A Tale of Two Economies: How the US and EU are Recovering
Many things seem to be going well for the U.S. economy: the housing market has been strong this year with prices contributing to a level of household wealth that set records, and the debt-to-income...
View ArticleWill the Greek PM’s White House Visit Help or Hurt Him?
Greek president Antonis Samaras is visiting the White House today to discuss the economic fortunes of his country at the moment — a conversation that is likely to focus on reforms, austerity, and the...
View ArticleA Tale of Two Economies: How the US and EU are Recovering
Many things seem to be going well for the U.S. economy: the housing market has been strong this year with prices contributing to a level of household wealth that set records, and the debt-to-income...
View ArticleParadigm Shift: Emerging Markets Fading, Developed World Fostering Global Growth
As of last month, investors had removed 27 percent of the money that had gone into emerging markets, an amount totaling $13.9 billion, Bloomberg reports. However, this downturn in growth isn’t offset...
View ArticleExports in EU Gain Steam Despite Lingering Threats
The European Union is trying to look strong as some signs of manufacturing life as exports are slowly gaining across the stronger countries in the bloc. The news comes as a pleasant surprise at a time...
View Article5 Economies and How They Can Help Make the Global Recovery Last
As the picture for the global economy continues to look brighter in the short term, long-term prospects are still in question. Growth has proven resilient in the face of policymakers who are often not...
View ArticleHere’s All You Need to Know About China’s New Free Trade Zone
China has formally announced plans for the creation of a new free trade zone in Shanghai, Reuters reports. The zone, encompassing roughly eleven square miles on the outskirts o Shanghai, is slated to...
View ArticleDavid Cameron: EU and China Should Commence Free Trade Talks
British Prime Minister David Cameron has added to calls for easing trade restrictions between China and the European Union, Bloomberg reports. Cameron made the remarks while visiting China on a...
View ArticleWorld Trade Organization’s Bali Talks Yield a Deal
The World Trade Organization has come to a multilateral agreement on trade policy at its meeting in Bali, Bloomberg reports. For the first time in the history of the World Trade Organization, all of...
View ArticleLifting the Oil Export Ban: Where the Refiners Stand
As the debate over whether to lift the U.S. ban on crude oil exports intensifies, producers will clearly benefit, but the situation for refiners is more complicated. Still, most are lining up on the...
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