economists

The clouds of gloom hanging over the US, Europe and Japan darkened Thursday with stark outlooks from both influential investment bank Goldman Sachs and the Organisation of Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD). more...

After the downgrade of American debt, many Chinese asked whether their government had invested wisely. The NYT reports. more...

Chinese economists said the U.S. credit rating downgrade by Standard & Poor's poses great risk to financial markets and expect it to prompt China, the world's biggest holder of U.S. Treasuries, to accelerate the diversification of its holdings.* more...

"We can put our finger on the problems, and they're temporary, I think," says one economist. "Oil prices were a blow. You can see that in the consumer spending numbers in Q1, and prices are coming back down." more...