ECONOMY & MARKETS

The European Commission has raised its EU and eurozone GDP forecasts, but austerity measures are nowhere near over.

And you'll never guess where the biggest overvaluation exists, which ran current account deficits of 12 percent to 40 percent of GDP.

Republicans will press criticism of the ambitious tax evasion crackdown during 2014 elections.

Now that the drug lord Guzman is behind bars, the government predicts an increase in tourism and more interest from international investors.

In 2013, Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa announced a plan to create a development bank, but progress has been slow.

Foreign trade and investments in the factory and construction sectors aided growth in the fourth quarter.

UBS analysts warn that Ukraine's economy is a high risk, after weeks of unrest and amid uncertainty regarding political and economic policy.

Wage affects tribal government workers. The tribe’s private sector corporation (and federal contractor) currently starts employees at $9.36 per hour.

Agnico-Eagle Mines’ Meadowbank gold mine saw record production in 2013.

Markets in Egypt aren’t heavily impacted by the mass government resignations announced on Monday.

The Group of 20, or G20, accounts for about 85 percent of the global economy.

The Ifo index is based on about 7,000 monthly surveys of companies in manufacturing, construction, wholesaling and retailing sectors.

Home price rises eased for the first time in 14 months as the government's campaign to rein in property risk may be working.

Will Brazil and Mexico's stock markets sink or swim in 2014? Schwab's international market analyst Michelle Gibley weighs in.

Good news for very large container ships: Contractors and authorities have reached a deal to resume work on the stalled project.

U.S. Census data reveals where inequality is the most extreme. The data may surprise you.

The closures jeopardize one region's leading industry and the livelihood of its workers.

Macro targets and local-government debt are likely to top the agenda when China’s top legislative body meets March 5.

The amount of money flowing out of the U.S. in the form of remittances has almost tripled in the last 20 years.

The pact involves automatic sharing of bank information and could be signed as soon as the Sat. G-20 meeting.

If you want to help the U.S. economy (not to mention your own personal health), you’ll use all of your paid time off.

Blackstone’s innovative rental-backed security launched late last year in a $480 million offering.

Nigeria’s central bank governor has been dismissed after months of tension with the country's president over corruption allegations.

The monthly stat has become increasingly important to investors and economists around the world.

By 2015, financial wealth in China might overtake Japan’s, while emerging Asia is on course to eclipse the U.S., economists estimate.

The euro zone economy continued to expand at a robust pace in Feb., but the recovery remains fragile and uneven.

Three head honchos met in Mexico to discuss economic alliances and speak to business, civil society and education leaders.

The preliminary index for February got smaller in all categories except for suppliers' delivery times.

Aaron Houston has been lobbying for marijuana legalization for over a decade, and he now works as an adviser at Ghost Group.