ECONOMY & MARKETS

As it turns out, the mass flight of citizens feared by the Castro government never happened. (Or so the government says.)

This nation does not make headlines too often. But it should, and there's a very good reason.

Non-Chinese banks urged by Beijing to set up shop in Shanghai’s free-trade zone aren't happy with the regulatory limbo.

The latest retail report shows a U.S. economy continuing to grow faster than expected.

Gold rose to $1,250 per ounce on Monday, up $50 from the previous week’s trading ranges, as hedge funds pivoted with interest to the metal.

Ongoing litigation uncertainty, however, makes analysts wary of excessive optimism.

Here are economists' estimates for China's Q4 GDP, Dec. factory production, FX reserves, bank lending, FAI and retail sales.

Last year was rough for Indonesia, with fuel-price hikes and rising inflation, but things are expected to change this year.

A controversial soda tax was just introduced in Mexico, and now there's an unintended consequence.

A report surveyed the state of the global retail industry, as retail executives gathered at the NRF's Big Show industry conference in New York.

South Korea says it will push for a South Korea-China free trade agreement over joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) this year.

One in 200 infections leads to irreversible paralysis, usually in the legs, according to the World Health Organization.

An executive at consulting firm McKinsey & Company has drawn up a list of 10 things that could dominate the Year of the Wooden Horse.

Frozen or not, Niagara Falls captured people's imagination this past week. But can it capture their tourism dollars too?

Samsung's latest factory site was met with conflict on Thursday.

Venezuela's economy suffered in 2013 -- and 2014, the first full year under President Nicolás Maduro, does not look much better.

The Canadian unemployment rate surpassed the American rate in December for the first time since the financial crisis thanks to chilling temperatures and massive layoffs.

A companion question: Were U.S. home prices buoyed artificially by business investors in the market for quick profits?

Despite government / central bank efforts to quell rising consumer prices, the inflation rate rose in 2013, which doesn’t bode well for 2014.

While the U.S. jobs report was a huge disappointment, economists say the picture will look very different when we get revisions next month.

The total was absurdly low and may have been affected by seasonal factors; still, it may prompt the Fed to reduce stimulus more slowly.

The final reading of third-quarter GDP growth in the euro zone and EU were little changed from previous estimates.

After a year of rampant inflation and currency woes, is Argentina about to receive a quieter year?

Better-than-expected industrial production data from France, after a slew of disappointing numbers, could be an encouraging sign.

The X-shaped terminal will feature a nearly two-mile-long art walk built with a white peacock theme to showcase Indian designs.

The initial 2013 Amazon data suggests that brick-and-mortar retail stores have much to be concerned about.

But will the rest of the corporate world follow the U.S. in unleashing capital spending?

As the most stable economy in Latin America, Chile has paved its way for a comfortable year.

Indicators such as unemployment and inflation are edging closer to limits set by the bank to rescue the economy from the financial crisis.