Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has hailed the benefits of globalization, stressing that free trade is a “precondition of fair trade.” Li also said China can control growing financial risks and hit this year’s growth targets....
Priya (37 yo) holds a Project Management job in an IT services company. She worked 12 hour days. Her husband’s job required frequent travel, so she had no support looking after her two kids and...
Fiery protests by farmers in two key Indian states ruled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party have tossed a simmering agrarian crisis into the spotlight. Murali Krishnan reports. It has been a season...
Bill Clinton convinced voters with his simple message about jobs and job security. Now Emmanuel Macron, a pro-European centrist, has a new vision for businesses in France. What will he do for the economy? Though...
Five Indian states are electing new governments over the next few weeks. The votes will prove to be a key test of PM Modi’s popularity, which has taken a hit due to his demonetization move....
Fresh eurozone economic data show that inflation has risen to just below the ECB’s key target, growth is accelerating and unemployment has hit a seven-year low, suggesting the bloc’s economy is finally on the mend....
The World Economic Forum in Davos is a gathering of the global elite. This year’s meeting has shown very clearly just how much the leaders present were longing for leadership themselves, says DW’s Andreas Becker....
India will soon overtake Britain to become world’s fifth largest economy, a “Forbes” magazine report has said. Economist Rajiv Biswas talks to DW about the impending milestone and the overall state of India’s economy. DW:...
The US economy created roughly nine million net new jobs since the start of 2009. Through organic growth and acquisition, majority-owned affiliates of US multinational companies have also expanded their employment outside the US. It is...
India wants to go digital and cash becomes outdated overnight. Prime minister Modi certainly wants to do the right thing. But with the demonetization move his calculation just doesn’t add up, writes Katja Keppner. Why...
The Indian government is striving to push through a long-pending legislation to streamline the nation’s cumbersome tax system. If the move succeeds, it would make India a single unified market for the first time. Nearly...
Saudi Arabia ’s cabinet approved the National Transformation Program (NTP) that outlines bold reform measures to transform its economy and make it less reliant on oil. The NTP is a blueprint of the key reforms...
