growth of world per capita income over the coming few decades will be much lower than in the past, because technological progress has slowed or because of the depletion of...