TOKYO/SYDNEY (Reuters) - The yen bounced off a 4-1/2-year low against the dollar on Monday after Japan's economy minister suggested the government might be satisfied with its current level, following a sharp decline over the past six months. Full story
Evidence of a steady economic recovery in the U.S. helped push Asian stock markets higher Monday. Full story
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan risks missing, yet again, an opportunity to use foreign investment to help fuel sustained economic growth that has eluded it for the last two decades. Full story
Five months into President Barack Obama's second term, allies and former top aides worry that his overarching goal of economic opportunity has been diminished, partly drowned out by controversies seized upon by Republicans in an effort to weaken him. Full story
NEW YORK (Reuters) - With the world's biggest central banks driving yields on safe assets to near zero, some investors are tossing caution to the wind and rushing to buy illiquid and previously overlooked bonds sold by countries with no capital markets track record. Full story
LONDON (Reuters) - Bank of England Governor Mervyn King has urged successor Mark Carney not to bring to Britain his trademark policy of spelling out how long interest rates will remain low. Full story
It’s graduation time. While that’s supposed to be a joyous time for grads and their families the plain truth is that college grads are coming into a world of uncertainty: debt, lack of jobs, the prospect of no social security. Senior Fellow at Auburn Seminary Valarie Kaur, Columbia Professor Dorian
The Up panel takes a look at the average worker wage per hour in Bangladesh compared to other countries and debates how the costs impact economies worldwide. Panelist Karl Smith explains how having the “economic base” allows workers to ask for even more.
The UP panel continues the conversation on the Bangladesh disaster and workers’ rights. They debate whether companies need to care more about who produces their products.
President Obama steps outside the Washington bubble to push his agenda for job creation while Republicans focus on so-called scandals.
Jared Bernstein, a senior fellow at the Center on Budget Policies and Priorities, and Time Magazine’s Michael Scherer discuss how Republicans conveniently neglect positive economic indicators they have sworn are their No. 1 priority.
Libya's Deputy Prime Minister Abdulssalam al-Qadhi and the Minister of Economy Mustafa Abufunas attend a ribbon cutting ceremony during the opening of the Libya Build exhibition in Tripoli May 19, 2013. REUTERS/Ismail Zitouny (LIBYA - Tags: BUSINESS CONSTRUCTION POLITICS)
Shoppers look over items at a souvenir store in San Francisco, California May 13, 2013. Retail sales unexpectedly rose in April, pointing to underlying strength in the economy and leading forecasters to bump up second-quarter growth estimates. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINE
A supporter of Nawaz Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) walks behind fans at one of the party's election headquarters in Lahore May 12, 2013. Toppled in a 1999 military coup, jailed and exiled, Sharif has made a triumphant election comeback and looks set to form a stable government capabl
People walk in front of a wall covered with election posters in the old part of Lahore May 12, 2013. Toppled in a 1999 military coup, jailed and exiled, Pakistan's Nawaz Sharif has made a triumphant election comeback and looks set to form a stable government capable of implementing reforms needed to
