Topic: Group of Twenty

Nobel Peace Prize awarded to jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo

Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Liu Xiaobo, who participated in the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and was jailed in 2008 for advocating human rights.
10/08/2010 09:25 am

US economic growth will lag behind global rate, IMF forecasts

The world’s economic growth rate will be 4.8 percent this year, while the US rate will be 2.6 percent, the IMF predicted Wednesday.
10/06/2010 03:16 pm

IMF downgrades predictions for US economy

The IMF's latest forecast downgrades US growth for the year from 3.3 percent to 2.6 percent. China and others will offset that, lifting the world economy to a nearly 5 percent expansion.
10/06/2010 01:12 pm

Photos of the Day Photos of the Day 10/04

China snubs US on boosting yuan's value

China on Thursday thumbed its nose at US legislation aimed at forcing China to strengthen its currency, the yuan, which critics say China keeps artificially low.
09/30/2010 11:11 am

In Pictures Arrrrr you ready for some pirates?

The Monitor's View Export giants Japan and China challenge US with currency ploys

Japan's move to devalue the yen and China's continued currency manipulation show a global drive to grow economies with more exports. Will Obama be just as tough in boosting US exports and creating jobs?
09/15/2010 04:07 pm

Pope Benedict XVI travels to Britain this week, where indifference and outrage awaits

Pope Benedict XVI is making his first papal trip to Britain, beginning Thursday. Britons interviewed expressed a range of emotions about Pope Benedict XVI and his visit, ranging from anger to indifference.
09/15/2010 12:53 pm

The New Economy Stock market: Proposed bank rules boost global markets

Stock market sentiment improves around the globe as central bankers agree to boost banks' reserves.
09/13/2010 09:17 am

Opinion Do anarchists at tea parties really want to kill all politicians?

John Boehner accused tea party anarchists of promoting violence. But the truth is that anarchists promote peaceful choices, individual freedom, and opposition to institutionalized aggression.
08/30/2010 12:55 pm

Photos of the Day Photos of the Day 08/18

Global Viewpoint Prime minister of Greece: 'There is real danger in global austerity'

The prime minister of Greece, George Papandreou, says his country is earning a new credibility after its debt crisis.
08/10/2010 05:55 pm

Koreans warm to historic Japan apology on colonial rule – but want more

In South Korea, Japan's apology on colonial rule, which for the first time acknowledged the forced annexation of Korea, was well received. But those who suffered as sex slaves and laborers in World War II want compensation.
08/10/2010 11:17 am

Global Viewpoint Rebalancing the world economy after recession

If the US revives consumption and China revives exports, nothing will change.
08/09/2010 02:05 pm

Economic stability now

A Christian Science perspective.
07/26/2010 02:05 am

Robert Reich The vanishing American consumer and the coming trade war

With American consumers pulling back, these other economies have also been slowing down. This means Obama won’t easily find the export markets they need to create enough jobs to make up for the vanishing American consumer.
07/12/2010 09:06 am

The Adam Smith Institute Blog Government intervention and yuan revaluation

Continued micromanagement of the vast and increasingly complex Chinese economy will lead to mistakes which will threaten social stability.
07/09/2010 04:09 pm

The Monitor's View The new Obama style: cozy up to world leaders

More confident and experienced after 18 months in office, Obama shows a welcomed personal touch with leaders, such as those of Israel, Russia, and China.
07/09/2010 03:34 pm

Obama touts bright spot in the US economy: rising US exports

US exports are running 17 percent ahead of the same point last year. Looking beyond the troubled US jobs picture, President Obama says, 'This is where American jobs will be tomorrow.'
07/07/2010 06:19 pm

The Daily Reckoning V-shaped recovery, where art thou?

This period of price deflation and debt destruction could be more dramatic than we expected.
07/07/2010 03:30 pm

Europe puts limits on banker bonuses

The European Parliament passed a bill today that would cap and defer financial traders' and bankers' bonuses, giving Europe the toughest regimes in the world. The caps are a backlash against the global financial meltdown, and the bonuses that followed.
07/07/2010 01:42 pm

ThinkMarkets A Keynesian case for austerity in Germany

From a free-market point of view, cutting government spending is the way to go when debt financing becomes unsustainable.
07/06/2010 06:31 pm

The Daily Reckoning What happens if the G20 nations really slash debt?

The G20 summit in Toronto called on nations to hack away at government debt, But will they really follow through?
07/04/2010 08:00 am

The Daily Reckoning Gold and government debt: only two things still going up

Gold is still in a bull market. Government debt now tops since World War II.
07/02/2010 11:56 pm

Editorial Board Blog Turkey and Israel meet secretly: Has reason returned?

Perhaps leaders in Israel and Turkey are beginning to realize the dire consequences of burying their important relationship over the unfortunate incident with the Gaza flotilla.
07/02/2010 02:50 pm