Bandar Seri Begawan - Brunei fell five notches in this year's global ranking on the ease of doing business mainly due to significant declines of its standing in categories such as starting a business, access to credit and taxes.

California has a $1.6 trillion economy that ranks it as a global financial power, thanks in part to a multi-billion dollar boost from the insurance industry, according to a new report by the Insurance

Adam Smith’s understanding that the invisible hand is often but not always benign has important implications from economic policy to the recent debate about gasoline taxes.

Sept. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Shoichi Nakagawa , Japan's third finance minister in two months, will likely back an increase in spending and cut taxes to ``jump start'' the economy, signaling the first policy shift in two years.

In a sign that anxiety is growing, 33% of 1,011 adults surveyed over the weekend by USA TODAY and Gallup said the economy already is in a depression (though by economists' measures it is not). Just 12% said that 10 months ago.