BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: World Economy
- the global marketplace that has grown up since the 1970s, in which goods can be produced wherever the production costs are cheapest
Additional Resources
- Waiting for growth; The world economy; The world economic outlook.(Finance and Economics)(It may be a while before the outlook for the world economy picks up)(International Monetary Fund)(Brief Article)
- THE world's finance ministers and central bankers, gathering in Washington this weekend for the spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, are contemplating a duller outlook for the world economy. The Fund's latest World E THE world's finance ministers and central bankers,...
- Research articles 2001-04-28
- An institutionalist perspective on the future of the capitalist world-economy
- The term world-economy in our title must have already given a hint to the careful reader of our purpose in writing this paper: We intend to bridge institutional economics with world-systems analysis in order to enhance the global applicability of the former. World-economy is a term used by Fernand Braudel...
- Research articles 2006-06-01
- Phoenix: poor economic prospects for 2003: Iraq situation casts shadow on world economy, adding to turbulence in markets, says German group. (Processor news).(Phoenix AG)
- Phoenix AG expects 2003 to be another difficult year for the German economy, with little prospect of rapid domestic economic recovery, and a shadow cast over the world economy by the unresolved Iraq conflict. These factors may mean further turbulence Phoenix AG expects 2003 to be...
- Research articles 2003-04-01
- Different outlooks. (world economy may expand 4.5% by 2002; includes additional international business news)(Business This Week)(Brief Article)
- The world economy is set fair for steady expansion of about 4.5% a year over the next five years, according to predictions from the IMF in its annual World Economic Outlook. It praised central banks for keeping inflation under control. Two surprises: tThe world economy is set...
- Research articles 1997-09-20
- Despite the sluggish world economy, South Korea's GDP grew by 6.1% in 2002.(Brief Article)
- Despite the sluggish world economy, South Korea's GDP grew by 6.1% in 2002. According to the OECD, the country's growth is likely to remain on track. In its latest survey, the OECD forecasts that South ... Despite the sluggish world economy, South Korea's GDP...
- Research articles 2003-03-01
- Germany warns current oil prices could damage world economy
- KUWAIT CITY AFP — German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder has warned on a visit to Kuwait that world oil prices were too high and could endanger the world economy. "The current prices are high which poses a danger to the world economy," he told reporters on Tuesday after delivering an...
- Research articles 2005-03-01
- World economy has strong heartbeat but with tremors
- PARIS AFP — The IMF, World Bank and G7 finance ministers will say that the world economy has a vibrant heartbeat when they meet next week in Singapore, but tremors are present in the form of slowing US growth and high oil prices. The International Monetary Fund is expected to...
- Research articles 2006-09-09
- ADB: World economy is expected to repeat last year's performance.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-21 April 1999-ADB: World economy is expected to repeat last year's performance C1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:190499 The world economy is expected to repeat last year's slow growth performance in 1999 - with growth in developing economies slightly accelerating and...
- Research articles 1999-04-21
- Weak dollar a 'problem' for world economy - EU president
- MADRID AFP — The dollar's weakness is a problem for the world economy while the euro's strength reflects confidence in the European economy, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said in an interview published Monday. "The fact that the euro reached such a level reflects the confidence in the...
- Research articles 2007-11-26
- PROSPECTS FOR WORLD ECONOMY LOOKING BETTER: IMF DEPUTY CHIEF.
- CANBERRA, Aug 13 Asia Pulse - The deputy head of the International Monetary Fund today said prospects for the world economy were looking better since the group released its last economic scorecard in April. CANBERRA, Aug 13 Asia Pulse - The deputy head of...
- Research articles 2003-08-13
- Breaking the deflationary spell - World economy.(After the Fed's rate cut)(interest rates)
- This week's American rate cut will not provide a magic cure that revives the ailing world economy This week's American rate cut will not provide a magic cure that revives the ailing world economy
- Research articles 2003-06-28
- The Internet's impact on society and how it is changing the world economy will be tracked in a study funded in part by rivals America Online and Microsoft.(Statistical Data Included)
- The Internet's impact on society and how it is changing the world economy will be tracked in a study funded in part by rivals America Online and Microsoft. The project by the University of California at Los Angeles will follow not only computer and ...
- Research articles 1999-07-15
- Two cheers for the world economy: the IMF's latest economic forecasts promise industrial economies continued growth and modest inflation.
- Two cheers for the world economy Two cheers for the world economy
- Research articles 1989-04-08
- Rebalancing act; The world economy.(global economy)
- The past week's ructions in the currency markets are a sign of changing perceptions of the world economy WELL before it happened, it looked obvious. America's economy is slowing; the Federal Reserve last raised interest rates five months ago; and the country has a...
- Research articles 2006-12-02
- YALE UNIVERSITY: Yale hosts conference on world economy in the next century.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-19 April 1999-YALE UNIVERSITY: Yale hosts conference on world economy in the next century C1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:150499 New Haven, Conn. -- Reporters are invited to a three-day immersion in current economic issues at Yale University this weekend, when the...
- Research articles 1999-04-19
- The New Role Of Oil Wealth In The World Economy
- Nowadays higher oil prices have been a boon for global financial markets, but, paradoxically, inflation hasn't risen very much. Can higher oil prices really be good for the world economy? As we have seen, petrodollars are creating inflationary pressures in markets for illiquid investments, such as real estate, art, and...
- White papers 2008-01-08
- Expect a close call as Europe steps in to save the world economy
- THE US is heading down, Japan is flat on its back. So the focus inevitably switches to Europe as the potential saviour of the world economy. But can it? This will be the underlying text to the Group of Seven finance ministers' meeting this weekend in Palermo. ...
- Research articles 2001-02-16
- Breakthrough at Garden City: the dollar. (group of Seven meeting on world economy)
- The recent group of Seven industrial countries meeting on the world economy produced very little action on currencies. No stimulus from Germany and Japan was agreed on, and the dollar remained at around 125 yen.- THE finance ministers and central-bank governors of the Group of Seven industrial countries...
- Research articles 1992-02-01
- Yuan peg 'difficult' for world economy: US official
- WASHINGTON AFP — China's fixed currency exchange rate "makes things more difficult" for the global economy and for China, a top US Treasury official said. The comments from John Taylor, the Treasury's undersecretary for international affairs, were consistent with earlier remarks from top US officials who have been urging...
- Research articles 2005-01-28
- World economy on track for another year of strong growth in 2007
- PARIS AFP — Slowing activity in the US economy and a possible sudden cooling of overheated property markets are the main threats to the world economy in 2007 after vigorous recovery this year. The International Monetary Fund said Tuesday it was lowering its growth estimate for next year from its...
- Research articles 2006-12-06
