ECONOMY & MARKETS

In his first speech since taking office July 1, BoE Governor Mark Carney says the recovery seen so far isn't enough.

India's economy will likely bottom-out in the second half of the fiscal year, despite several issues dogging Asia's third-largest economy.

A shadowy network of Nigerian thieves is having an unprecedented impact on the country's economy, and worldwide oil production.

Global stocks sold off, on western intervention in Syria chatter; investors also debated the Fed's stimulus reduction comments.

Half the world’s pigs live in China and pork price is a good barometer of inflationary pressure.

Asian markets were jolted, after new evidence emerged of a chemical attack by the Syrian government against civilians.

New EPA chief Gina McCarthy visited the Alaskan site of a proposed giant copper and gold mine on Tuesday, as she contemplates a project mired in as much environmental controversy as the Keystone XL Pipeline.

Doubts are growing about the ability of the U.S. economy to maintain its rather modest recovery, and that may delay Fed stimulus removal.

The announcement came a day after a $20 billion food subsidy program got closer to enactment, amid worsening economic indicators.

Economic expansion was expected this quarter, following dismal growth in the first quarter of this year.

Once a major oil company, ailing Petróleos de Venezuela remains the country's main earner. But how long will it last?

China’s factory activity in August is expected to grow at its fastest in three months, according to an official survey due on Aug. 31.

The year is off to a terrific start for the global travel and tourism industry with higher-than-predicted growth of 5 percent.

Japan’s ultra-easy monetary policy successfully drove down the yen. But a weaker yen is a double-edged sword.

It is too soon to conclude that the crisis in Italy is nearing an end.

Overall business sentiment in Germany improved while retail business sentiment took a dip. Six-month outlook bright.

The program aims to provide heavily subsidized food grains to 800 million Indians, amid worries that it could further fuel inflation.

Jack Lew warns Speaker Boehner that the federal government will hit the $16.7 trillion borrowing limit in October.

What's worse than a Biblical swarm of locusts? Maybe an infestation of a million cockroaches.

But are the taxes motivated by wanting to stabilize the market, or to fill government coffers?

Bo Xilai's trial brings to light how a richer China is spending (or not spending) its new money.

Things are getting better -- significantly better -- says UBS economist Larry Hatheway.

The president is once again calling for foreign companies to be majority-owned by black Zimbabweans.

PE exits from Indian companies are expected to continue in less-than-conducive conditions, leaving the door open for contrarians.

The consensus among decision makers in Jackson Hole, Wyo. still points to a Fed stimulus reduction in September.

Brazil, Argentina and Venezuela have seen their currencies drop sharply in the last six months.

Long periods of low interest rates and loose monetary policy were a necessary risk, but they must eventually end, the IMF chief said.

In the U.S., revised Q2 GDP should indicate steady momentum.

While the U.S. economy has seen considerable growth in both very low-paying jobs and very high-paying jobs, it’s the jobs in the middle of the pay spectrum that are missing.