Hao Li

Why did China avoid a steep recession and bounced back relatively quickly? The answer is its massive fiscal stimulus, according to Richard Koo.

House Democrats are rebelling against Obama's tax cut compromise with the Republicans. On Wednesday, they essentially rejected it in its current form by passing a non-binding resolution to block it from coming to the House floor.

New shares of Chinese online video broadcasting company Youku (NYSE:YOKU) are selling like it's 1999.

Chinese banks are going public. But why are these banks raising money, and are they good investments?

IBTimes speaks to Siemens CEO Peter Löscher about the future of renewable energy, the megatrends affecting it, and how his company is positioning itself in this industry.

James Tyree, CEO of Mesirow Financial, speaks to IBTimes about how his firm is navigating the challenges of the post-crisis financial world.

The government of South Korea is trying to drum up foreign direct investments through free economic zones (FEZ), or areas that offer financial incentives for foreign investments.

Domestic monetary policy, monetary policy abroad, wages, and the cost of essential commodities all point to higher inflation in China, according to virtually every single school of economic thought.

Gold just fell on bullish news, which is arguably a very bearish sign for the yellow metal.

The United Nations explains in a report why the fragile and uneven global recovery that started in 2009 began to decelerate in the middle of 2010 and lists the myriad of problems that still plagues the economy

Two Morgan Stanley economists predict that U.S. 10-year Treasury yields will rise to about 3.75 percent by the end of 2011 because of accelerated economic growth.

Tax cuts and increased government spending designed to support and grow the economy are fiscal stimulus measures. President Obama's compromise with the Republicans will give America both.

Olli Rehn said the European Union will conduct a second round of stress test for banks in February 2011.

The U.S. Treasury Department said it will attempt to dispose of its remaining common equity stake in Citigroup through an initial public offering (IPO).

A study by IMF economists Luc Laeven and Hui Tong found that U.S. monetary policy shocks drive global stock market prices.

Plenty of U.S. organizations are praising the newly-negotiated U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement, which is awaiting approval from lawmakers of both countries.

Wikileaks revealed that Li Keqiang, a senior Chinese politician with many economic-related duties, doubts the country's economic data.

In a CBS interview, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke took shots at foreign critics who openly bashed QE2 in the days leading up to the November 11 G20 Summit.

During a CBS interview, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke did not rule out the possibility of more asset purchases, meaning a third round of quantitative easing (QE3) is possible.

The Irish bailout package, so far, has not achieved its two main goals. It failed to restore private investors' appetite for Irish government bonds and stop the debt crisis from spreading to other countries. What went wrong?

China will shift monetary policy from the current stance of relatively loose to prudent next year, reported the country's state-controlled media on Friday.

The poor jobs data will push Congress to extend both the unemployment insurance benefits and all of the Bush tax cuts, according to Diane Swonk, chief economist at Mesirow Financial.

November's jobs data was shockingly bad and casts doubt on the optimism generated by upbeat economic reports from recent weeks.

The health of the American economy and the level of accommodation in monetary policy are the two most important factors that influence U.S. stock price movements. In 2011, it seems U.S. equities may get support both.

In an Interview with IBTimes, Srinivas Thiruvadanthai explores the concept of balance sheet recessions and other factors that make the Great Recession so severe.

FXCM (NYSE:FXCM) raised about $211 million from its initial public offering (IPO) of 15,060,000 shares, priced at $14 per share -- the company now has a total market value of about $1 billion.

France and Germany, the two leading countries of the euro zone, may have intentionally engineered a competitive currency devaluation by pushing private investors to share the burden of future sovereign bailouts.

Decades ago, the United States had a huge competitive edge over the rest of the world. However, that advantage is slipping away and so are American jobs.

The financialization of commodities threatens to divert capital from economically useful purposes and use it instead to drive up the cost of essential commodities for end users.