World economy
German economy in sharp recession: Bundesbank
06 Jun 2009
US retail sales worsen in May
05 Jun 2009
ECB sees Euro zone recovery by mid-2010
05 Jun 2009
India-MERCOSUR preferential trade agreement comes into effect
04 Jun 2009
A preferential trade agreement between India and the South American economic block MERCOSUR came into effect on 1 June.
EU earmarks €19-billion for job creation
04 Jun 2009
Economic crisis adds 100 million to South Asia's hungry: UNICEF
02 Jun 2009
The number of hungry people in South Asia has increased by 100 million to 400 million over the past two years as food and fuel prices zoomed, UNICEF report said.
EU unemployment at highest in a decade
02 Jun 2009
US, China want dollar to remain reserve currency: Geithner
02 Jun 2009
It is in the interest of both China and the United States that the dollar remains the world's main reserve currency, US treasury secretary Timothy Geithner, currently in China, said
Eurozone’s May inflation lowest since 1997
30 May 2009
UN says world economy to shrink 2.6 per cent in 2009
29 May 2009
The UN has further raised its forecast since January 2009 on the rate of contraction of the global economy
Australia tops in beating economic downturn
27 May 2009
The world has voted Australia as the best place to run a business during the economic downturn, followed by China, India and Singapore
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