The world’s largest economies on both sides of the Atlantic have a good chance of recovering the lost ground caused by the coronavirus pandemic by the end of the year, Continue Reading
At least 30 lawsuits potentially worth billions of dollars have been filed in four states disputing responsibility for the massive electricity bills many Texans were hit with amid the freezing Continue Reading
The world economy is on course for its fastest growth in more than a half century this year, yet differences and deficiencies could hold it back from attaining its pre-pandemic heights Continue Reading
The guardians of the global economy will gather this week, one year into the pandemic, to assess the damage and chart a path forward. The International Monetary Fund and World Bank Continue Reading
Factories around the world are struggling to keep up with soaring demand for all types of goods as the global economic recovery from the pandemic accelerates. In the U.S., factory production Continue Reading
Factories across Europe and Asia ramped up production in March as a solid recovery in demand helped manufacturers move past the setbacks of the pandemic, although escalating costs and supply- Continue Reading
Earlier this month, the International Renewable Energy Agency said the world needed to invest $131 trillion by 2050 in order to limit the estimated global rise in average temperatures to Continue Reading
A $1.9 trillion stimulus package was recently signed into law in the United States. Can such a stimulus bill, plus packages passed in other countries, really pull the world economy Continue Reading
Collapse is a frightening subject. The question of why collapse occurs is something I have pieced together over many years of study from a number of different sources, which I Continue Reading
The number of Americans applying for unemployment aid rose last week to 861,000, evidence that layoffs remain painfully high despite a steady drop in the number of confirmed viral infections. Continue Reading
The pandemic has not broken but intensified global energy trends that emerged on the eve of COVID-19, whether it be the collapse of coal-fired power generation, the growing surplus of Continue Reading
The U.S. economy is still deep in a recession and more fiscal relief will be needed to reach a full recovery and help some of the unemployed find jobs, two Continue Reading
The U.S. economy is projected to grow at a robust 4.6% annual rate this year, but employment isn’t expected to return to pre-pandemic levels until 2024, the Congressional Budget Office Continue Reading
The European Central Bank is looking at a darkening picture for the economy as infections and deaths surge. With more than a trillion euros of pandemic stimulus still in the Continue Reading
The economic distress of the Covid-19 pandemic is picking up where it left off at the end of 2020. The latest high-frequency data show activity in the advanced economies softened in Continue Reading
The year 2020 has been unusually volatile for the U.S. financial market, but more so for the energy sector thanks to nationwide lockdowns and subsequent fuel demand destruction. It’s become Continue Reading
Resurgent coronavirus infections are putting a chill on U.S. job creation, manufacturing in China is gaining pace and the final stages of Brexit negotiations are complicating the U.K.’s recovery prospects. Here Continue Reading
G20 leaders must help close a funding gap to buy vaccines, drugs and tests to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, a letter from South Africa’s president, Norway’s prime minister, and the Continue Reading
Leaders of the global economy are warning that the recovery from this year’s recession is at risk and could be derailed as the resurgence of Covid-19 forces fresh restrictions on Continue Reading
The world seems to be coming apart at the seams. It’s critical to understand why, so that we can avoid the worst and find the best responses so as to Continue Reading
The first large-scale study of the risks that countries face from dependence on water, energy and land resources has found that globalization may be decreasing, rather than increasing, the security Continue Reading
More than half of workers around the world are worried about losing their jobs, according to a survey measuring labor-market insecurity wreaked by the coronavirus crisis. The poll of 12,430 people for the Continue Reading
JP Morgan pledged to help clients align their business with Paris Agreement emission targets. HSBC announced up to $1 trillion in green energy funding. An investor group worth $20 trillion Continue Reading
The guardians of the global economy will gather this week under the cloud of the worst recession since the Great Depression, and a recovery dependent on scientists finding a coronavirus vaccine. The Continue Reading
The final three months of the year, usually a boom time for many small businesses thanks to holiday shopping and celebrations, looks precarious as the coronavirus maintains its grip on Continue Reading
If Round One of the coronavirus relief effort was the economic equivalent of “shock and awe,” new plans being developed by the world’s biggest economies for more assistance to businesses Continue Reading
The IATA downgraded its forecasts after “a dismal end to the summer travel season” Hundreds of thousands of aviation jobs are at risk without more state aid, a global industry Continue Reading
Judith Ramirez received a letter this month that she’d been dreading: The Honolulu hotel that furloughed her from a housekeeping job in March, during the lockdown triggered by the coronavirus Continue Reading
LONDON—The global economy is bouncing back strongly from the collapse it suffered in the spring, but fresh data suggest the early gains from the lifting of coronavirus lockdowns are already Continue Reading
Hopes of Congress and the White House reaching a deal on further economic stimulus have faded, as an unexpectedly steep drop in the jobless rate has stifled appetite among Republicans Continue Reading
Home sales are booming. Stocks are setting record highs. Industrial production is clambering out of the ditch it fell into early this year. And yet the U.S. economy is nowhere Continue Reading
The U.S. economy shrank at an alarming annual rate of 31.7% during the April-June quarter as it struggled under the weight of the viral pandemic, the government estimated Thursday. It Continue Reading
New US jobless claims hovered near 1m last week, although the overall number of Americans collecting unemployment benefits fell as more businesses rehire workers. Initial applications for unemployment aid totalled a Continue Reading
Orders to U.S. factories for big-ticket manufactured goods jumped 11.2% in July, the third consecutive monthly gain. And the jump last month was even larger than the 7.7% increase in Continue Reading
In recent years, purchasing managers indexes have become important indicators of where the global economy might be heading. But in the current slowdown, where small businesses were some of the Continue Reading
Long-term unemployment helped define the Great Recession. Countless networks, relationships and skills that bound employee to employer were ripped apart in the global financial crisis. It took about eight years Continue Reading
In the past, President Trump has never hidden his disdain for the Fed and its hawkish policies, repeatedly drumming up the fact that the central bank’s interest hike regime was Continue Reading
The S&P 500 closed at its highest level ever Tuesday, capping a remarkable rebound fueled by unprecedented government stimulus and optimism among investors about the world’s ability to manage the Continue Reading
More than 50 million Americans have filed for unemployment since the start of the pandemic, overwhelming some states. WSJ visits an unemployment processing event in Ardmore, Okla., to hear from Continue Reading
The official numbers were published Wednesday, and they are officially ugly. The British economy has plunged into a record-shattering recession, shrinking by a fifth in the second quarter and posting Continue Reading
U.S. producer prices increased by the most in more than 1-1/2 years in July, but the overall trend in producer inflation remained subdued amid signs the economy’s recovery from the Continue Reading
Businesses in the eurozone saw stronger growth than initially reported in July, with output expanding for the first time since coronavirus lockdowns hit the economy in March. Services providers and manufacturers Continue Reading
Report cards on the massive economic toll of the coronavirus were issued in the U.S. and Europe this week and they were downright abysmal. The U.S., Germany, France, Spain and Italy Continue Reading
The virus is the summer house guest from hell. Any remaining hope that the coronavirus that’s pushed the U.S., Europe and much of Asia into historic economic downturns would take a holiday was Continue Reading
One of the world’s major credit-rating companies fired a warning shot regarding the U.S.’s worsening public finances on Friday, just as lawmakers in Washington contemplate spending more to combat the Continue Reading
Stringent lockdowns to prevent the spread of Covid-19 weighed heavily on Europe’s economy in the second quarter, causing a record contraction more severe than experienced by the U.S., but analysts Continue Reading
U.S. consumer spending likely rose in June but appears to have weakened in recent weeks as coronavirus cases increased, restraining the economic recovery. Americans’ ability and willingness to spend will Continue Reading
The full scope of the pandemic’s toll on the U.S. economy was on display Thursday, when government officials reported that gross domestic product shrank the most on record in the second quarter Continue Reading
The euro-area economy plunged into an unprecedented slump in the second quarter, putting it in a deep hole from which it may take years to fully recover. Spain took the biggest Continue Reading
The U.S. economy likely contracted at its steepest pace since the Great Depression in the second quarter as the COVID-19 pandemic destroyed consumer and business spending, potentially wiping out more Continue Reading
