ECONOMY & MARKETS

Both HSBC and official surveys show growth remains in positive territory.

Guess which region had several of the least-corrupt countries in the world? The answer may surprise you.

Brazil may not be on the verge of a recession, but analysts warn it will continue to disappoint those who expect strong growth.

Online retailers shrugged off a mediocre overall retail environment to rake in big sales increases.

Enrique Peña Nieto had an eventful first year at the helm of the second-biggest economy in Latin America.

Those of you who piled into gold on a Glenn Beck-inspired belief that the U.S. dollar would collapse should meditate on this analysis.

While Denmark and New Zealand retained their top slots, North Korea landed at the bottom of the 2013 worldwide corruption index.

November’s employment report could tip the finely-balanced stimulus reduction decision either way.

While the sequester spending cuts remain in place, lawmakers try to find an alternative -- and that's proving elusive.

The Chinese currency edged up in October to rank behind the U.S. dollar while the euro’s share dropped.

A Gallup poll found that for the past five years, Americans have been spending more discretionary cash.

Has Vladimir Putin overplayed his admittedly powerful hand in dealing with a major southwestern neighbor?

The nation is likely to post a tough quarter marked by currency rate swings, declining consumer spending and a possible credit rating downgrade.

The bank said this top trade for 2014 best framed risks and rewards related to Chinese economic growth and commodity market risks.

Geopolitics could trump supply-and-demand fundamentals in determining the price of crude oil.

Consumers can't live without their smartphones, but there's a reason why mobile devices haven't supplanted PCs for e-purchases.

House prices around the world are creeping back to pre-crisis levels. What does that say about real estate's performance long-term?

The latest PMI data show that the UK recorded a 19-year high in output and new order growth, while the euro zone continues to recover.

U.S. stock markets and property markets in Brazil could be heading toward a bubble, Nobel laureate Robert Shiller has warned.

The uptick in local demand reflects China's policy changes this year to steer the economy toward a domestic-consumption model.

The White House had promised to fix the new health care website by this weekend.

The tiny Caribbean island nation wants to go from beach paradise to agricultural powerhouse, thanks to one crop.

Peru is one of the fastest growing nations in South America, but the expansion is coming at a price.

As Mongolia's economy slows down, the government is turning to investment in its stock exchange as a means of diversification.

Brazil's big city apartment prices are currently 60% higher than in Miami - enough to worry Nobel Prize winner Robert Shiller.

Could the party's ambitious plan turn out to be all talk and no action?

Black Friday is spreading outside of the U.S.

Asia's third-largest economy, which recently ground to its slowest pace in a decade, beat expectations in the September quarter.

Thanks to the rise of a young Internet-savvy generation, social media skills among workers will be taken for granted.