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Formal petition submitted to White House demanding Treasury mint unprecedented coin as debt deadline draws closer.

Germany plans to implement more austerity measures that may affect social spending.

Private industry data shows UK's biggest contributer to economy slumped to a contraction in final month of 2012.

Japan's currency hits two and a half year low against the US dollar following Fed minutes, Shinzo Abe statement

Founder of the world's biggest bond fund rounds on "essentially costless" money-printing in his monthly Investment Outlook column.

China's services sector growth adds to signs of economic recovery in the world's second-largest economy.

A number of recent data indicate that China's economy is recovering after seven consecutive quarters of slowdown.

Britain's GDP growth targets unlikely to be achieved, says think-tank.

Most of the Asian bourses post annual gains as the year 2012 comes to a close.

South Korea lowers 2013 growth forecast to 3 percent from 4.3 percent.

Emerging economies such as India and Russia to surpass Britain by 2020.

Rising demand and disappearing arable land could lead China to import more food and produce a spike in global prices.

Bounceback GDP reading revised down by ONS as November's public sector borrowing data reveals worsening deficit.

S&P upgrades Greece's credit rating on the basis of the Europe's efforts to retain Greece's eurozone membership.

With inflation expected to ease, Reserve Bank of India will focus on growth.

Central Bank plans mid-2013 opening of Asian branch to help its on-going effort to stabilise the value of the Swiss franc on foreign exchange markets.

George Osborne, Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer, has often of late made reference to the fact that the Coalition Government has already reduced the country's Budget Deficit by a quarter since coming to power. Concentrating on Deficit reduction has not been politically comfortable for the Government with the opposition Labour Party being usually ahead in the opinion polls since late November 2010 - it didn't take long - and a ComRes survey for The Independent at the end of October...

Key economic meeting provides first glimpse of new Communist Party leadership in action.

Following six consecutive years of recession, Greece to record positive growth rate in 2014.

With raft of disappointing economic data hanging over the fourth quarter, IBTimes UK looks at possibilty of a triple-dip recession.

Unlike Moody's and S&P, which downgraded France, Fitch reaffirms France's top credit rating.

Markit's Purchasing Managers' Index hits nine-month high but still below expansion threshold.

Chancellor tells Treasury select committee 'ultimate test' is gilt market with UK's top rating at risk after autumn statement.

European Finance Ministers will send €34.1bn to Athens next week in latest rescue for debt-stricken Greece

Eurostat and ONS data shows Britons felt the burn of government austerity, an impending recession and global crises in 2011.

Benchmark gauge of global shipping costs falls more than 12 percent in two days following weak US and China trade data

Unemployment rate holds steady at 7.8 percent as 40,000 new jobs take UK's employment total to a record high 29.6m

Stocks look set to rise for eighth session in a row.

India Industrial production surges in October but high levels of inflation and delay in policy reforms still remain to be roadblocks to sustainable growth.

Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries face serious questions over managing high prices, supply glut and geo-political tensions