POLITICAL ECONOMY - POLICY DAILY

Outside View: Modest jobs growth expected

Apr 04, 2013 (UPI)

Forecasters expect the U.S. Labor Department to report Friday that the U.S. economy added 193,000 jobs in March. This is in line with the pace of recent months ...

US stock regulator clears disclosures on social media

Apr 02, 2013 (AFP)

The US government's stock market watchdog on Tuesday cleared Netflix of improper disclosure of key corporate data, saying it is now acceptable to release pertin...

Japanese manufacturers' confidence improves: BoJ poll

Apr 01, 2013 (AFP)

Confidence among large Japanese manufacturers improved in the first quarter, a central bank survey showed Monday, as Tokyo works to reverse years of limp growth...

Asia manufacturing picks up in March, data shows

Apr 01, 2013 (AFP)

Manufacturing activity across Asia expanded in April, widely watched barometers showed Monday, suggesting that the region's export-dependent economies were cont...

China manufacturing index hits nearly one-year high

Apr 01, 2013 (AFP)

Manufacturing activity in China expanded at its fastest pace in almost a year last month, official data showed Monday, indicating conditions in the world's numb...

Outside View: A time for optimism

Mar 28, 2013 (UPI)

Easter is a celebration of springtime rebirth -- a good time to enumerate reasons for optimism and the tasks necessary to accomplish America's potential. The U....

China banks report slower profit growth in 2012

Mar 26, 2013 (AFP)

Two of China's biggest banks recorded weaker profit growth last year, according to annual reports released Tuesday, as a slowdown in the world's second largest ...

China Construction Bank profit $31.2 bn, up 14.1%

Mar 25, 2013 (AFP)

China Construction Bank, one of the country's top four lenders, said its net profit rose 14.1 percent year-on-year in 2012, lifted by growth in net interest inc...

Walker's World: The Cypriot mess

Mar 25, 2013 (UPI)

Only a fool would deny the ability of the European Union to concoct some fudged last-minute rescue for Cyprus that keeps the great euro suspense drama limping w...

Outside View: Cyprus should leave euro

Mar 25, 2013 (UPI)

Cyprus would be better off to leave the euro than accept the terms of the bailout imposed by the European Union, International Monetary Fund and European Centra...

Economic liberalisation slowing in China: OECD

Mar 22, 2013 (AFP)

Economic liberalisation has slowed in China, the OECD said in a major report Friday, urging the country's Communist rulers to step up efforts to level the playi...

EU faces discord over Cyprus rescue plan

Mar 22, 2013 (UPI)

Cyprus wasn't even considered when European analysts weighed various scenarios that could cause the eurozone to start falling apart because of multiple financia...

China manufacturing improves in March: HSBC

Mar 21, 2013 (AFP)

Manufacturing activity in China improved in March after expanding at its slowest pace in four months in February, HSBC said Thursday, lifting hopes for a pick-u...

Trichet confident of 'appropriate' Cyprus solution

Mar 20, 2013 (AFP)

Former ECB president Jean-Claude Trichet said Wednesday he was confident an "appropriate" solution will be found for Cyprus's banking crisis, despite lawmakers ...

China's Xi tells US Treasury chief of 'shared interests'

Mar 19, 2013 (AFP)

Beijing and Washington have "enormous shared interests", China's new President Xi Jinping told the US Treasury chief on Tuesday in his first major diplomatic me...

Outgoing BoJ chief Shirakawa says failed on deflation

Mar 19, 2013 (AFP)

The Bank of Japan's outgoing governor on Tuesday acknowledged he failed to end the country's long-running deflation, but pointed to better times ahead as he ste...

HSBC mulls thousands more job cuts: report

Mar 18, 2013 (AFP)

HSBC could cut up to another 5,000 jobs as Europe's biggest bank looks to find further savings, the Financial Times reported on Monday. The business daily said ...

Bank of China chairman resigns

Mar 17, 2013 (AFP)

Bank of China chairman Xiao Gang resigned from his post after he was chosen to head China's top securities regulator, reports said late Sunday. Xiao was named t...

Commentary: Rags to riches to rags

Mar 15, 2013 (UPI)

Once a year Forbes publishes "The Definitive Guide to the Richest People on Earth." This year it added 210 new billionaires, including 138 women, worth $5.4 tri...

Outside View: Regulatory tidal wave

Mar 15, 2013 (UPI)

It's heartening to see the U.S. economy making a recovery as the stock market ticks up and the unemployment rolls slim down. And while this is encouraging, ther...