Global economy
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World Bank leader Jim Yong Kim is behaving like “the 1%” say bank staff, amid rising anger over the restructuring reforms
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Economics ministry cuts its GDP growth forecast of 1.2% in 2015 to a 0.8% fall amid financial fallout over Ukraine and lower commodity prices
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Examination of 400 cases shows 57% of bribes were paid to win public procurement contracts, with most occurring in wealthy countries
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Jonathan Freedland: His predecessor was always seen as the winner, but Brown retires having saved the pound, the global economy and the United Kingdom
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Stephany Griffith-Jones: Action needs to be taken on several fronts to avoid a recession, to reassure financial markets, and to provide hope to European citizens
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Surge in business and consumer spending drove the US economy to an annual growth rate of 3.9% between July and September, but there are still concerns over a slowdown
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Thinktank says strong growth to be driven by high job creation, private consumption and investment
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Business leader: the PM has taken an us-and-them approach to problems in the world economy. But the UK is a key participant in the system
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It’s the world’s favourite sweet treat – and this week one of the industry’s biggest players warned that supplies could soon be running low. Guardian writers around the world report on the causes of the problem, from disease and crop failure to the rise of the chocolate crisp
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Chinese central bank hopes heavily indebted borrowers will spend more now that borrowing costs are lower
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Of firms surveyed by CBI, 17% said export order books were above normal levels while 34% said they were below
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David Cameron has issued a stark message that "red warning lights are flashing on the dashboard of the global economy" in the same way as when the financial crash brought the world to its knees six years ago
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Labour increases pressure on Tories over government cuts after prime minister’s warning as Japan enters recession
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The world economy’s warning lights are flashing red, the PM said at the weekend. Here are six reasons he may be right
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Politics live with Andrew Sparrow David Cameron's Commons statement on the G20 summit: Politics Live blog
Andrew Sparrow’s rolling coverage of all the day’s political developments as they happen, including this morning’s Rochester byelection hustings on BBC Radio Kent -
Fear is that Tokyo will export its deflation to the rest of the world, setting of a chain reaction of competitive depreciations
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Shrinking of economy surprises analysts and spells trouble for Shinzo Abe, who is expected to call election for next month
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The prime minister sees threats to Britain’s economy wherever he looks – from the eurozone to the risk of protectionism
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Brisbane summit action plan relates to living standards, banks, climate change, Ebola and tax evasion … and much more
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Global response to crisis criticised by Britain at G20 summit as it calls for more funding and faster licensing of medicines
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Analysis How can the eurozone escape a lost decade?
Larry Elliott, economics editorUnlike the US and the UK, the eurozone has never really shown signs of emerging strongly from the financial crisis and recession of 2008-09
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World Trade Organisation relieved as it had faced the possibility that the collapse of talks begun 13 years ago would lead to countries giving up on the WTO
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Not since the Great Depression has wealth inequality in the US been so acute, new in-depth study finds
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Ahead of the G20 summit in Brisbane, we make some comparisons of key performance indicators
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In a letter to the Australian prime minister, the pope also urges global action to curb climate change, inequality and terrorism
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Boosting growth, infrastructure, tax enforcement and free trade are all on the agenda – but can it be more than a pointless talkfest?
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Xi tells summit FTTAAP would spur growth, but Beijing campaign seen as effort to draw regional powers away from US sphere
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C20 civil society groups say Australia has downgraded the commitment of previous G20 summits to ‘inclusive growth’
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Liberal senator says negotiations over Trans-Pacific Partnership and China free trade deal are ‘shrouded in secrecy’
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Analysis The return of the US dollar
Mohamed El-Erian: The resurgence of the US currency could be the first promising step in steering the world economy away from crisis
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The problems facing the country are ‘not so scary’, says president, as he tries to dispel worries about growth
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Currency instability is reviving memories among Russians who suffered after the country’s default in the 1990s
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Richard Murphy: Executives claim they’re acting in shareholders’ interests, yet aggressive avoidance harms a company and all its stakeholders
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George Monbiot: This bill of corporate rights threatens to blow the sovereignty of parliament unless it can be stopped
Project Syndicate economists Currency wars bode ill for the world economy