Thomas White International

Russia still in recession, central Europe gains from domestic demand
The two largest countries under our Emerging Europe purview, Russia and Turkey, have had their share of challenges during the third quarter and in the beginning of the current quarter due to external as well as domestic factors. Concerns about slowing...

China slowdown looms large over Japan, other economies
During the third quarter and in the beginning of the current quarter, economies in the Developed Asia Pacific region witnessed mixed economic trends even as the laggards explored new drivers of growth. Japan, the most prominent of the regional economies...

Global growth outlook improves as China slowdown fears recede
Despite the slower than expected third quarter U.S. economic growth, global economic outlook has seen a modest improvement in October. Consumer sentiment remains healthy in the U.S. and the strengthening labor market should help sustain retail sales...

Low fuel costs helping the U.S. while resource exporters struggle
The fall in energy and commodity prices continues to drive the divergent economic trends in the U.S. and other countries in the region. While the low fuel costs have supported the ongoing healthy U.S. economic expansion, the resource exporting countries...