World Jyrki Katainen says reform is as vital as economic stimulus Greece dominates the headlines when it comes to the European economy. But the story is bigger than that. It is also about growth and getting people 13/02/2015
Business Series Numbers game: uncertainty over US recovery unsettles Middle East markets Disappointing US economic data has unsettled markets in the Middle East and elsewhere and muddied the waters over an eventual interest rate rise 10/02/2015
Real Economy EU macro regions - a way to resolve issues with your neighbours? Real Economy travels to Croatia,at the heart of one of the EU's macro regions, to see how a shared economy policy could boost prosperity. 27/01/2015
Russia S&P cuts Russia credit rating to 'junk status' Ratings agency Stand and Poor’s has downgraded the outlook for Russia’s sovereign credit rating to junk status. For the first time in a decade that’s 26/01/2015
USA Obama calls on Republicans to end partisan politics in his sixth State of the Union President Barack Obama has put an improving US economy and foreign policy achievements at the centre of his sixth State of the Union address. With 21/01/2015
China China economy posts slowest growth in 24 years Growth in China has slowed to its lowest rate in more than 20 years and its economy is expected to lose more momentum in 2015. Growth of 7.4 percent 20/01/2015
Real Economy The right balance: the economics of happiness What makes people happy? Measuring human happiness is increasingly becoming a pursuit of economists, who use a range of research tools to gauge and 13/01/2015