Did you know that Salekhard, Russia—a tundra-locked industrial town in the country's extreme north—is fast becoming the center of the economic universe? At least according to one very technical measure provided by McKinsey & Company.
Investors are licking their wounds following Moody's downgrade of 15 of the biggest banks in the world on Thursday afternoon, especially since the hit coincided with the Dow closing down 250 points, bringing the second-worst trading day of 2012. Why did Moody's do it?
World leaders may have twisted Angela Merkel's arm into submission.
The big news out of Europe yesterday was a rush to plan B: Greece's exit from the eurozone. But today, almost in unison, the markets and the politicians are swinging the pendulum in the other direction.
The stunning decision by Greece Prime Minister George Papandreou to hold a referendum on the $178 billion European bailout package has laid bare the miserable economic options the country has in front of it.
The credit rating agency also downgraded Portuguese financial insitutions
New claims for unemployment benefits rose to 401,000 last week
Oil prices hit a two and a half-year high on Tuesday as turmoil mounted in Libya
The trade gap widened in December for the first time in four months and increased by nearly 33 percent in 2010; here's the good, the bad, and the "big question"
An Oliver Wyman partner has presented a bold thesis at Davos
Analysts worry that protests in Egypt--especially if they spread across the region--could send oil prices soaring
The World Economic Forum's über-elite meeting in Switzerland begins this week
U.S. exports to China will increase by more than $45 billion, President Obama announced alongside Chinese President Hu Jintao
President Obama, meanwhile, is cast as the Chinese president's stealth jet valet-parking attendant
The World Economic Forum and World Bank issue their 2011 predictions
The World Economic Forum wants more women at its annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland
U.S.-China trade relations will feature prominently in Chinese president Hu Jintao's state visit next week
The effects rising prices could have on everything from work commutes to consumer confidence
Does it signal impending inflationary doom?
Why they're doing it, and what it means for the U.S. economy
Apple's smartphone has ignited a debate about the ways we measure global trade
Currency makeover edition
And they're wrong
Former British prime minister urges G20 to resist protectionism, export to Asia
Cities defy predictions and continue to expand
The big debates around tons of money going Gaelic
It's too small and punishes the wrong people
Ireland is resisting forceful calls to accept a bailout
In just 20 years as African farmers abandon the crop
The global economic meeting comes in troubled times
Our economy's struggling, our schools are middling, and yet...
Other countries are irritated about the Fed's quantitative easing
And other measures in advance of the G20
Wolf and Krugman really don't like the undervalued currency
Hard lessons on financial crises
Second-quarter GDP figures saw the biggest leap since reunification
It's not all bad news!
Unexpectedly good news on the state of European banks--but analysts urge caution
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