Economy Highlights

Poland's economy is likely to be one of the best performing in the European Union in the years ahead. What are the factors behind that growth and how will the country's currency respond? Europe Bureau Chief Bill Watts discusses the issue with Thu Lan Nguyen, a currency strategist at Commerzbank.

The latest manufacturing data out of China suggest the country's real economy is getting weaker. The WSJ's Deborah Kan speaks to Heard on the Street Columnist Tom Orlik.

Investors willing to look past the traditional discount applied to Turkish investments could be setting themselves up for big returns as Turkey's economy diversifies and expands in the coming years. Kim Hjelmgaard talks with Cem Sertoglu of venture capital firm Earlybird about the country's prospects. Photo: Getty Images.

Director of Research Kevin Stech discusses the ongoing Greek debt crisis and the implications of the recently approved second bailout package.

More than 100 people and firms have now been charged with fraud by the Securities and Exchange Commission, but criticism persists that the agency hasn't cracked down hard enough, Jean Eaglesham reports on Markets Hub. Photo: Joshua Roberts/Bloomberg.

MarketWatch launches a yearlong project called 'The New Tigers,' looking at eight economies poised to be engines of growth and offer investment potential. Polya Lesova visits The News Hub to discuss how Poland and Turkey are shaping up. Photo: Reuters.

U.S. private-sector jobs increased 119,000 last month, far fewer than expectations for 175,000. Kathleen Madigan reports on Markets Hub. Photo: Reuters.

President Obama nominates Dartmouth College President Jim Yong Kim to lead the World Bank, a surprise pick for a job that has usually been held by people with political or banking experience. So just who is Jim Yong Kim? WSJ's Sudeep Reddy reports. (Photo: Getty Images)

Majora Carter explains what green collar jobs are.

WSJ's Jon Hilsenrath joins the News Hub to spotlight a key meeting among central bankers in Washington. Topping the agenda: is 'easy money' an easy solution to save an economy? (Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Robert Bryce talks about the necessity to find a way to solve the oil dilemma. He talks about the importance of price in this solving this dilemma. Also in this video he talks about what the governmental involvement.

Australian Professor Steve Keen, a radical economist who called the financial crisis very early on, says indeed we have a long way to go and eventually we may need a debt jubilee. He joins The News Hub from Sydney.