Finance

How China Cooks Its Books

It's an open secret that China has doctored its economic and financial statistics since the time of Mao. But could it all go south now? 

BY JORDAN CALINOFF | SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

States of Play

National oil companies control 80 percent of the world's oil. But they're not all the same. 

BY VALERIE MARCEL | SEPT. / OCT. 2009

The Coming Supply Crunch

How the recession is throttling much-needed investment.

BY FATIH BIROL | SEPT. / OCT. 2009

What the World's Poorest Can Teach Us About Money Management

How can anyone live on just $2 a day? Economists are starting to find out.

BY JONATHAN MORDUCH | AUGUST 21, 2009

Think Again: A Marshall Plan for Africa

America brought Europe back to life a half-century ago. Why not give Africa the same chance?

BY GLENN HUBBARD | AUGUST 13, 2009

The China Bubble's Coming -- But Not the One You Think

Forget about a Shanghai stock bubble. The whole Chinese economy's getting ready to burst.

BY VITALIY KATSENELSON | JULY 23, 2009

World Wall Streets

The Great Recession has shattered New York City’s financial district, which is projected to lose 46,000 jobs and up to $70 billion by 2010. But how have the world’s other Wall Streets fared?

BY ANNIE LOWREY | JULY/AUG 2009

Good Riddance

Why macho had to go.

BY VALERIE HUDSON | JULY/AUG 2009

Seven Questions: Colin Melvin

One of the world's most influential investors says that changing behavior on Wall Street will take more than regulation.

MAY 13, 2009

The List: Ditching the Dollar

Your guide to the latest international currency schemes.

BY ANNIE LOWREY | APRIL 6, 2009

What do the Pope, Obama, and Madoff's Investors Have in Common?

Bad due diligence.

BY MOISES NAIM | FEBRUARY 13, 2009

Why China's Currency Manipulation Doesn't Matter

Timothy Geithner should stay away from cheap populism and hold his tongue about the yuan.

BY TIBITA KANEENE | FEBRUARY 10, 2009

Calling China's Bluff

Why it's far too early to fear China's burgeoning financial clout.

BY GREGORY CHIN, ERIC HELLEINER | JANUARY 23, 2009

India's Financial Secret Weapon

India has escaped the worst of the financial crisis, but how long can it last?

BY ARVIND PANAGARIYA | JANUARY 22, 2009

Expert Sitings: Barry Ritholtz

Barry Ritholtz is CEO and director of equity research at Fusion IQ, an online quantitative research firm. He blogs at ritholtz.com, a top-ranked financial Web site, and is a frequent television commentator.

JANUARY 5, 2009

Faith in the Market

The champions of Islamic finance -- banking and investing based on the Koran -- believe that if Islamic principles had been applied to Wall Street, the global economic crisis never would have happened. The handful of men who decide which mortgages, car loans, and credit cards are spiritually sound are cashing in. But critics smell a con.

BY CARLA POWER | JANUARY 5, 2009

Shelter from the Storm

AUGUST 12, 2008

Prime Numbers: The Plastic Revolution

The rise of the credit card.

BY RONALD J. MANN | FEBRUARY 19, 2008

China's Currency Crunch

Why China needs to adopt a floating exchange rate.

BY MARVIN GOODFRIEND, ESWAR PRASAD | DECEMBER 13, 2007

Epiphanies: Muhammad Yunus

DECEMBER 13, 2007

Phoning It In

BY ERICA ALINI | OCTOBER 11, 2007

Beware of Scavengers

Karen Joyner takes issue with David Bosco and The Debt Frenzy.

AUGUST 16, 2007

Hey, Big Spenders

Candidates vying for the Oval Office are expected to spend more than $1 billion in the run-up to the November 2008 U.S. presidential election. But the need to build a massive campaign war chest is a global phenomenon. Here’s where fat wallets make the biggest difference on Election Day.

AUGUST 15, 2007

The Debt Frenzy

From Argentina to Zambia, investment firms are snatching up the poor world's debt. To turn a buck, they sue, harass, and otherwise claw their way into making debtor states pay. Poverty activists say these so-called vulture funds are preying on the impoverished. But they're only doing what the international financial system can't -- holding corrupt and irresponsible regimes to account.

BY DAVID BOSCO | JUNE 11, 2007

Masters of Their Domain

Online banking fraud is rampant because it's easy. Here's a fix that will mean money in the bank.

BY MIKKO HYPPONEN | APRIL 18, 2007

Reach Out and Lend

BY MIMI KIRK | FEBRUARY 14, 2007

Free Money

BY ELISABETH EAVES | APRIL 25, 2006

Bubbling Over

BY SETH LEWIS | FEBRUARY 17, 2006

In Hindsight: Advice for the New Federal Reserve Chairman

Ben S. Bernanke will have some big shoes to fill when he succeeds Alan Greenspan as chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve on February 1. Always one to help its former authors, FP combed through its archives to offer Bernanke some tips -- one of which will sound awfully familiar to him.

JANUARY 4, 2006

The Euro

BY CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS | AUGUST 30, 2005