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Why China won't conquer the world
Its young are incapable, its old are exhausted, and box-ticking bureaucrats make life hell. China, a superpower? First it needs to grow up, says acclaimed author Xué Xinran
02 Oct 2011
Bank of England could pump more money into economy this week
Weak economic prospects set to be highlighted this week could prompt the Bank of England to pump more money into the British economy in an attempt to kick start the stalling recovery.
02 Oct 2011
At last, Cameron finds the optimism button
Boris Johnson, known as "Mr Crikey" in some parts of America, was at the home of Michael Bloomberg in 2009 when he ran into Katie Couric, the US news anchor.
01 Oct 2011
David Cameron to announce measures to help businesses
The Prime Minister is to make a concerted bid for the “pro-business” agenda this week in his keynote speech to the Conservative Party conference where he will lay out plans to back growing companies.
01 Oct 2011
Does George Osborne have the marvellous medicine?
On the eve of the Conservative Party conference, the Chancellor understands it is more important than ever to balance the books.
01 Oct 2011
Debt crisis as it happened: September 30, 2011
The FTSE 100 is expected to open down 17 to 30 points as the markets react to yesterday's vote backing the expansion of the EFSF.
30 Sep 2011
ONS rapped for publishing wrong figures
The Office for National Statistics, Britain's national statistician, has had its knuckles rapped for failing to follow strict internal guidelines before publishing misleading construction data last month.
30 Sep 2011
FTSE 100 in biggest quarterly fall for nine years
The index suffered in the third quarter as fears over a second global recession drove the index down 13.7pc and wiped £212bn off the value of shares.
30 Sep 2011
Markets tumble on global growth fears
The FTSE 100 saw its largest quarterly drop since 2002 today, after eurozone inflation figures sparked concerns that global growth was stalling.
30 Sep 2011
World is heading for 'Great Stagnation'
There is a growing risk that the global economy will move from the 'Great Recession' into the 'Great Stagnation', according to economists at Goldman Sachs.
30 Sep 2011
New Zealand downgrade by S&P and Fitch
New Zealand's credit rating has been downgraded by two of the three major ratings agencies amid increased global concern over high debt burdens in developed nations.
30 Sep 2011
Posen's £100bn QE push
Top stories: Greece, Jupiter's bond strategy, LSE's metal bid and QE2
30 Sep 2011
Surprise rise in eurozone inflation
Eurozone annual consumer prices unexpectedly rose in September to 3pc, following higher inflation in Germany that could exclude an interest rate cut by the European Central Bank next week.
30 Sep 2011
Consumer confidence improves for first time in five months
Confidence among British consumers improved this month for the first time since May, after shoppers' took a more positive view of the economic outlook, a survey showed on Friday.
30 Sep 2011
City Desk Morning Briefing - Friday
All the latest and must-have information around the key business and economic issues of the day.
30 Sep 2011
MPC’s Miles calls for banks to hold 20pc capital buffers
Banks should have capital buffers which are significantly higher than current levels and those required under Basel III rules, a senior UK policymaker has argued.
30 Sep 2011
German bailout vote 'too little too late'
Bundestag voted overwhelmingly to boost the scope of the EU's rescue fund but implicitly capped its firepower at €440bn, leaving it no clearer whether Europe has the means to halt debt contagion to Italy and Spain.
29 Sep 2011
Debt crisis as it happened: September 29, 2011
Markets wary as German parliament votes in favour of expanding eurozone rescue fund and auditors are back in Greece to decide bailout loans to avoid default.
29 Sep 2011
Germany's vote simply kicks the euro can down the road to Cannes
Congratulations to Germany. On Thursday the Bundestag voted in favour of extended powers for the European Financial Stability Fund (EFSF), ratifying a proposal put forward by European leaders on July 21.
29 Sep 2011
'Why should Germany be the guardians of the rest of Europe?'
Angela Merkel no doubt breathed a huge sigh of relief after garnering enough support to pass the expansion of the euro backstop fund.
29 Sep 2011
Stop asking Germany to pay - and save the euro
Germany should not accept responsibility for debts built up by Italy, Spain and Greece from long before the euro was established, argues Andrew Lilico.
29 Sep 2011
UK has become a nation of zombie companies
When it comes to supporting UK manufacturing, the Coalition government's record has so far proved almost as disappointing as the last one's.
29 Sep 2011
US unemployment an 'unheard of national crisis', says Bernanke
US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke has warned that the unemployment rate in America amounts to a 'national crisis' unheard of in the country's recent history.
29 Sep 2011
Surprise rise in US growth as jobless claims fall
Wall Street jumped after the US economy grew at a better-than-expected 1.3pc in the second quarter of they year and jobless claims fell sharply last week.
29 Sep 2011
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