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Is it possible that the slowdown of China's expansion is good for the rest of the world? That might not make sense if you just looked at the worst U.S. stock market annual start ever.
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The International Monetary Fund on Monday added China's currency, the renminbi, to the basket of official world reserve currencies.
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Moody's expects slack growth in the world's economy for the next two years, which leaves it vulnerable to "shocks" such as those that could cause another financial crisis or recession.
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Source: ThinkstockNot only do people the world over rely on their jobs for their livelihood, but economic growth is the result of people working in one occupation or another. Professional lives vary...
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For the first time since the Great Recession, China's economy rose less that 7%. In the first three quarters, the number was 6.9%.
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When Christine Lagarde of the International Monetary Fund spoke last week, it had all the hallmarks of a precursor to a downgrade of the the agency's global growth targets.
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Has Christine Lagarde just made a pre-downgrade announcement to avoid making any waves when the IMF downgrades global growth next week?
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On the EconoMonitor blog, two researchers from the IMF have posted a brief account of the commodity price downturn in both base metals and oil.
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Really only the five nations added handily to their gold reserves in the first half of 2015, according to the latest data from the World Gold Council.
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Source: thinkstock.comPuerto Rico defaulted on its $58 million debt repayment this week for the first time in its history. With its failure to repay creditors, the commonwealth joins the ranks of...
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Germany is the world's perfect economy, by most important yardsticks. The International Monetary Fund recently confirmed that impression.
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The International Monetary Fund on Thursday cut its 2015 global GDP growth forecast from an April estimate of 3.5% to a new level of 3.3%.
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Banks did not open in Greece, although probably every Greek citizen would have taken his money and run.
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This isn't the first time that talks with Greece have fallen through and, by the looks of it, it might not be the last.
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After Greece failed yet again to reach a deal with European leaders, it is time for the Europeans to accept the fact that Greece simply wants out of much of its debt and already agreed-to austerity...
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