POLITICAL ECONOMY - POLICY DAILY

Commodity prices win late rally on China stimulus hopes

Jul 13, 2012 (AFP)

Commodity prices, which fell during most of the past week, rallied strongly Friday on speculation of more China stimulus measures to boost demand in the Asian p...

Argentine downturn fails to cut inflation

Jul 12, 2012 (UPI)

Argentina's economic slowdown is failing to cut inflation, as was widely expected, amid labor disquiet over policies left unchanged by President Cristina Fernan...

Bank of Japan tweaks policy, points to steady growth

Jul 12, 2012 (AFP)

Japan's central bank Thursday said the world's third-largest economy would grow slightly less than expected amid turmoil overseas, but held off making major pol...

US beefs up protection of economic data

Jul 11, 2012 (AFP)

The US Labor Department's adversaries are "profit-driven, technically sophisticated individuals who may have considerable resources at their disposal." They may...

Daily deal industry shows no evidence of slowing down

Jul 10, 2012 (SPX)

Over the past year, some news reports have questioned the long-term viability and popularity of daily deal companies, but the industry shows no evidence of slow...

China to focus on reviving economic growth: PM

Jul 10, 2012 (AFP)

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said Tuesday that stabilising growth was a "top priority", after fresh data raised more worries of a slowdown in the world's second-l...

China overtakes Japan in Fortune 500 ranks

Jul 09, 2012 (AFP)

China overtook Japan on the Fortune Global 500 for the first time on the list of the world's biggest companies by revenue, the US business magazine said Monday....

Walker's World: Running on flat

Jul 09, 2012 (UPI)

Only an idiot would try to predict whether U.S. President Barack Obama can get re-elected four months from now. But it would take a special kind of fool to deny...

China's inflation slows to 29-month low

Jul 09, 2012 (AFP)

China's inflation slowed in June to its lowest level in 29 months, official data showed Monday, giving the government more flexibility in its efforts to reboot ...

Commentary: Financial tsunami

Jul 09, 2012 (UPI)

If women are reshaping the economy, politics and the world -- as the National Journal says will be borne out in its "Women 2020" conference July 18 -- it won't ...

IMF chief warns over slowing global growth

Jul 06, 2012 (AFP)

International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde Friday warned the global economy was slowing and said the situation could get worse because Europe was not d...

Outside View: Euro in never-ending crisis

Jul 06, 2012 (UPI)

The ongoing debt crisis in Europe is in its third year and counting and the euro, the single currency adopted by 17 European nations as their "coin of the realm...

Outside View: U.S. jobs outlook dismal

Jul 05, 2012 (UPI)

Friday, forecasters expect the U.S. Labor Department to report the economy added only 90,000 jobs in June, not even enough to keep up with growth in the working...

Walker's World: False choices

Jul 02, 2012 (UPI)

The current European and increasingly global debate whether to focus on a strategy of austerity or of growth is a horrible choice. It is also a false one. In po...

China expands its currency-swap geography

Jul 02, 2012 (Voice of Russia)

A currency-swap agreement between the BRICS countries may pave the way for creating an alternative financial system, a host of Moscow-based experts said in sepa...

China manfacturing contracts again in June: HSBC

Jul 02, 2012 (AFP)

China's manufacturing activity contracted for the eighth consecutive month in June, British bank HSBC said Monday, which analysts say will prompt more governmen...

Japan business sentiment improves, risks remain

Jul 02, 2012 (AFP)

Sentiment among large Japanese manufacturers improved in the quarter ended June, the Bank of Japan said Monday, although confidence remained weak amid a lumberi...

Doubts remain on new Eurozone rescue plan

Jun 29, 2012 (UPI)

European leaders clinched a new multibillion-dollar financial plan to head off a eurozone meltdown, exacting major concessions from Germany, the key advocate of...

Outside View: Funny money

Jun 28, 2012 (UPI)

U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and I are in agreement, a rare moment of clarity for McCain. McCain, who on occasion demonstrates the integrity he is possessed ...

Outside View: U.N. message at Rio+20

Jun 26, 2012 (UPI)

The U.N. conference on sustainable development that concluded in Rio de Janeiro last week has decisively rejected calls by green activists to shrink the world e...