China’s Gloomy Economy Makes US, Europe Oil Costly in Asia

China’s lackluster economy is helping to make oil from the US and Europe increasingly uncompetitive in Asia, where refiners are set to favor supply that’s closer to home. Read More

G20 financial chiefs flag global economic 'soft landing', warn of risks from war

G20 financial leaders said on Friday the global economy was likely heading for a "soft landing", but warned wars and escalating conflicts could endanger this outlook, while more global cooperation ... Read More

How China's Economy Compares to the US's After Latest Results

World Bank data shows the gap between the top two economies widened last year. China's was just two-thirds the size of the U.S.'s down from 70 percent in 2022 and 76 percent in 2021. Read More

Yellen says Harris would maintain US leadership on global issues

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Thursday that Vice President Kamala Harris shares President Joe Biden's core values on global and economic issues and would maintain U.S. international ... Read More

China’s third plenum is almost a declaration of economic war

This has pushed China’s trade surplus to a record $100bn (£77bn) a month, surpassing the total share of global GDP reached at the peak of the China shock 1.0.Eternal optimists had hoped for a change ... Read More

The world's most accurate economist shares his US economic and political outlook, as well as the secret behind his accuracy

Christophe Barraud has been ranked as the top US forecaster since 2012 for all years but one. Read More

US-China decoupling

360 Security, QAX and Tencent took swipes at CrowdStrike online after the American firm caused global ... Talk of economic decoupling between China and the United States, the world's two largest ... Read More

IMF's economic view: Brighter outlook for China and India but tepid global growth

The International Monetary Fund has upgraded its economic outlook this year for China, India and Europe while modestly lowering expectations for the United States and Japan ... Read More

World News

Now, it is a country torn apart by Islamist extremists and the government’s brutal effort to drive them out. By Elian Peltier and Guerchom Ndebo In seven years, Racheal Kundananji went from ... Read More

Global Economy

In this week’s issue of the Global ... US and Europe. Economist Helen Qiao compares the differing levels of confidence in China and India as a key agenda-setting meeting looms for the world ... Read More

China Surpasses Europe in Per Capita Energy Consumption

China's energy consumption per capita has surpassed that of Europe ... world's largest emitter of greenhouse gases due to its manufacturing-heavy economy. Achieving climate goals requires global ... Read More

China leads global consumption transformation with market, digital economy advantages

China is expected to become the world's top buyer by 2025 - surpassing both the US and Europe, according to ... have a significant impact on the global economy. For example, in the field of ... Read More