The IMF frequently steps in to offer financial aid when countries need it most, but how often does politics play a part in the solutions it supplies?

Once considered a radical development in urban design, shopping malls are falling into disrepair across the US. Callum Glennen investigates their rise, their fall, and what the future holds for American retail

JAB Holdings, the owner of Krispy Kreme and Jimmy Choo, has agreed to buy Panera Bread in the US’ biggest restaurant deal to date

As one of the most innovative states in the US, Colorado continues to push forward new advances in technology

The US Federal Trade Commission has approved a deal between chemical giants ChemChina and Syngenta on the condition the companies make divestments

A senior Chinese official has stood by the Made in China 2025 plan despite growing criticism from the West suggesting it will destroy competition

The Saudi royal family met with leaders from the US, Japan and China as part of an effort to broaden the kingdom’s economic ties

Efforts to salvage economic integration in the Asia-Pacific region look more promising as China and South Korea send envoys to a conference of TPP nations

Discord between Europe’s thousands of banks could be negatively impacting the continent’s ineffective financial system. Cross-border banking mergers may be the solution

Expert on in-house corporate tax Nancy Manzano provides World Finance with insight into US country-by-country reporting regulations, with one definitive question in mind, what exactly has changed?

Since the start of the shale boom, the US has transitioned from energy importer to exporter, with worldwide repercussions. Now US oil exports look set to destabilise the oil-dependent Middle East

Despite a strong surge in US exports, the US trade deficit unexpectedly widened by $1.2bn in August

The US Justice Department has announced it is to phase out the federal’s government use of private prisons, citing safety and security concerns

Despite global headwinds, the US is seeing record employment growth, according to July’s employment report

Infrastructure in the US is suffering from a crisis that could see its empire come tumbling down