global economy

The British capital’s status as pinstriped powerhouse is suddenly being called into question

The storm clouds gathering over the global economy will make it hard for the next government to deliver on its promises

A monthly scorecard on the state of the economy in North America and beyond

Sentiment is much stronger than GDP figures would suggest

Five things we learned from the morning papers about the euro crisis: 

Spain has requested a European bailout in a bid to rescue its cash-starved banks, the New York Times is reporting:

Thanks to unorthodox measures, the economy is bouncing back

As they watch the debt crisis unfold, hardline Euroskeptics in Britain have never seemed so smug

Fears spread over possible euro zone recession

For the past decade, it has been difficult to pick-up a newspaper without reading a headline about China’s phenomenal economic growth and its impact on everything from oil prices to global food supplies. And thanks to our resource-based economy, Canada in particular has benefitted from the boom in commodity prices sparked by China’s seemingly insatiable appetite for oil and other raw materials. But what happens if China’s growth were to slow dramatically over the next few years?

More than half of China’s 7,000 toy makers have gone under

The stock market is in free fall, and the economy is just beginning to suffer. Will you ever be able to retire? Well, that depends . . .