POLITICAL ECONOMY - POLICY DAILY

Japan economy woes may temper Abe's zeal: analysts

Dec 17, 2012 (AFP)

Shinzo Abe's thumping majority gives him freedom to push his hawkish foreign policy agenda, but Japan's powerful business lobby may temper his more extreme inst...

China to boost domestic demand in 2013: state media

Dec 16, 2012 (AFP)

China will make increasing domestic demand a top priority in 2013, state media said Sunday following a key conference that sets the country's economic goals. "E...

Japanese manufacturers' confidence dives

Dec 14, 2012 (AFP)

Confidence among Japanese manufacturers hit a near three-year low in the final months of 2012, a Bank of Japan (BoJ) survey showed Friday, adding to concerns ab...

Outside View: Solving U.S. budget woes

Dec 13, 2012 (UPI)

Even if U.S. President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, manage to avert the "fiscal cliff," Washington's budget woes won't be solved. Simply...

China bank lending rises in November

Dec 11, 2012 (AFP)

Chinese banks boosted lending in November from October, official figures showed Tuesday, as Beijing seeks to preserve the budding recovery in the world's second...

S. American growth set to cause wage hikes

Dec 10, 2012 (UPI)

A continuing boom in commodity prices and associated economic growth is set to push wages in emerging markets, with some rises likely to be dramatic, in contras...

Japan economic data sparks recession fears

Dec 10, 2012 (AFP)

Japan confirmed Monday the world's third-largest economy shrank in the three months to September, stoking fears the country was slipping into a recession and fu...

Nobel-winners vow Europe will emerge stronger from crisis

Dec 09, 2012 (AFP)

European Union leaders in Norway to collect the Nobel peace prize Sunday countered criticism of this year's award, saying Europe will emerge more united from th...

China's economy shows pick-up amid leadership transition

Dec 09, 2012 (AFP)

China released a series of figures Sunday showing continued strength in the world's second largest economy as it prepares for new leaders tasked with sustaining...

Chinese inflation rises to 2.0 percent in November

Dec 09, 2012 (AFP)

China's inflation rate increased to 2.0 percent in November, official figures showed Sunday, in another sign of a continued rebound in the world's second bigges...

EU's Nobel highlights bloc's divisions

Dec 08, 2012 (AFP)

The European Union collects its Nobel peace prize next week as it seeks a way out of the disarray left by yet another "annus horribilis" of roller-coaster econo...

Outside View: Unemployment rate dips

Dec 07, 2012 (UPI)

The U.S. economy added 146,000 jobs in November, up a bit from 138,000 in October. The unemployment rate fell to 7.7 percent, largely because 542,000 additional...

Neighbors' woes hit German growth targets

Dec 07, 2012 (UPI)

Germans are finding their economically troubled eurozone neighbors are beginning to put Germany's much cherished economic prosperity at risk, this week's financ...

Outside View: Politics of intimidation

Dec 06, 2012 (UPI)

Experts from Carnegie Mellon University will join Robert J. Shapiro, my co-chair at the American Task Force Argentina, to brief lawmakers and Obama administrati...

ADB cuts Asia growth forecasts on India's slowdown

Dec 06, 2012 (AFP)

The Asian Development Bank on Friday cut its economic growth forecasts for the region, which has been dragged back by a continued slowdown in India despite posi...

New China leaders urge end to 'pointless meetings'

Dec 05, 2012 (AFP)

China's new leaders have urged an end to "pointless" meetings, speeches and other time-wasting events, state-run media said on Wednesday in the latest call for ...

Outside View: Soaking the rich

Dec 04, 2012 (UPI)

To avert the fiscal cliff, U.S. President Barack Obama may get Republican cooperation in soaking the rich but the deal that emerges could put the nation in dire...

Walker's World: French dis-connection

Dec 03, 2012 (UPI)

It has been a bad week for France. The downgrading of its debt by Moody's ratings agency led to a further downgrade Friday of the eurozone's two bailout funds. ...

Asia manufacturing rises, analysts warn of headwinds

Dec 03, 2012 (AFP)

Factory activity across Asia broadly picked up in November, with China adding to the improvement seen in the previous month, as hopes rise that the region is be...

Investors turn to car parks as H.K. property cools

Dec 02, 2012 (AFP)

Curbs on buying property in Hong Kong have cooled a market pushed sky-high by mainland Chinese investors. But the steps have sparked a craze for an unlikely new...