Part 1: The new global economy
● Profile: Brics: The changing faces of global power
● Decision-making: Lack of common interests hampers policy
● China: Office girls lead charge to boost spending
● Martin Wolf: Sexy term that helps to focus attention
Building Brics
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The Bric countries – Brazil, Russia, India and China – have powered ahead economically over the past decade, but will they be able to take up the slack in the world economy from the US consumer?
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Brazil and India add to pressure on China
With strong statements from Indian and Brazilian central banks, more G20 countries join US in call for stronger renminbi ahead of important meeting of finance ministers and central bank heads in Washington
Capital bonanza worries emerging markets
The big question for the Bric economies and their ilk is whether they have the microeconomic flexibility to cope with the subsequent currency appreciation – one of the policies recommended by the International Monetary Fund in its financial stability outlook
Bric countries call for greater clout
Leading emerging economic powers called for reform of international financial institutions to give developing countries more voice, saying their group was vital to achieving a new world order
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Part 3: The mass market
● Technology: Indian innovators target nation’s mass market
● Language learning: English craze highlights Chinese ambitions
● Cosmetics: Beauty business turns heads in Brazil
● Consumer boom: Low-cost Russian retailer bucks the trend
● Economists’ Forum: Does Russia belong in the Brics?
● Jenny Wiggins: Growing taste for quality lures big brands
Part 5: The markets
● Finance: Bankers sense shift in capital flows
● Pharmaceuticals: Flexible pricing pays off for drugs groups
● Consumer lending: Indians struggle to repay credit card debt
● Economists’ Forum: China’s financial evolution will take the slow road
Part 2: The consumer
● Growing demand: China’s hinterland picks up baton
● Luxury goods: Russian appetite for bling put to the test
● Telephony boom: Mobile phones transform life of India’s poor
● Economists’ Forum: Brazil’s consumer as a driver of growth: a one-legged stool
● James Kynge: China turns its gaze inward for future growth
Part 4: Emerging corporates
● Autos: Brazil gives growth hopes to carmakers
● China: Shanghai tie-up drives profits for GM
● Russia: Foreign carmakers make inroads
● Retail: Indian market holds multinationals at bay
● Economists’ Forum: From Gandhi to Gucci: A tale of two Indias
● John Gapper: The flaw of banking on brand recognition
Comment and analysis
Bad loans could take their toll on China’s growth
The danger is that the cost of cleaning up the banking system will fall, as in the past, on the household sector, writes Michael Pettis
China is the key to unwinding global imbalances
A new, more worrying set of global imbalances is now emerging and there is an urgent need for co-ordination among emerging economies on managing capital flows and exchange rates, writes Arvind Subramanian
China must steer – not slow – growth
The challenge faced by the pilots of China’s economy is not, for now, its ballooning size. What they must worry about is its composition
Commodities: A market re-emerges
As China becomes a net coal importer for the first time, the global industry is enjoying a revival – though decades of neglect could leave it struggling to cope with demand
Evaluating the renminbi manipulation
Is China a currency manipulator? Yes. China has intervened on a gigantic scale to keep its exchange rate down and it is also protectionist. The Chinese pot is calling the US kettle black, writes Martin Wolf
US must not gamble on the renminbi
Sacrificing agreements in areas such as global nuclear security for an empty gesture on China’s currency policy would be mad, writes Clive Crook
More news, comment and analysis
Hu leaves Bric summit after China quake
President returns after earthquake kills more than 600
Brics balance shared interests with rivalries
Bilateral deals could prove more fruitful than summit
China offer on free-trade talks with India
Trade expected to hit $60bn this year
IMG goes to Brazil in emerging markets push
Follows deals with India and China
Engineers seek expansion through Brics
Lower costs and growth fuel moves
Brazil shows signs of fatigue
Bovespa down 7.5 per cent year-to-date
Brazil enters fray for African resources
Miners and other companies step up investment
Russian pledge in race to catch Bric rivals
Transformation to a ‘new country’ by 2020
Brics raise $6.7bn amid demand for EM assets
Monetary tightening threatens EM listings
China scientists lead world in research growth
Peer-reviewed articles grow 64-fold
Huge shift in Brics’ scientific landscape
Tables turned on Russia as research superpower
Russia diversifies into Canadian dollars
Increasing signs of FX reserves moving away from US
Russia seen as too ‘mature’ for Brics
Its ‘natural place’ is with western economies
Renminbi keeps analysts guessing
Pressure to let renminbi rise
Brics to keep building
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US and Bric states lead global rebound
Survey suggests economic activity will pick up
China poses questions for Bric economies
Is the country establishing itself as a haven?
Investors head back to Bric country equities
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Bric quartet defined by differences
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