World economy
Japanese prime minister Naoto Kan steps down
26 Aug 2011
Kan, Japan's sixth prime minister in five years, has been in office for hardly 15 months.
China may achieve a trade balance next year
24 Aug 2011
Moody’s cuts Japan’s rating amid soaring debt, political turmoil
24 Aug 2011
Hours after the downgrade, the government announced a $100 billion credit facility to help the Japanese economy ride out a spike in the yen in recent weeks amid the global market turmoil, which has battered Japan’s export-led economy
US Fed secretly lent $1.2 trillion to top banks during crisis
23 Aug 2011
Fed chairman Ben Bernanke secretly advanced as much as $1.2 trillion of public money to top US and European banks, dwarfing the $160 billion in public bailouts.
US won't default on debt: Biden tells China
22 Aug 2011
India to clear oil debt to Iran by end-August
22 Aug 2011
UK holds bank rates steady as inflation rises
17 Aug 2011
Re-examining the Arab Spring
16 Aug 2011
To this point, no regime has fallen in the Arab world. Individuals such as Tunisia’s Ben Ali and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak have been replaced, but the regimes themselves, which represent the manner of governing, have not changed. By George Friedman.Re-examining the Arab Spring is republished with permission of STRATFOR."