The war with Iran, for all its complexity and global effects, boils down to a single question: Who can take the pain the longest? A surge in oil prices points to what may be Iran’s most effective weapon and the United States’ biggest vulnerability in ...

By Shariq Khan NEW YORK, March 10 (Reuters) - Surging diesel prices are threatening to slow global economic activity as the war in the Middle East pressures supplies of both the industrial fuel and the type of crude oil most suited to produce it,

Mohamed El-Erian, The Wharton School Rene Kern professor and Allianz chief economic advisor, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss the latest market trends, impact of the Iran war, state of the economy, health of private credit,

The conflict raging in the Middle East will test the resilience of a global economy that has already contended with wars and trade disruptions over the past year.

The machines are just one of the ways in which the world economy is responding to a demographic earthquake. After 60 years in which the fertility rate has halved in rich economies, the number of people of working age in many such countries is either already falling or set to do so soon.

China announced its lowest growth target in 35 years Thursday as the world’s second-biggest economy struggles with challenges at home and growing uncertainty around the world.