'Low-carbon urban development ways can save $17 tn globally'

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 8, 2015, 13:15

It has identified key economic opportunities that could help bridge up to 96 per cent of the gap between "business-as- usual emissions and the level needed to limit dangerous climate change".

Greek crisis will impact global economy: Doha bank CEO

Last Updated: Friday, July 3, 2015, 17:00

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on July 1 decided to press ahead with a bailout referendum on accepting creditors' stringent demands.

Global economy recovering; nowhere near depression: Rajan

Last Updated: Thursday, July 2, 2015, 16:28

Global economy is in a recovery mode which is still weak, but the overall situation is "not anywhere" like the depression of 1930s, Reserve Bank Governor Raghuram Rajan said on Thursday.

India to be among top 3 economies globally by 2030: Report

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 24, 2015, 16:52

Emerging markets are expected to grow faster than developed economies, and India is likely to become the third largest economy by 2030 in the world after China and the United States, says a report.

Asia's exporters struggle to cope with a changing global economy

Last Updated: Monday, June 22, 2015, 10:30

Asian exports to the United States have risen this year, but such growth now is more driven by investment in software development and shale-oil drilling than by activity that pulls in imports.

India a bright spot in troubled global economy: FM Jaitley

Last Updated: Sunday, June 21, 2015, 09:26

"In otherwise troubled time of the global economy, India clearly is a bright spot. As a bright spot, our growth rates are improving. Fiscal discipline is under control," he said.

Merkel says strong euro hurts fruits of reforms

Last Updated: Friday, June 12, 2015, 17:17

In the global economy, "a very strong" euro would make it difficult for countries such as Spain and Portugal, which adopted significant reforms during the economic crisis, to "harvest the fruits of those reforms, in exports, for example," Merkel told a congress for family-run businesses in Berlin.

Golbal Economy Weekahead: Pick-up continues as Greek drama plays on

Last Updated: Sunday, June 7, 2015, 16:02

Athens delayed a key debt payment to the International Monetary Fund on Friday, branding as "absurd" the terms of a proposed aid deal from lenders.

Crunch time for Greece, US and Chinese data in focus

Last Updated: Sunday, May 31, 2015, 15:01

Years of uncertainty and economic pain spent keeping Greece in the euro zone boils down in June to a handful of make-or-break debt repayments, while a raft of key data in the next few days will point to the progress of the global economy.

Greece, EU partners pressed to resolve debt crisis at G7 finance meeting

Last Updated: Saturday, May 30, 2015, 09:40

The United States and Japan pressed Greece and its European partners to resolve Athens` debt crisis and avoid rattling the eurozone and the global economy, as the issue dominated talks of the Group of Seven finance ministers on Friday.

G7 finance ministers, central bankers meet in Dresden

Last Updated: Thursday, May 28, 2015, 13:49

Finance ministers and central bank governors of the Group of Seven wealthiest nations gathered in Dresden on Thursday to discuss the global economy and tax evasion, but the Greek crisis was also high on everyone`s minds.

G7 finance ministers, central bankers meet in Dresden

Last Updated: Thursday, May 28, 2015, 10:09

Finance ministers and central bank governors of the Group of Seven wealthiest nations gathered in Dresden Thursday to discuss the global economy and tax evasion, but the Greek crisis was also high on everyone`s minds.