Topic: East Asia

China urges eurozone to end debt crisis

China on Saturday called on the eurozone to move quickly to end its debt crisis at a meeting of the world's finance chiefs in Washington."The sovereign debt crisis in the euro area needs to be resolved promptly to stabilize market confidence," China's ...

IMF warns U.S., Europe could slip into recession

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Europe and the United States could slip back into recession next year unless they quickly tackle economic problems that could infect the rest of the world, the International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday.The IMF said financial volatility had increased ...

Europe and U.S. face 10 years of slow growth: UK's Brown

DALIAN, China (Reuters) - Europe and the United States could face 10 years of slow growth and high unemployment if a global solution for the euro zone debt crisis is not implemented soon, former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Friday."Unless ...

Japan sees G7 "understanding" on forex action

MARSEILLE, France (Reuters) - The yen took a back seat at the Group of Seven finance ministers' meeting, which grappled with Europe's debt crisis and global economic slowdown, but Japan said it met little resistance to further intervention.The G7 economic powers gave ...

Japan Q2 GDP revised down as expected, outlook dim

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's economy shrank in the second quarter at a faster pace than initially reported as companies held back on capital expenditure due to worries about a rising yen and faltering global growth.Economists say Japan is likely to resume growing ...
"I think it's a no-brainer to conclude oil could fall down to $70 per barrel"Let me paint you a picture... No U.S. job growth in August, massive debt in Europe, China's growth slowing to a crawl... and a growing surplus of oil ...

China must rebalance economy: World Bank chief

The head of the World Bank on Monday urged China to rebalance its export-driven economy and said taming rising inflation remained the most important challenge for the country in the short term.Robert Zoellick said the world's second-largest economy would have to focus ...

World Bank chief warns of economic 'danger zone'

World Bank chief Robert Zoellick warned Saturday that the global economy was heading into a new "danger zone", as he urged China to speed up structural reforms to help its development."The financial crisis in Europe has become a sovereign debt crisis, with ...

Analysis: South Korea's reckless consumers edge towards debt

SEOUL (Reuters) - If thrift is an Asian virtue, then it is one that South Koreans are notably lacking: each adult has almost five credit cards on average and the household debt burden exceeds that of the United States before the subprime ...

Analysis: Japan's politics offer sober economic policy lessons

LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. and euro zone governments drowning in debt should look no further than Japan to learn what happens when political deadlock stifles decisive policy-making.As Japan prepares to usher in its sixth prime minister in five years, Moody's this week ...