Saturday, October 8th, 2011
Pakistan’s central bank cut interest rates for a second straight meeting to spur investment after terrorism and floods weakened economic growth.
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Tuesday, October 4th, 2011
Contrary to belief, older people in South Africa and Brazil become happier as they age. New research suggests that, with the right policies in place, a developing country can significantly improve the wellbeing of its older citizens. The average levels of wellbeing experienced by older people in South Africa and ...
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Friday, September 30th, 2011
Stocks fell, dragging the MSCI All Country World Index to its biggest quarterly loss since 2008, while the yen and dollar strengthened as declines in Chinese manufacturing and German retail sales signaled global growth is slowing. New Zealand’s bonds tumbled and oil declined.
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Monday, September 26th, 2011
President Barack Obama said his $447 billion jobs proposal will give the U.S. economy the “jump start” it needs to revive job growth.
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Monday, September 26th, 2011
Two Federal Reserve policy makers backed the central bank’s record stimulus while signaling they would be skeptical of any plan to tolerate higher inflation as a tool to boost economic growth.
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