Inflation has slowed significantly and growth of the nation's gross domestic product has remained solid, but some economists still expect a mild recession this year. How could a modest downturn happen ...

Why are some countries rich and others poor? It’s among the most important questions in economics—in all the social sciences—and one at the heart of the work for which MIT’s Daron Acemoglu and Simon ...

An agreement on the Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone (JS-SEZ) was announced in early January, after several months of negotiations. The project encompasses a large part of the southern Malaysian ...

GDP PPP of any country reflects the overall purchasing power and cost of living, offering a clearer picture of a nation's economic reality. And when it comes to Asia, everyone knows how its economy is ...