Articles in Global Economy

How to Prepare Your Business for a Post-COVID-19 Economy

on September 24, 2020

Have options in place to keep your business as stable as possible and economically prepared is an essential step to keeping your business running as well as you can even when the future is so uncertain.... Read full article

Are We on the Cusp of a Global Financial Crisis?

on March 27, 2019

These are just a few thoughts regarding financial issues this world my face. ... Read full article

Origins of currencies: from jagged edges to flowers

by Ashley Wagner on March 21, 2016

A recent post on the Oxford Dictionary's OxfordWords blog explained the origins of the names of the world's most common currencies. In the slides below, find out where these everyday words come from.... Read full article

Meet the women changing how and where U.S. companies manufacture goods

by Kelly Stickel on August 27, 2015

In July, a group of brands based out of Nashville got together to facilitate a conversation around the reshoring of American manufacturing.... Read full article

China Makes 4th Recent Cut In Interest Rate To Boost Economy

by The World Post (Image from AP) on June 29, 2015

BEIJING (AP) — China's central bank announced Saturday the fourth round of interest cuts in seven months and lower deposit-reserve ratios for some banks to lend to small and rural businesses, as Beijing tries to shore up the country's sluggish econom... Read full article

Made in China 2025: How Beijing is revamping its manufacturing sector

by Li Hui on June 09, 2015

A look at why the Chinese government is giving manufacturing a makeover and the sectors that will be affected... Read full article

China Cuts Rates to Halt a Slide in Its Economy

by By DAVID BARBOZA and KEITH BRADSHERMAY on May 10, 2015

SHANGHAI — Hoping to shore up a weakening economy, China said on Sunday that it would cut benchmark interest rates for the third time in five months.... Read full article

This is how China is trying to save its economy

by Matt O'Brien on May 04, 2015

China has had 35 years of hypergrowth, but now it's over. It's going to have to settle for really, really good growth instead.... Read full article

China, Taiwan pull back on talks to cut import tariffs

by Ralph Jennings (Photo Credit: EPA) on April 19, 2015

Taipei and Beijing are slowing negotiations on a massive tariff-cutting agreement following protests in the Taiwanese capital over closer economic ties with a political rival, potentially hurting the island’s competitiveness against other Asian...... Read full article

Is the Delivery Economy Bad for the Planet?

by Marc Sollinger (Image Credit: Texas.713 / Flickr Creative Commons) on April 17, 2015

Sitting in your PJs, ordering stuff you don’t really need from Amazon is simultaneously one of the best and worst experiences of our Internet-saturated era. (My Game of Thrones scarf and way-too-expensive headphones can certainly attest to that.) But... Read full article