Changing consumer behaviour and politics of the world also throw up new avenues.

China's economic slowdown is bad for everyone who trades with China. GDP growth has slowed from 10.4% annually in 2011 to 7.4% last year.

Indeed, the cash piles of some of the biggest corporations rival those of some of the major economies around the world.

Summers questioned whether it was wise for rich nations to be shored up financially by developing ones in Asia that could crash at any time.

A monthly survey by the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) showed that comparable US chain store sales slumped 0.5 per cent i...

As the grim notion of recession appears to be taking hold in the United States, debate among economists is shifting from whether a downturn...

The new calculation, based on purchasing-power parity, found that China produces 40% less output than previous estimates. The largest US ba...

US corporate profits are in a recession, and the entire economy may not be far behind. Slower sales and higher energy and labour costs are ...

Decoupling, the notion that the rest of the world can weather the effects of a slowing US economy, had all the attributes of a successful a...