China has a potentially useful defense in its ongoing trade war with the United States: its vast property market. The same sector that has long been a source of anxiety about China's economic fate could also prove to be its temporary savior in the face …
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The European Central Bank might be joining a growing wave of investor pessimism on corporate debt. Since July, the institution's credit buying has slowed noticeably as purchases under its quantitative-easing program have increasingly focused on …
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Reforms have strengthened the financial system. Banks have bolstered their balance sheets. Regulators now examine financial institutions once a year to make sure they can weather a downturn.
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The collapse of Lehman Brothers 10 years ago marked the point of no return in the global financial crisis. But it also brought another crisis – a 4½-year surge in oil prices to all-time highs – to a screeching halt.
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SINGAPORE (AP) – Asian markets were mostly higher on Thursday after a report that the U.S. had proposed a new round of trade negotiations with China quelled fears that a dispute between the world's two largest economies was spiraling out of control.
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