POLITICAL ECONOMY - POLICY DAILY

Walker's World: The return of euro crisis

Aug 20, 2012 (UPI)

Just back from vacation, France's President Francois Hollande plunges right back into a new euro crisis, as he goes to Berlin for talks this week with Chancello...

More Chinese cities record new home price increases

Aug 18, 2012 (AFP)

New home prices in more Chinese cities rose in July than in the previous month, the government said Saturday, amid cautious optimism the country's property mark...

Indian media slams government over audit reports

Aug 18, 2012 (AFP)

Indian media on Saturday slammed the embattled government after a damning report by the country's auditor estimated that the exchequer lost billions of dollars ...

Wen sees China meeting growth target: Xinhua

Aug 15, 2012 (AFP)

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has said the country will be able to meet economic targets this year, including growth of at least 7.5 percent, the official Xinhua n...

Asian economies most at risk from natural disasters

Aug 15, 2012 (AFP)

Asian countries dominate a league table of economies most at risk from earthquakes, floods, storms and other natural hazards, according to research published on...

Argentina plans $750M YPF bond issue

Aug 14, 2012 (UPI)

Argentina has unveiled plans to raise $750 million in bonds on the back of Spanish oil company YPF, which it nationalized earlier this year. Analysts said the a...

Outside View: Risking economic depression

Aug 09, 2012 (UPI)

U.S. President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans are engaging in dangerous brinksmanship. Putting off addressing the fiscal cliff until after the elect...

More China loosening tipped as output, inflation ease

Aug 09, 2012 (AFP)

China's leaders will have more room to further loosen monetary policy after data Thursday showed inflation at its lowest in two and a half years while industria...

Outside View: Deus ex machina 3.0

Aug 08, 2012 (UPI)

Last week, three events should have sounded deafening alarms and issued unmistakable warnings about the vulnerabilities facing mankind. And a fourth was further...

Asia business confidence falters on China: survey

Aug 07, 2012 (AFP)

Asia has been a ray of sunshine in the global economic gloom, but a confidence survey released Wednesday shows the region's executives are starting to worry as ...

US watchdog doubts Standard Chartered's 'core values'

Aug 07, 2012 (AFP)

Standard Chartered, the latest bank accused by the United States of illicit dealings with Iran, is regarded as a conservative specialist in emerging markets fro...

Walker's World: August, the cruel month

Aug 06, 2012 (UPI)

Just five years ago Monday, the financial crisis started when the American Home Mortgage Investment Corp. filed for bankruptcy. Recognizing the property bubble ...

Outside View: Unemployment rises

Aug 03, 2012 (UPI)

The U.S. economy added 163,000 jobs in July. Although an improvement over the first quarter, the ranks of the unemployed swelled another 45,000. The unemploymen...

Sony Q1 loss widens, cuts FY earnings forecast

Aug 02, 2012 (AFP)

Sony said Thursday its fiscal first-quarter net loss widened to 24.6 billion yen ($313.5 million) while it cut its profit forecast for the year as the strugglin...

Sony highlights Japan electronics firms' woes

Aug 02, 2012 (AFP)

Sony on Thursday reported a widening quarterly loss and trimmed its profit forecast for the year, again underscoring the challenges faced by Japan's troubled el...

Japan recovering, faces debt, euro risks: IMF

Aug 01, 2012 (AFP)

Japan is recovering from the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster but the euro crisis, its huge public debt and a Chinese slump dampens hope over 2.5 percent gr...

China manufacturing shows 'modest improvement': HSBC

Aug 01, 2012 (AFP)

China's manufacturing activity picked up modestly to a three-month high in July as factory output rose, boosted by government measures to stimulate the economy,...

Outside View: Pressures mount on Fed, ECB

Aug 01, 2012 (UPI)

Pressure mounts on the Federal Reserve and European Central Bank to avert another recession but neither can accomplish much without their governments pursuing m...

China's leaders call for prioritising stable growth

Jul 31, 2012 (AFP)

China's top leaders warned of continued downward pressure on the world's second-largest economy and vowed to make economic growth a top priority, state press re...

Japan jobless rate down as households boost spending

Jul 31, 2012 (AFP)

Japan's unemployment rate edged down in June while households loosened their purse strings, offering a glimmer of hope for the nation's fragile economy. But the...