ECONOMY & MARKETS

The policymakers could decide at the December meeting to go ahead with the purchases, but such a step is not certain.

The Make in India campaign, launched by Modi on Sept. 25, aims to turn India into a global manufacturing hub.

Last month's data showed that borrowing between April and August was 6 percent higher than a year earlier.

At least seven high-level officials have reportedly fled to Australia with $1 billion stolen from public funds.

Afghanistan produces more than 80 percent of the world's illicit opium, which reportedly helps fund the Taliban and other insurgent groups.

The agreement between EU and Chinese officials ends a yearlong dispute that had ratcheted up trade tensions.

Wall Street is bracing for more volatility Tuesday, as corporate earnings, coupled with China GDP data, could inject more uncertainty.

New York Federal Reserve Bank President William Dudley said banks should pay employees in debt securities for their annual incentive pay.

An increasing number of reports say China's economic growth rate will fall -- soon and sharply.

The Sharia board has said that 78 percent of NCB's finance deals, 92 percent of liabilities and 73 percent of income, are Sharia-compliant.

The sharp week-long drop in global stocks and bond yields abated on Friday, though investors remained on edge.

Britain's future in the 28-country trading bloc has been thrown into question by Prime Minister David Cameron.

Legal reforms are expected to be announced at the end of an Oct. 20-23 meeting of the ruling Communist Party elite.

After years of economic woe, Argentina has announced another domestic bond sale this year that it hopes will raise $1 billion.

U.S. stocks soared Friday, closing out another whiplash week, as the Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped over 200 points.

Americans are growing more confident in the economy, but they are still holding back some spending.

The Fed chief pointed to four pillars of economic opportunity that could narrow the gap.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average soared over 200 points on Friday, driven by strong U.S. economic data and corporate earnings.

The more volatile multifamily home segment led the increase.

While growth looked set to be the fastest of any major economy this year, real wages and productivity were weakest since the 19th century.

His appointment inserts a friend of Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan at the heart of policymaking in New Delhi.

Some market professionals think the financial markets are using Europe as an excuse for recent volatility.

Falling consumer prices, particularly in Europe, are adding to fears that inflation won't speed up and lift the world economy.

New report reveals the tech sector is hiring at half the rate of the overall private U.S. workforce.

U.S. stock futures remained under pressure on Thursday despite the government reporting better-than-expected data on the labor front.

The number of Americans seeking unemployment aid fell last week as companies hire and keep more workers, according to the U.S. Labor Department.

Merkel asked European Union leaders to consider the nervousness in financial markets about signs of a global slowdown.

India in July blocked what would have been the first global trade reform in two decades.

In some places, people are paying three times as much for ordinary foods.