South Korean President Moon Jae-in has put his campaign promises into action with plans to raise taxes and boost welfare spending

US investor optimism is soaring, as the process to amend the Volcker rule has pushed stocks to levels not seen since before the financial crisis

A new study has suggested that improvements in ‘leisure luxuries’, namely video games, are keeping young men from entering the labour force

Donald Trump is pushing for Obamacare to be repealed with no replacement as divisions in the Republican Party have quashed the latest effort at a replacement bill

China’s credit rating has been cut for the first time since 1989, with credit raters concerned by the waning strength of the country’s economy

The OECD has reported dampened growth during the first quarter of 2017, but the global outlook remains broadly positive

March witnessed the eurozone’s trade surplus reach €30.9bn, its highest point since the single currency was launched in 1999

The IMF has forecast a tentative recovery in sub-Saharan Africa after 2016 saw growth in the region drop to its lowest level in two decades

Neither Turkey nor the EU will allow the diplomatic standoff to damage an important economic relationship

Tehran has imposed a ban on 15 US companies in retaliation to President Donald Trump’s new sanctions

Work will resume for miners at Escondida, the world’s largest copper mine, after drawn-out talks with BHP Billiton ended inconclusively

China’s leading mobile payments group continues its ambitious international expansion, this time focusing on the flourishing South Korean fintech market

For the first time since 2008, all 28 member-states are expected to grow throughout the three-year forecasting period despite political uncertainty

CEO Đỗ Huy Hoài explains the path forward for Vietnamese industry

A new London property development could boost the capital’s technology scene, amid fears over the impact of Brexit