投稿者: Larry Elliott Economics editor
Trade with rest of world is shrinking and youth unemployment is at 20% but state interventions are expectedChina’s economy is struggling. The recovery after the lifting of Covid-19 restrictions is faltering. Its trade with the rest of the world is shri…
Exclusive: 182 experts say only debt cancellation offers chance of recovery but private investors are playing hardballSome of the world’s most powerful hedge funds and other investors are holding up vital help for crisis-hit Sri Lanka by their hardline…
European Commission downgrades growth prospects from 4% to 2.7%, while economy slows rapidly in ChinaRussia-Ukraine war: latest updatesThe growth prospects for the EU have been revised sharply downwards after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine put paid to ho…
Output is contracting as Beijing’s tough pandemic measures force some factories to shut downCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageOutput from China’s manufacturing sector slowed to its weakest in almost two years in January as the…
Resolution Foundation report also highlights risk of British firms being undercut by lower cost rivalsGains from a UK trade deal with India could be on a par with those from an agreement with the US but risks exposing the economy to tougher competition…
In virtual address to World Economic Forum, Chinese president calls for multilateral approach to crisisChina’s president, Xi Jinping, has sent out a warning to Joe Biden that he risks a new cold war if he continues with the protectionist policies of hi…
Country was expanding at a faster rate than before the coronavirus pandemic at the end of 2020China’s economy has posted its strongest growth in two years after completing a rapid recovery from the slump caused by the Covid-19 pandemic at the start of …
Centre for Economics and Business Research says it expects this to happen half a decade sooner than it forecast a year agoChina will overtake the US as the world’s biggest economy before the end of the decade after outperforming its rival during the gl…
With UK’s Liam Fox eliminated the contest is now between Yoo Myung-hee and Ngozi Okonjo-IwealaThe World Trade Organization is set to be run by a woman for the first time in its 25-year history after it was announced that the final choice to be its new …
Impact of Chinese outbreak has already rippled out well beyond world’s No 2 economyThe impact of coronavirus on the global economy is growing and spreading daily. What started as a medical emergency in the Chinese city of Wuhan has led to planes being …