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Davos: Bosses ‘less optimistic’ about global economy
January 21st, 2015
Chief executives are less optimistic about the economy this year than last, a survey unveiled at the World Economic Forum suggests. PwC‘s annual survey shows that just 37% think the economy will improve in 2015, down from 44% last ...
New Deloitte Report Looks at Facebook’s Impact on Global Economy, Jobs
January 20th, 2015
In a more open and connected world, it’s not just easier for friends and family to stay in touch. New economic opportunities are being created too. A new report by Deloitte, titled Facebook’s Global Economic Impact, analyzes how Facebook’s marketing, platform, ...
Investors fear global economy slowdown
January 16th, 2015
US stocks were traded lower on Thursday for the fifth consecutive time. Investors are concerned over global economy slowdown, which indicates a plunge in world crude oil prices, and fear that the results of American earnings reports wouldn’t meet ...
G-20 Plans $2 Trillion Growth Boost to Uneven Global Economy
November 17th, 2014
Group of 20 leaders agreed to take measures that would boost their economies by a collective $2 trillion by 2018 as they battle patchy growth and the threat of a European recession. Citing risks from financial markets and geopolitical ...
Dollar firm around 108 yen on eased concern about global economy
October 24th, 2014
The U.S. dollar stayed relatively firm around 108 yen Friday morning in Tokyo on eased worries about the global economy, but caution over another Ebola infection in the United States capped the currency’s further gain. At noon, the dollar ...
Oil Prices Fall, and the Global Economy Wins
September 30th, 2014
Oil is in the midst of one of its steepest selloffs since the financial crisis, with prices falling 16 percent since mid-June. This has the Saudis contemplating even deeper cuts in oil production to keep prices from declining any ...
US becoming largest oil producer in the global economy
September 30th, 2014
The US is overtaking Saudi Arabia to become the world’s largest producer of liquid petroleum, in a sign of how its booming oil production has reshaped the energy sector. US production of oil and related liquids such as ethane ...
IMF reports over Growing Risk in Global Economy
September 18th, 2014
The global economy faces a growing risk from big financial market bets that could quickly unravel if investors get spooked by geopolitical tensions or a shift in U.S. interest rate policy, the International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday. The ...
The Global Economy’s Groundhog Day
August 8th, 2014
In the movie “Groundhog Day,” a television weatherman, played by Bill Murray, awakes every morning at 6:00 to relive the same day. A similar sense of déjà vu has pervaded economic forecasting since the global economic crisis began a ...
Saudi Arabia’s move for larger global oil market share to adversely affect Russian economy
April 9th, 2015
The feedstock production growth in Saudi Arabia will adversely affect the Russian economy, Kuwait-based oil expert Kamel al-Harami says Saudi Arabia is seeking after the larger OPEC’s share on the global oil market by boosting the oil output and ...
