The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits ticked up last week, but layoffs remain historically low in the face of lingering inflation and high interest rates
May 30, 2024
South Africa's currency, stocks and bonds fell on Thursday amid political uncertainty after election projections showed the African
June 15, 2024
Nigerian Josephine Akiga looks around her empty restaurant in Abuja, where a sole customer sits eating, longing for the days when the place
July 02, 2024
Russia's proposed tax hikes for companies and the wealthy, which may add an extra $30 billion to next year's budget revenues, will allow
June 14, 2024
The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits ticked higher last week, but underlying strength in the labor market still shows signs of persisting and should continue
June 14, 2024
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan This week's bout of bond market anxiety eased a touch on Thursday, but investors wary of heavy sovereign debt sales and election
June 14, 2024
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has told Donald Trump that Americans would also suffer if the president-elect follows through on a plan to impose sweeping tariffs on Canadian products
December 02, 2024
Agribusiness giant Cargill is laying off thousands of its employees
December 03, 2024
Nearly 130 countries recommitted on Thursday to save the first pillar of a global tax deal on highly profitable multinationals by the end of June, the co-chairs of a three-day
June 16, 2024
U.S.
June 15, 2024
Japan solidified its status as the world's largest creditor last year as the country's net international investment position grew to a new all-time high
June 15, 2024
Core consumer inflation in Japan's capital accelerated in May on rising electricity bills but price growth excluding the effect of fuel eased,
June 17, 2024
India's economy is expected to have grown at a slower pace in the January-March quarter than the previous three months, dampened by a moderation in manufacturing
June 17, 2024
The optics of sterling hitting its highest since 2016's Brexit referendum after a surprise UK election announcement is hard to ignore - and may suggest hope at margin
June 17, 2024
Hong Kong's April retail sales fell 14.7% from a year earlier, partly due to a drop in visitor spending and a surge in outbound trips during the Easter holidays, government data
June 17, 2024
Major economies grappling with housing crises will struggle to crank up the supply of affordable homes in coming years, according to a Reuters poll of property
June 17, 2024
A price gauge closely tracked by the Federal Reserve cooled slightly last month, a sign that inflation may be easing after running high in the first three months of this year
May 31, 2024
Pakistan's Planning Ministry said on Friday that the economic outlook for the next year was positive, with a growth target of 3.6%, while inflation was likely to moderate to 12%.
June 18, 2024
South Korea's exports rose for an eighth straight month in May, led by robust chip sales though overall growth in shipments lagged market expectations, trade data showed on Saturday.
June 18, 2024
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will have to rely on regional allies to form the next government after his party failed to win a majority on its own, according to trends from
June 20, 2024
OPEC+ agreed on Sunday to extend most of its deep oil output cuts well into 2025 as the group seeks to shore up the market amid
June 18, 2024
Saudi Arabia's sale of shares in oil giant Aramco drew more demand than the stock on offer within hours of kicking off on Sunday, a
June 18, 2024
China's factory activity grew the fastest in about two years in May due to production gains and new orders, particularly at smaller firms, a private sector survey showed on Monday,
June 18, 2024
The dollar fell to a three-week low on Monday after data showed the U.S. economy is gradually slowing down with weaker-than-expected readings on
June 20, 2024
World stocks rose on Monday despite a subdued Wall Street following unexpected weakness in U.S. manufacturing data, feeding uncertainty
July 02, 2024
South Korea's factory activity expanded in May at the fastest pace in two years on stronger growth in output and orders thanks to broadening global demand, a private-
June 18, 2024
Japan's factory activity expanded for the first time in a year in May, a private-sector survey showed on Monday, but overall growth was modest and demand was still subdued while a
June 18, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
June 18, 2024
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan June kicks off with a series of big election results around the world - with big landslides unfolding for favoured candidates in
June 19, 2024
The head and deputy head of the body overseeing Indonesia's planned new capital have unexpectedly resigned, raising questions about the $32 billion project.
June 19, 2024
Claudia Sheinbaum has won a landslide victory to become Mexico's first female president, inheriting the project of her mentor and outgoing leader Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, whose
June 19, 2024
Turkish annual consumer price inflation reached 75.45% in May, a bit above expectations, official data showed on Monday, in what is expected to
June 18, 2024
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Wayne Cole.
June 18, 2024
The typical compensation package for chief executives who run companies in the S&P 500 jumped nearly 13% last year, easily surpassing the gains for workers at a time when inflation was putting considerable pressure on Americans’ budgets
June 03, 2024
U.S. manufacturing activity slowed for a second straight month in May as new goods orders dropped by the most in nearly two years, and spending on construction projects slipped
June 19, 2024
European shares rose for the third straight session on Monday, led by bond-proxy sectors, as investors looked to a near certain interest rate cut from the
June 19, 2024
A change in the type of customers coming to Macau has seen smaller casino operators MGM China and Wynn Macau reap rewards, while larger rivals Sands China and
June 20, 2024
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s National Democratic Alliance coalition has won a majority in parliament, according to official results from India’s Election Commission
June 03, 2024
Japan's government will warn of the pain a weak yen may inflict on households in this year's long-term economic policy roadmap, a draft seen by Reuters showed, as
June 20, 2024
Chinese policymakers last month unveiled a slew of support measures for the property sector, including a nod to local governments to buy
June 20, 2024
Myanmar's junta is cracking down on gold and foreign exchange traders and agents selling foreign real estate, with 35 arrests announced in the last two days as part of efforts to stabilise
June 20, 2024
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Kevin Buckland The once invincible dollar was still reeling on Tuesday after more macro evidence that the U.S. exceptionalism narrative may
June 20, 2024
Asian shares are mixed as investors weighed data highlighting a slowing U.S. economy that offers both upsides and downsides for Wall Street
June 04, 2024
A collapse in Colombia's tax collection is setting off alarm bells for the market, which says the government will need to contend with an estimated budget
June 20, 2024
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan With a still-powerful "buy the dip" instinct in stocks, U.S. markets are having a rare bout of jitters about a slowing economy - with
June 20, 2024
New orders for U.S.-manufactured goods increased for a third straight month in April, boosted by demand for transportation equipment.
June 20, 2024Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Labour challenger Keir Starmer went head-to-head on Tuesday over how to boost Britain's economy,
June 21, 2024
The U.S. dollar drifted higher on Wednesday after data showed the services sector in the world's largest economy rebounded in May after contracting the
June 22, 2024
Indonesia's central bank will continue to intervene in the foreign exchange market to stabilise the rupiah, its governor said on Wednesday, adding that the
June 21, 2024
A quadrupling of the price of subsidised bread has made it harder than ever for Gamal Ahmad and millions of other Egyptians to get by.
June 21, 2024
Growth in India's services activity growth slowed to a five-month low in May as robust domestic demand weakened, according to a survey, which also showed exports
June 21, 2024
Capacity constraints weighed on non-oil business activity in the United Arab Emirates in May with output growth at its slowest in 16 months, a survey showed on Wednesday.
June 21, 2024
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Ankur Banerjee: A softening labour market and a cooling economy have traders perking up with expectations of a September rate cut from the
June 21, 2024
Australia's economy slowed to a crawl in the March quarter as high borrowing costs and still-elevated inflation put the brakes on consumer spending, even as the
June 21, 2024
Japan's service activity extended robust gains in May, a private sector survey showed on Wednesday, amid persistent inflationary pressures that have boosted expectations for another
June 20, 2024
Members of Venezuela's political opposition and the boards that supervise state-owned refiner Citgo Petroleum have met U.S. officials and lawmakers in recent days in a new effort
June 20, 2024
The dollar's relentless strength in the recent past will make way for minor weakness over the next 12 months, according to FX strategists in a Reuters poll, who
June 20, 2024
Election results in Mexico, South Africa and India jolted currencies and stocks alike, a stark reminder that politics still matter for markets in a
June 21, 2024
Dollar Tree said on Wednesday it was exploring options, including a potential sale or spinoff of its Family Dollar banner, as it looks to
June 21, 2024
Homelessness is on the rise across major Argentine cities as the new libertarian government's tough medicine reforms squeeze pensions,
June 24, 2024
Deere & Co said on Wednesday it would cut an unspecified number of production and salaried jobs to save costs as it grapples with a downturn in farm equipment demand.
June 21, 2024
The Bank of Canada trimmed its key policy rate on Wednesday, the first G7 country to do so, in a widely expected move that will ease pressure
June 21, 2024
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan Any investor trepidation about a slowing U.S. economy is once again being offset by renewed interest rate cut hopes - seeing the
June 21, 2024
India's government bonds will continue to attract foreign flows even as a narrower-than-expected victory margin for Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led alliance
June 21, 2024
Russia's unemployment rate dropped to a record-low 2.6% in April and real wages soared in March, data published by the federal statistics service
June 21, 2024
The U.S.
June 21, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets. So much for 'bad news is bad news'.
June 22, 2024
The European Central Bank cut its key interest rate by a quarter-point, moving ahead of the U.S. Federal Reserve as central banks around the world lean toward lowering borrowing costs — a shift with far-reaching consequences for home buyers, savers and investors
June 06, 2024
Remy Cointreau's shares rose more than 6% on Thursday after the drinks company expressed confidence about future growth following a tough year where profits fell sharply.
June 23, 2024
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan Wall Street's tech-led stock surge to new records has seen $3 trillion AI-champion Nvidia replace Apple as the world's 2nd most
June 23, 2024
German industrial orders unexpectedly fell in April, marking the fourth month in a row of decreases, due to a significantly smaller number of large-scale orders compared with the previous
June 23, 2024
Bank of Japan (BOJ) Governor Kazuo Ueda said on Thursday it would be appropriate to reduce the central bank's bond buying as it moves toward an exit from massive monetary
June 23, 2024
A rally that has propelled U.S. equities to record highs increasingly rests on red-hot chipmaker Nvidia and a handful of other giant stocks, reviving concerns
June 23, 2024
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Ankur Banerjee After the Bank of Canada became the first G7 country to cut interest rates, the stage is set for the European Central Bank to
June 23, 2024
Australia's surplus on trade goods rebounded in April as imports took a dive after several months of gains, though exports of iron and coal also softened, data showed on Thursday.
June 23, 2024
The prospect of raising Russia's corporate taxes was criticised by officials at last year's St Petersburg economic forum as a counterproductive move that would suppress
June 24, 2024
The European Central Bank raised some of its economic growth and inflation projections on Thursday, predicting a somewhat later return of price growth to its 2% target.
June 24, 2024
The European Central Bank cut borrowing costs from record highs on Thursday, acknowledging progress in its battle against high inflation but also signalling that fight
June 24, 2024
After two decades of the dollar's share of global foreign exchange reserves gradually eroding to less than 60%, economic, financial and geopolitical stars
June 24, 2024
The U.S. trade deficit widened in April as a jump in imports outpaced a slight increase in exports.
June 24, 2024
Traders scaled back bets that the
June 25, 2024
Official statistics say that China’s exports for May grew at their fastest pace in more than a year despite trade tensions, though imports fell short of analyst expectations
June 07, 2024
America’s employers added a strong 272,000 jobs in May, accelerating from April and a sign that companies are still confident enough in the economy to keep hiring despite persistently high interest rates
June 06, 2024
Stocks slipped and Treasury yields rose sharply after the government released a jobs report whose headline numbers came in hotter than expected
June 07, 2024
The U.S. economy created far more jobs than expected in May and annual wage growth reaccelerated, underscoring the resilience of the labor market and reducing the
June 25, 2024
U.S. bond funds secured the largest weekly inflow in four weeks in the seven days to June 5, driven by a rally in treasury bond prices after softer economic data bolstered expectations of
June 25, 2024
Upward pressure from wages means inflation is proving stubborn, Germany's central bank said on Friday, a day after the European
June 25, 2024
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan After a frenetic week of G7 interest rate cuts, new records for stocks, another scramble for AI and a wave of elections, world
June 25, 2024
European Central Bank policymakers warned on Friday that the final stage of pushing inflation down to 2% could be especially hard but said they were confident
June 24, 2024
China's new yuan loans likely rebounded in May from April, a Reuters poll showed on Friday, as the central bank told lenders to quicken bank lending to support the economy.
June 24, 2024
The Japanese economy likely contracted at a slightly slower pace than initially reported in January-March due to upgrades to capital spending figures, a Reuters
June 24, 2024
Investors in European equities are stepping up their search for stocks that are likely to benefit from lower borrowing costs,
June 24, 2024
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Rae Wee Closely watched U.S. nonfarm payrolls data on Friday marks the final piece in an eventful week that's been nothing short of a boon
June 24, 2024
China's exports rose 7.6% year-on-year by value in May, while imports increased 1.8%, customs data showed on Friday.
June 24, 2024
U.S. household wealth rose to a record of more than $160 trillion in the first three months of 2024 thanks to the stock market's record run and gains in real estate, Federal Reserve data
June 25, 2024
Brazil's central bank chief, Roberto Campos Neto, expressed concern on Friday that financial markets were still expecting high inflation despite data showing moderation,
June 25, 2024
Seriously overdue credit card debt is at the highest level in more than a decade, and people 35 and under are struggling more than other age groups to pay their bills
June 08, 2024
Saudi Arabia's real gross domestic product (GDP) in the first quarter shrank 1.7% from a year earlier, preliminary government data showed on Sunday, as a decline in oil activities
June 25, 2024
The euro fell while French stocks and bonds tumbled on Monday, following President Emmanuel Macron's decision to call a snap
June 26, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
June 25, 2024
Diesel price in Malaysia have jumped by more than 50%, as part of a revamp of decades-old fuel subsidies to tighten government spending and save billions of ringgit annually
June 10, 2024
Asian stocks are mixed ahead of a busy week with several top-tier reports on U.S. inflation due along with a policy meeting of the Federal Reserve
June 10, 2024
After Federal Reserve officials meet this week, a statement they will issue may suggest that they’ve seen meaningful progress on inflation this year — a prelude to eventual interest rate cuts
June 09, 2024
The economy, migration and international conflicts were the top concerns for voters in the European Union election, data from the bloc's biggest member countries
June 26, 2024
The pound hit its highest in nearly two years against the euro on Monday, though it dropped against the dollar, as the common currency tumbled after French President Emmanuel Macron
June 26, 2024
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets by Samuel Indyk The expected rightward shift in the European Parliament after a four-day election has still managed to jolt European markets as gains
June 26, 2024
Updated economic projections from Federal Reserve officials this week are expected to show fewer interest rate cuts than policymakers anticipated three
June 26, 2024
The United States is merrily chipping away at the pillars that hold up the dollar as the world's reserve currency, with the latest blows coming from some powerful
June 26, 2024
On the campaign trail, President Joe Biden likes to take a hard thwack at corporate America
June 10, 2024
European Central Bank interest rates are not on a linear downwards path and policymakers could at times wait more than one meeting before cutting them again, ECB President
June 26, 2024
The U.S. public’s outlook on the future path of inflation was mixed in May, according to a report on Monday from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
June 26, 2024
The dollar hit a four-week high on Tuesday, ahead of a highly anticipated inflation report that is likely to influence the timing of the first rate cut by the U.S
June 27, 2024
France's snap parliamentary elections are negative for the country's credit score, ratings agency Moody's has warned.
June 26, 2024
Kenya has reached a staff level agreement with the International Monetary Fund on Tuesday, the organisation said, paving the way for the
June 26, 2024A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Wayne Cole.
June 26, 2024
(This June 10 story has been officially corrected to fix the source's quote to remove reference to the timeline from the government on
June 28, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
June 26, 2024
European shares closed lower on Tuesday, with banks across the continent falling as investors fretted over political uncertainties in France while
June 27, 2024
The European Central Bank should persist in restraining economic growth given the ample inflationary pressures and wait with its next rate cut until uncertainty recedes, ECB chief
June 27, 2024
The dollar dropped on Wednesday after data showed that consumer prices in May rose less than economists expected, but pared losses after updated interest rate
June 28, 2024
Demand for gold in Asia is surging despite prices hovering near the record highs it hit in May, industry officials say, as buyers snap up
June 27, 2024
China's consumer inflation held steady in May while producer price declines eased, but the underlying trend suggests Beijing would need to do more to
June 27, 2024
Poverty in Myanmar is more widespread than at any time in the last six years and growth in the conflict-torn nation is likely to remain at a measly 1% in the current fiscal year with
June 27, 2024
Most economists are expecting Singapore's monetary policy to remain unchanged at the July and October reviews, according to a survey by the central bank, as they
June 27, 2024
Federal Reserve officials said inflation has fallen further toward their target level in recent months but signaled that they expect to cut their benchmark interest rate just once this year
June 11, 2024
The ECB must move "very slowly" in reducing interest rates because there is huge uncertainty over the inflation outlook, its vice-president Luis de Guindos said on Wednesday.
June 28, 2024
The Bank of England will start cutting interest rates in August, according to all but two of 65 economists polled by Reuters, and most of them expect at
June 28, 2024
Thailand's central bank left its key interest rate unchanged for a fourth straight meeting on Wednesday, as widely expected, despite
June 27, 2024
The share of the euro in foreign exchange holdings tumbled last year at the expense of the dollar and the yen, and further drops are possible whenever Russia becomes free to
June 27, 2024
Australian employment outpaced expectations in May as firms took on more full-time workers, while the jobless rate dipped in a sign the labour market remains resilient even as the
June 28, 2024
The dollar gained on Thursday despite a soft U.S. producer price inflation report for May, after the Federal Reserve adopted a hawkish tone at the conclusion of
July 02, 2024
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved the second review of Sri Lanka's $2.9 billion bailout, but the global lender warned the
June 28, 2024
The Bank of Mexico is monitoring recent volatility in domestic financial markets, including foreign exchange markets, and could act to
June 28, 2024
Signs of falling U.S. inflation on Wednesday and growing hopes for interest rate cuts from the Federal Reserve could be a positive signal
June 28, 2024
The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Wednesday and pushed out the start of rate cuts to perhaps as late as December, with officials projecting only a single quarter-percentage-
June 28, 2024
Federal Reserve policymakers have reason to feel more confident that inflation is cooling after a U.S. government report on Wednesday showed consumer prices did not rise at
June 28, 2024
FedEx is planning to cut between 1,700 and 2,000 back-office jobs in Europe, in its latest push to cut costs as the parcel delivery giant combats a slump in freight demand
June 28, 2024
Wholesale price increases fell in May, the latest sign that inflation pressures in the United States may be easing as the Federal Reserve considers a timetable for cutting interest rates
June 13, 2024
The number of Americans filing for jobless benefits jumped to the highest level in 10 months last week, a sign that the labor market is likely cooling under the weight of high interest rates
June 13, 2024
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says Chinese “overconcentrated supply chains” pose a threat to U.S. jobs and recent investments meant to build up the U.S. green energy sector
June 13, 2024
The Bank of Japan said on Friday it would start trimming its huge bond purchases and announce a detailed plan next month on reducing its nearly $5 trillion balance
June 28, 2024
Ghana and its bondholders will restart talks next week to hash out a debt restructuring deal on $13
June 28, 2024
Britain's next government will find it near-impossible to stop tax levels approaching an all-time high, despite an election campaign in which both major parties
June 28, 2024
The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits increased to a 10-month high last week, suggesting the labor market was losing momentum and
June 28, 2024
More than two years into a war that has cost tens of thousands of lives, Ukraine is about to embark on the unprecedented task of
June 28, 2024
Transactions paid with foreign credit cards are helping circulate more foreign currency in Venezuela, where the government has locked in an exchange rate as part of
June 28, 2024
Pakistan's benchmark share index made its biggest single-day gain in nearly a year to close at a record high, a day after the government unveiled a budget that
June 28, 2024Taiwan's central bank said on Thursday it saw inflation gradually coming down for the rest of the year but the overall tone of monetary policy
June 28, 2024
A look at the day ahead in markets from Dhara Ranasinghe. It's back to the markets versus the U.S. Federal Reserve.
June 28, 2024
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Kevin Buckland The verdict from investors appears to be that benign U.S. inflation trumps the Fed's rate outlook, clearing the way for gains
June 28, 2024
The Bank of Japan may offer guidance on how it plans to reduce its $5-trillion balance sheet at its policy meeting on Friday, in a slow but steady retreat from its
June 28, 2024
Japan's nationwide core consumer inflation likely accelerated to 2.6% year-on-year in May from 2.2% in the previous month, a Reuters poll of 18 economists showed
June 28, 2024
Thailand expects to secure at least 800 billion baht ($21.78 billion) worth of investment applications this year, the government said on Friday, as it seeks to attract more
June 28, 2024
The Bank of Japan kept interest rates unchanged on Friday but said it would trim bond buying in the future to allow long-term interest rates to move more freely.
June 28, 2024
The euro was on track for its biggest weekly fall against the dollar in two months on Friday on concerns that a new government will worsen France's fiscal situation as a
July 02, 2024
U.S. consumer sentiment fell in June for the third straight month as Americans took a dimmer view of their own finances and worried about persistent inflation
June 14, 2024
European Union leaders will urge policymakers at summit in two weeks' time to increase defence spending, boost economic competitiveness and prepare for the bloc's enlargement,
June 28, 2024
U.S. consumer sentiment deteriorated in June as households worried about inflation and incomes, a survey showed on Friday.
June 28, 2024U.S. equity funds observed heavy outflows in the seven days through June 12 as some investors booked profits and exercised caution ahead of the Federal Reserve's policy decision.
June 28, 2024
Global equity funds suffered sharp outflows in the seven days to June 12 as investors cautiously took out money ahead of a key U.S. inflation report and Federal Reserve policy decision
June 28, 2024
New bank lending in China rebounded far less than expected in May and some key money gauges hit record lows, suggesting the world's second-largest
June 28, 2024
Foreign banks bought Indian government bonds worth 80.38 billion rupees ($962.2 million) on Thursday, the biggest single-session purchase since Feb. 1, data from
June 28, 2024
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets by Alun John.
June 28, 2024
India's merchandise exports rose 9.1% to $38.13 billion in May from a year earlier, helped by an increase in shipments of engineering goods,
June 28, 2024
The European Central Bank can continue to lower interest rates broadly how the market expects if inflation keeps easing as envisaged, ECB policymaker
June 28, 2024
India's wholesale prices rose 2.61% in May, the most in more than a year, mainly driven by food items, government data showed on Friday.
June 28, 2024
Colombia's lower house on Friday approved a pension reform proposed by President Gustavo Petro, marking a victory for the leftist, who has struggled to get lawmaker
June 28, 2024
Indonesia's President-elect Prabowo Subianto has no plans to boost the country's public debt to 50% of gross domestic product (GDP), a senior aide
June 28, 2024
Peru's gross domestic product expanded 5.28% in April from a year earlier, the government's INEI statistics agency said on Saturday, the highest
June 28, 2024
Stabilising prices are creating an environment to cut rates in South Korea, a senior presidential official said on Sunday.
June 28, 2024
European Central Bank policymakers have no plan to discuss emergency purchases of French bonds and still think it is for French politicians to
June 28, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
June 28, 2024
Asking prices for British homes coming to the market were flat this month, adding to signs of a recent cooling off in the housing market upswing, a survey from property
June 28, 2024
A rural Florida county is hoping a new $300 million airport will transform its economy and create more than 1,400 new, high-skilled jobs
June 17, 2024
China's May industrial output lagged expectations and a slowdown in the property sector showed no signs of easing despite policy support,
June 28, 2024
The European Central Bank is confident that inflation will fall back to its 2% target next year despite some "noisy" inflation along the way, the ECB's chief economist Philip Lane
June 28, 2024
The Bank of Japan is likely to trim bond buying by around 24 trillion yen ($152 billion) annually in new guidance due next month, but forgo raising
June 28, 2024
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Wayne Cole.
June 28, 2024
The U.S.
June 28, 2024
The Swiss National Bank (SNB) will cut its key policy rate by 25 basis points on June 20 for a second straight meeting, according to two-thirds of economists polled by Reuters, a
June 28, 2024
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan Wall Street stocks and bonds remained relatively buoyant after last week's action-packed macro week with world markets drawn more to
June 28, 2024
The dollar eased against the euro on Tuesday after retail sales data indicated signs of exhaustion among U.S. consumers, boosting the case for Federal Reserve
July 01, 2024
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan Tech-led Wall Street stocks have sailed to new records again this week, with Tuesday expected to see retail sales return to growth
June 30, 2024
UK grocery inflation fell for a sixteenth month in a row in June, industry data showed on Tuesday, providing a little cheer for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak ahead of
June 30, 2024
Supporters for more consolidation in the euro zone's banking sector have been watching Spanish lender BBVA's hostile bid for Sabadell,
June 30, 2024
South Korea's central bank governor said on Tuesday the pace of consumer inflation is likely to continue to slow, feeding expectations the Bank of Korea will start cutting interest
June 29, 2024
Small businesses are increasingly concerned about payment fraud
June 18, 2024
Federal Reserve officials, heartened by recent data, are looking for further confirmation that inflation is cooling and for any warning signs from a still
July 01, 2024
President Joe Biden's administration on Tuesday unveiled final rules for new clean energy subsidies in an effort to make jobs and wages in green industries competitive with those in oil
July 01, 2024
The Congressional Budget Office says it projects this year’s federal budget deficit to be $400 billion higher, a 27% increase compared to its original estimate released in February
June 18, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
July 01, 2024
The dollar struggled for direction on Wednesday while the euro remained close to its recent lows on concerns that a new government in France could weaken fiscal
July 02, 2024
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Ankur Banerjee Investors will get another chance to see if the global disinflation story gains more traction with UK inflation data taking
July 01, 2024
Japan's weak yen sharply boosted the value of exports in May but the volume of sales shrank for the fourth consecutive month, highlighting
July 01, 2024
Bank of Japan policymakers debated the impact a weak yen could have on prices, with some flagging the chance of raising interest rates sooner than expected if
July 01, 2024
Inflation in the U.K. has returned to the Bank of England’s target rate of 2% for the first time in nearly three years
June 19, 2024
Japanese manufacturers are markedly less confident about business than three months ago due to higher materials costs, the Reuters Tankan poll for June showed,
July 01, 2024Global stocks are mixed after U.S. benchmarks ticked to more records following the latest signs that the U.S. economy may be slowing without falling into recession
June 19, 2024
Investors are optimistic South Africa's new unity government can deliver stable economic policies to revive growth, but are cautious about how the new
July 01, 2024
The dollar rose to a seven-week high against the yen on Thursday, while the sterling and euro fell amid on the U.S. economy is coming off the boil while traders
June 20, 2024
Oil futures climbed on Thursday after the U.S.
June 19, 2024
Wall Street shares pulled back from record highs hit early on Thursday in sympathy with rallying overseas indexes, as Treasury yields shook off
June 20, 2024
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Ankur Banerjee British inflation may have returned to its 2% target for the first time in nearly three years, setting the stage for the Bank
July 02, 2024
The Bank of England kept its main interest rate unchanged at a 16-year high of 5.25% at its last meeting before July 4's UK election, but the
July 02, 2024
European Central Bank policymaker Klaas Knot on Thursday backed market expectations for one or two more interest rate cuts this year as inflation appeared to be headed towards the
July 02, 2024
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan Wall Street returns from its midweek break to find record high stocks still chomping at the bit, with overseas monetary easing in
July 02, 2024
France's far-right National Rally (RN) hit back on Thursday at charges from opponents that its spending plans would crash the economy, while
July 02, 2024
The number of working days lost to strikes in Germany doubled in 2023 compared with the previous year to more than 1.5 million, with a record 312 industrial disputes, a study showed on
July 02, 2024
Non-bank financial institutions pose an increasing risk to America's big banks, economists said on Thursday in a post on the New York Fed's Liberty Street
June 20, 2024
European Union finance ministers cautiously backed on Thursday the idea of an EU industrial policy that would help correct market failures, work where better
June 20, 2024
In his trip to China, Germany's Economy Minister Robert Habeck doesn't expect to reach a solution on trade tensions after the EU threatened to impose
June 21, 2024
The dollar edged higher against other major currencies on Friday, hitting a fresh eight-week high against the yen as data showed a strong U.S. economy and as the
June 21, 2024
South Korea's foreign exchange authorities on Friday said they agreed with the National Pension Service to expand a currency swap line to $50 billion from the current
June 21, 2024
Thailand's Finance Minister Pichai Chunhavajira will discuss the inflation target with the central bank governor, Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said on Friday, adding additional
June 21, 2024
Ghana has reached an agreement in principle with its bondholders to restructure $13 billion worth of international debt, three sources told Reuters,
June 20, 2024
U.S. refiners pumped out jet fuel last week at the fastest pace since the pandemic, government data showed, as they look to keep up with forecasts
June 21, 2024
European shares closed lower on Friday, pressured by falls in technology and bank stocks, while Danish brewer Carlsberg Group was the
June 21, 2024
German government bond yields fell on Friday after economic survey data for the euro zone came in weaker than expected, supporting expectations for policy rate cuts.
June 21, 2024
France's newly formed New Popular Front left-wing alliance will progressively lift annual public spending to 150 billion euros more than now, but will offset the increase with tax
June 21, 2024
Euro zone business growth slowed sharply this month as demand fell for the first time since February, a survey found, with the bloc's services industry showing
June 21, 2024
JPMorgan Chase is seeing signs of an improving economy in China that will bolster the bank's business in the country after a sluggish period, its CEO of asset and
June 21, 2024
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan Nvidia, the Nasdaq and the S&P500 got dizzy at record highs on Thursday as world markets start to take stock of a bumper 2024 as we
June 21, 2024
Any sustained bet against French government debt can only hinge on a belief in the improbable end of the euro - even if the European Central Bank needs to walk a fine
June 21, 2024
British public debt rose last month to its highest as a share of the economy since 1961, data showed on Friday, adding to the financial challenges the next
June 21, 2024British retail sales jumped sharply last month after heavy rain kept shoppers away in April, official figures showed on Friday, in a minor boost for Prime Minister
June 21, 2024
For markets trying to assess how quickly interest rate moves are likely to come, it's all about the data.
June 21, 2024
Asian stocks rise after another slide for Wall Street heavyweight Nvidia kept U.S. indexes mixed Monday, even as the majority of stocks rallied
June 24, 2024
In France, parties of the far right and the far left are making election promises that are appealing -- and expensive
June 24, 2024
The U.S. dollar slipped from an eight-week high against the yen on Monday, with traders back on alert for government intervention to
July 03, 2024
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Wayne Cole.
June 24, 2024
China's fiscal revenue fell 2.8% in the first five months of 2024 from a year earlier, accelerating from a 2.7% decline in the January-April period, official data showed on Monday,
June 24, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
June 23, 2024
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan Global investors head to the half-year point this week trying to get across numerous political narratives, a hiccup in tech and a
July 03, 2024
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July 03, 2024
India's worsening water shortage, triggered by high consumption amid rapid economic growth and frequent natural disasters, can negatively impact the South Asian nation's
July 03, 2024
Global stock indexes mostly climbed on Tuesday, with shares of AI chipmaker Nvidia bouncing after a three-day sell-off, while the dollar gained slightly
June 25, 2024
The price Japanese companies charge each other for services rose 2.5% in May from a year earlier, data showed on Tuesday, a sign prospects of steady wage increases are prompting more
July 03, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets. The wave of profit-taking in U.S.
July 03, 2024
The Federal Reserve must "exhibit care" as it aims to finish the job of bringing inflation under control, San Francisco Fed President Mary Daly said on Monday, noting that
July 03, 2024
Sri Lanka will sign a debt restructuring agreement with a group of creditor nations on Wednesday, the government said in a major step to help stabilise the
July 03, 2024
American consumers lost some confidence in June as expectations over the near-term future fell again
June 25, 2024
A group of 50 people and firms across across Hong Kong, the United Arab Emirates and the Marshall Islands that have been acting as a “sprawling shadow banking network” for Iran’s military have been hit with U.S. economic sanctions
June 25, 2024
For investors in France, a left-wing alliance could be a bigger risk than a far-right leadership, some analysts say.
June 25, 2024
An annual 2% levy on fortunes exceeding $1 billion is the starting point for a global discussion on raising the burden on under-taxed billionaires, French
June 25, 2024
"Because it's France" was how Jean-Claude Juncker, European Commission president at the time, explained Brussels' decision in 2016 to
June 26, 2024
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Ankur Banerjee A pinch of caution ahead of a U.S. inflation reading, a bit of exuberance in tech stocks following a comeback from Nvidia and
June 26, 2024
South Korea's central bank said on Wednesday there was a possibility of downward pressure mounting again on the won currency, and vowed to step up monitoring of risk factors and
June 26, 2024
German consumer sentiment is set to fall slightly in July, ending a four-month streak of rises, as households left uncertain by higher prices and an economy dawdling toward recovery
June 26, 2024
Australian consumer inflation accelerated to a six-month high in May, while a key measure of core prices rose for a fourth month, figures that caught
June 26, 2024
Thailand's economy is expected to grow at its potential rate by late this year or early in 2025, while the policy interest rate is
June 26, 2024
Kenya's president says he won’t sign into law a finance bill proposing new taxes that prompted thousands of protesters to storm the parliament on Tuesday
June 26, 2024
Sri Lanka on Wednesday signed agreements with China and other creditor nations to restructure about $10 billion in bilateral debt, in a major step towards
June 26, 2024
Argentine President Javier Milei's twin reform bills will head to Congress one last time this week for a final vote, with little risk of failure.
June 26, 2024
British retail sales softened this month after a recovery in May, and stores expect another drop next month, an industry survey showed on Wednesday.
June 26, 2024
The European Central Bank could gradually reduce interest rates if inflation falls as expected, two ECB policymakers said on Wednesday.
June 26, 2024
None of the countries that have yet to join the euro meet all accession criteria and many have even diverged from the long-set rules of euro membership, the European Central Bank
June 26, 2024
Euro zone inflation may be bumpy but that was always expected and data continues to suggest that price growth will settle at the European Central Bank's 2% target, Finnish
June 26, 2024
Economic insecurity is one factor that drives populism, a former politician from Hungary writes.
June 26, 2024
Value stocks offer some of the most compelling valuations in the U.S. equity market after badly lagging their growth-focused counterparts this year, Bank of America Global
June 26, 2024
Mexican President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum said on Wednesday that she has no plans to increase taxes for the general population but that her administration would continue to
June 26, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
June 26, 2024
China's manufacturing activity likely contracted for a second month in June, a Reuters poll showed on Thursday, keeping alive calls for fresh stimulus after a string of
June 27, 2024
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Tom Westbrook So much for a week watching football and cricket while counting down to Friday's blockbuster U.S. personal consumption price
June 27, 2024
Average starting pay for British jobs rose in May at the fastest pace in four months despite a 20% annual fall in the number of jobs on offer, figures from hiring platform Indeed
June 27, 2024
European shares slipped on Thursday on investor caution ahead of crucial global economic data and the first round of French elections,
June 27, 2024
China's treasury futures leapt to fresh highs on Thursday, while long-dated yields skirted record lows, as investors continued to plough money into bonds, shrugging off repeated
June 27, 2024
South Africa's consumer confidence improved slightly in the second quarter due to fewer hours of load-shedding and a drop in fuel and food prices, but uncertainty around national elections
June 27, 2024
European Union members should contemplate joint borrowing to fund key investments in defence, digitalisation and the green transition, the authors of a blog published by the
June 27, 2024
U.S. stocks ended Thursday around the unchanged mark as investors awaited fresh inflation data, with the Nasdaq able to eke out a
June 27, 2024
The American economy expanded at a 1.4% annual pace from January through March, the slowest quarterly growth since spring 2022, the government said in a slight upgrade from its previous estimate
June 27, 2024
Fewer people applied for unemployment benefits last week but the total number of Americans collecting jobless benefits rose to the highest level in more than two years
June 27, 2024
New York Community Bancorp's one-for-three reverse stock split will become effective mid-to-late July, the regional lender said on Thursday.
June 27, 2024
The Bank of England is likely to cut interest rates soon, "probably in August", as long as inflation and wage data align with the Monetary Policy Committee's (MPC
June 27, 2024
Inflation in the U.S. "appears to be narrowing" and that should allow the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates later this year, Atlanta Fed President
June 27, 2024
Argentina's lower house early on Friday approved economic reform measures proposed by President Javier Milei, giving him his first big
June 27, 2024
Homebuilders who bucked the worst of last year's housing slump may be seeing their luck run out
June 27, 2024
Brazil's economy created a net 131,811 formal jobs in May, Labor Ministry data released on Thursday showed, falling short of the 200,000 forecast in a Reuters poll of economists.
June 27, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
June 27, 2024
South Korea's factory output fell in May, missing market expectations, on weaker production of machinery and automobiles, official data showed on Friday.
June 27, 2024Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Friday that the authorities were "deeply concerned" about the impact of "rapid and one-sided" foreign exchange moves on the economy,
June 28, 2024
Demand for beer in India is at a multi-year high and air conditioner sales are skyrocketing as the intense, unprecedented heat scorching parts of the
June 28, 2024
The South African rand rallied on Friday on optimism that the Democratic Alliance (DA) and African National Congress (ANC) would reach an agreement over cabinet positions, a
June 28, 2024
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan If TV debates decided elections, world markets seem remarkably calm about the prospect of a Donald Trump return to the White House as
June 28, 2024
A measure of prices that's closely tracked by the Federal Reserve suggests that inflation pressures in the U.S. economy are continuing to ease
June 28, 2024
Market bets rose on Friday that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates by September and do so again in December after a government report showed a key measure of U.S. inflation
June 28, 2024
U.S. monthly inflation was unchanged in May as a modest increase in the cost of services was offset by the largest drop in goods prices in six months, drawing
June 28, 2024
FactSet Research Systems raised its forecast for annual adjusted profit on Friday, as the financial data and analytics company bets on cost cuts to counter sluggish revenue growth.
June 21, 2024The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Wednesday its executive board had completed a third review of Zambia's Extended Credit Facility and approved an immediate disbursement of some
June 26, 2024
President Joe Biden responds to former President Donald Trump’s alleged comments calling fallen soldiers ‘losers’ prior to his visit to a military cemetery in 2018.
June 28, 2024
It’s the economy, stupid. Here’s what you need to know about it for the presidential debate
June 27, 2024China's manufacturing activity fell for a second month in June while services activity slipped to a five-month low, an official survey showed on Sunday,
June 30, 2024
Myanmar's central bank denied a U.N. report that the country's military government can still access money and weapons for its war against anti-coup forces, saying financial institutions
June 30, 2024
US employers want more part-time workers. Here’s what that means
June 30, 2024A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
June 30, 2024
South Korea's exports rose for a ninth consecutive month in June, albeit at a slower pace than expected, as robust demand for chips and cars bolstered the export
June 30, 2024
Myanmar arrested four executives of supermarket chains, including an official of a Japanese joint venture, for selling rice at inflated prices, state media said on Monday, as the war-torn
July 01, 2024Manufacturing activity in Europe suffered a setback last month but Asian factories enjoyed solid momentum, offering policymakers some hope
July 01, 2024
Activity in India's manufacturing sector rebounded last month as output increased on robust demand, leading to the fastest rate of hiring in over 19 years,
July 01, 2024
There is no end in sight for China’s uneven economic story
July 01, 2024
Manufacturing activity across the euro zone took a turn for the worse last month as demand fell at a much faster pace despite factories cutting their prices, a survey showed.
July 01, 2024
The downturn in Germany's manufacturing sector, which accounts for about a fifth of Europe's biggest economy, experienced a fresh setback in June as output and new
July 01, 2024
South African manufacturing activity contracted again in June, a Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) survey showed on Monday, reflecting weak demand.
July 01, 2024A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan An event-packed but shortened week stateside kicks off the second half of 2024, with European markets rallying on Monday as the first
July 01, 2024
India is likely to receive above-average rainfall in July after receiving 11% below average in June, the weather department said on Monday, keeping alive the
July 01, 2024
U.S. construction spending unexpectedly fell in May as higher mortgage rates depressed single-family homebuilding, and recovery is likely to be muted by improving housing supply
July 01, 2024
U.S. manufacturing contracted for a third straight month in June as demand remained subdued, while a drop in a measure of prices paid by factories for inputs
July 01, 2024
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Kevin Buckland How well France's hastily assembled anti-far-right front is working will become clear today, with candidates having until
July 02, 2024
China is moving closer to unveiling its financial stability law, which includes setting up a fund to rescue troubled financial institutions, as part of Beijing's broader efforts to
July 02, 2024
The European Central Bank's next interest rate cut is still a relatively easy decision, but subsequent moves should only come once inflation is clearly
July 02, 2024
U.S. stocks are drifting near their record levels
July 02, 2024
London's benchmark stock index closed at more than a two-month low on Tuesday as investors were cautious ahead of parliamentary elections, although an
July 02, 2024
Sri Lanka will save $5 billion in interest owed to bilateral creditors as part of its debt restructuring process, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said on
July 02, 2024
The Biden administration says it's providing $504 million in implementation grants for a dozen technology hubs in Ohio, Montana, Nevada and Florida, among other locations
July 02, 2024
Inflation is on the way down in Europe
July 02, 2024
When Ted Rossman was at Newark Airport in New Jersey the other day, he got a shock along with his sandwich.
July 02, 2024
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan Further signs of a cooling U.S. economy greet the second half of 2024, with politics dominating headlines on both sides of the
July 02, 2024
Investors just got an inflation wakeup call. Will they answer?
July 02, 2024U.S. job openings rose slightly to 8.1 million in May despite the impact of higher interest rates
July 02, 2024
The U.S. is back on a "disinflationary path," Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said on Tuesday, but policymakers need more data
July 02, 2024
European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde welcomed a small fall in inflation last month as a step in the right direction,
July 02, 2024
Canadian manufacturing activity deteriorated in June, extending a record-setting run of contraction for the sector, as new orders declined and firms cut jobs for
July 02, 2024
South Korea's government on Wednesday vowed to support small businesses and the construction sector struggling due to high interest rates in the second
July 03, 2024
Japanese service activity contracted for the first time in nearly two years in June as domestic demand cooled, a private sector survey showed on Wednesday, although business
July 02, 2024
China's services activity expanded at the slowest pace in eight months and confidence hit a four-year low in June, dragged by slower growth in new orders, a private-sector survey
July 03, 2024
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Ankur Banerjee It was a risk-on session in Asia, with European bourses poised for a similar start in the wake of comments by Fed Chair
July 03, 2024
Asian shares are trading mostly higher after Tesla zoomed upward, helping drive the U.S. stock market to more records
July 03, 2024
Pakistan is looking to clinch a staff level agreement on an International Monetary Fund bailout of more than $6 billion this month after addressing all of the
July 03, 2024
A solid rise in business activity in June ended a positive second quarter for the German service sector, albeit with the rate of expansion easing slightly, a survey showed on
July 03, 2024
British stocks closed higher on Wednesday, boosted by metal miners ahead of the UK parliamentary election on Thursday that the Labour Party looks poised
July 03, 2024
Growth across Britain's services companies slowed by less than first thought in June but it still ebbed to a seven-month low, according to a survey on Wednesday that pointed to modest
July 03, 2024
Fearing a bank crisis, China is sounding the alarm about a bond market bubble
July 03, 2024The S&P 500 index and technology-laden Nasdaq rose on Wednesday to post record high closes, as data pointing to a softening economy
July 03, 2024
U.S. private payrolls increased a bit less than expected in June, consistent with slowing labor market momentum.
July 03, 2024
The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits inched up last week, but remain at historically healthy levels despite elevated interest rates
July 03, 2024
The U.S. trade deficit widened for a second straight month in May amid a decline in exports, indicating that trade likely remained a drag on economic growth in the second
July 03, 2024
First-time applications for U.S. unemployment benefits increased last week, while the number of people on jobless rolls rose further to a 2-1/2 year high
July 03, 2024
Travel activity is expected to heat up to record levels around the Independence Day holiday as consumers take advantage of cooler prices for airfares, gasoline and hotels
July 01, 2024
New orders for U.S.-manufactured goods unexpectedly fell in May, while business spending on equipment appeared weaker than initially thought, government data showed on Wednesday
July 03, 2024
The average rate on a 30-year mortgage rose this week, pushing up borrowing costs on a home loan for the first time since late May
July 03, 2024
Federal Reserve officials at their most recent meeting welcomed recent signs that inflation is slowing and highlighted data suggesting that the job market and the broader economy could be cooling
July 03, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
July 03, 2024
South Korea should try to address the country's high prices through structural reforms, a Bank of Korea official said, as the central bank mainly targets
July 04, 2024
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Wayne Cole.
July 04, 2024
Japan faces a shortage of almost one million foreign workers in 2040 if the government wants to achieve its economic growth goals as the population dwindles, an estimate from a state
July 04, 2024
Growth in British construction activity slowed in June as house-building declined, according to a survey on Thursday that showed a slowdown in new orders as some firms took a wait-
July 04, 2024
What to look for in Friday’s jobs report
July 04, 2024
Kenyan President William Ruto spoke by phone with International Monetary Fund chief Kristalina Georgieva in the days after he withdrew $2.7 billion in proposed tax
July 04, 2024
Labour's landslide election win shows few signs of unsettling London's financial heartland after the party's lengthy pro-business overtures, though
July 04, 2024
Household savings in the euro zone rose to their highest level in about three years while investments continued to fall in the first quarter of 2024,
July 04, 2024Keir Starmer vowed to bring change to Britain as its next prime minister after his Labour Party surged to a comprehensive win in a national election on Friday, ending 14 years of
July 04, 2024
The U.S. dollar index stayed slightly lower on Friday after data showed U.S. job growth slowed marginally in June while the unemployment rate rose,
July 05, 2024
The American job market likely cooled last month while still remaining fundamentally healthy, which would be welcome news for the Federal Reserve in its drive to fully tame inflation
July 04, 2024
The Bank of Japan will highlight how wage hikes are broadening across companies, including at smaller firms, in a report later this month, sources familiar with its
July 05, 2024
What to expect from the June jobs report
July 05, 2024
A recalibration of how the U.S. presidential election plays out is causing bond investors to bet yields stay higher for longer as November approaches.
July 05, 2024
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan While U.S. markets return from the Independence day holiday to assess significant cooling of the labor market stateside, British
July 05, 2024
Kenyan President William Ruto on Friday proposed spending cuts and additional borrowing in roughly equal measure to fill a nearly $2.7 billion budget hole caused
July 05, 2024
How does Canada's lowest hourly minimum wage stack up to the rest of the country?
July 05, 2024Inflation is easing and the job market has returned to the "tight but not overheated" situation seen before the COVID-19 pandemic threw the U.S. economy into disarray,
July 05, 2024
Justin Bieber to Mughal jewels: Ambani wedding transfixes India
July 06, 2024
Fewer British firms plan to raise their prices in the coming months, according to a survey that will give reassurance to the Bank of England as it considers the possibility of
July 07, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
July 07, 2024
Indonesia's
July 07, 2024
Asian shares are trading mostly higher after Wall Street benchmarks reached more milestones
July 08, 2024
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Wayne Cole.
July 08, 2024
The Bank of Japan said wage hikes were broadening across the economy due to tight labour market conditions, signalling its confidence the country was making progress
July 08, 2024
Thailand's current potential economic growth rate of 3% is not satisfactory and prolonged below-target inflation is dangerous for
July 08, 2024Investment bank JPMorgan cut on Monday its forecast of the number of emerging market companies expected to default on their debt, following the biggest improvement in distressed-
July 08, 2024
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan Wall St stocks start the week surfing new records into another earnings season and Federal Reserve testimony, while surprise French
July 08, 2024
Bank of England policymaker Jonathan Haskel said on Monday that he does not want to cut interest rates from their current 16-year high as
July 08, 2024
Egypt's current account deficit more than tripled to $17.1 billion in the first nine months of fiscal 2023/24 compared to $5.3 billion a year earlier as oil exports plunged by $7.2
July 08, 2024
By Michael S.
July 08, 2024
Nigeria plans to suspend taxes on certain food imports including wheat and maize for 150-days, and recommend a retail price to try to bring under control rising
July 08, 2024
Top 5% of taxpayers would get nearly half the benefit if Trump tax cuts are extended
July 08, 2024
Sri Lanka will wrap up talks with international bondholders on restructuring $12.5 billion in debt within a few weeks, Foreign Minister Ali
July 09, 2024
Australian business conditions worsened in June with the outlook for employment taking a notable hit, a survey showed on Tuesday, though firms were a little more confident as cost
July 09, 2024
Indonesia's incoming President Prabowo Subianto is exploring ways to remove the fiscal deficit and debt-to-GDP ratio ceilings, aiming to fund his campaign pledges, investigative
July 09, 2024
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Kevin Buckland Washington largely steals the spotlight from today, even with post-French-poll horsetrading at fever pitch.
July 09, 2024
China's new yuan loans likely more than doubled in June from May, a Reuters poll showed on Tuesday, as the central bank kept up policy support for the economy amid a shaky recovery
July 09, 2024
Some market players called on the Bank of Japan to slow its bond buying to roughly half the current pace under a scheduled tapering plan due out this month, the
July 09, 2024
Stronger economic growth is key to stabilising Britain's rising public debt, credit rating agency S&P Global said on Tuesday, in its first comment on the new Labour government since
July 09, 2024
Thailand needs stronger economic growth as the current potential growth rate of about 3% is not high enough to help the economy expand sustainably in the long term, the central bank
July 09, 2024
The number of medium-sized and large companies in Germany that went insolvent in the first half of this year was up 41% compared with the same period last year, the Handelsblatt
July 09, 2024
Elections are taking place this year in countries home to almost half of the world's population, from Taiwan's general election in January to
July 09, 2024
The U.S. is "no longer an overheated economy" with a job market that has cooled from its pandemic-era extremes and in many ways is back where
July 09, 2024
India consumer price inflation probably edged up in June, snapping five months of declines, largely because of a jump in vegetable prices caused by the damage to
July 09, 2024
The election of relative moderate Masoud Pezeshkian as Iran's president has lifted the hopes of Iranians yearning for social freedoms and better relations with the
July 09, 2024
Hungarian banks said on Tuesday that measures requiring them to contribute to a "defence fund" would damage their ability to lend, rejecting government allegations that they had
July 09, 2024
Rent inflation remains a pressure point for small businesses
July 09, 2024
The Federal Reserve faces a cooling job market as well as persistently high prices, Chair Jerome Powell said in testimony to Congress, a shift in emphasis away from the Fed’s single-minded fight against inflation that suggests it's moving closer to cutting interest rates
July 09, 2024
Hungary will build a third terminal at Budapest's airport and develop road and rail routes linking it to the capital, Economy Minister Marton Nagy said on
July 09, 2024
Britain's new government took a first step on Tuesday to boost public and private investment and modernise the economy, placing a National
July 09, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets. Is a U.S. interest rate cut coming? If so, when?
July 09, 2024
China's consumer prices grew for a fifth month in June but missed expectations, while producer price deflation persisted, with domestic demand mired on a
July 10, 2024
New Zealand's central bank held the cash rate steady at 5.5% on Wednesday, but opened the door to monetary policy becoming less restrictive over time should
July 10, 2024
Thailand's economy is not good and the property sector needs urgent support due to weak demand and rising bad loans, the country's
July 10, 2024
The prospect of near-term interest rate cuts is bolstering the case for investors to remain bullish after a run in U.S. stocks that may soon be tested by
July 10, 2024
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Rae Wee Central bankers across the globe are finally showing increasing confidence that markets may be entering an era of lower rates, after
July 10, 2024
European shares advanced on Wednesday amid broad-based gains and upbeat corporate updates while investors digested more comments from U.S.
July 10, 2024
Decision makers should pursue aggressive policies to bring climate change under control if they want to avoid losses in the value of global stocks that could top 50%, think-tank
July 10, 2024
The US economy faces a new threat
July 10, 2024Zimbabwe has revised its economic growth forecast downwards as southern Africa's worst drought in decades ravages crop yields, its finance minister told Reuters
July 10, 2024
Gen Z adults in the U.S. face increasing financial challenges because of inflation and rising living costs, with 46% relying on financial assistance from their parents
July 10, 2024
OPEC stuck to its forecast for relatively strong growth in global oil demand in 2024 and next year, saying on Wednesday that resilient
July 10, 2024
Libya's eastern-based parliament approved what it called an additional budget of 88 billion Libyan dinars ($18.3 billion) on Wednesday to its appointed government for the rest of
July 10, 2024
Argentina inflation is expected to have accelerated to over 5% in June, which would end a five-month streak of slowing price increases, according to a Reuters
July 10, 2024
Short interest on the New York Stock Exchange fell 2.9 percent in late June, the exchange said on Wednesday.
July 10, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
July 10, 2024
The dollar dropped on Thursday after data showed headline consumer prices unexpectedly fell in June, while a sharp gain in the Japanese yen sparked speculation of a
July 11, 2024
South Korea's central bank said it was time to prepare for a pivot to interest rate cuts but more evidence is needed to strengthen confidence that
July 10, 2024
A global index of stocks edged down and bond yields fell on Thursday after U.S. inflation data boosted bets on interest-rate cuts while the
July 11, 2024
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Tom Westbrook No doubt there are some sore heads around the City today after Ollie Watkins' stoppage-time strike sent England into Sunday's
July 11, 2024
Thai consumer confidence dropped for a fourth straight month in June to its lowest level since last September due to concerns about an economic slowdown and political uncertainty,
July 11, 2024
More than half of German manufacturers consider an upturn in nominal revenue as realistic only next year after taking a more pessimistic outlook for 2024, a survey by the VDMA
July 11, 2024
Short positions on most Asian currencies eased, as rising expectations of at least two rate cuts by the U.S.
July 11, 2024
China's leaders will seek to inject confidence in the economy at a highly anticipated meeting next week, but conflicting goals, such as boosting growth while cutting
July 11, 2024
Optimism is rising among economists, investors and Federal Reserve officials that U.S. inflation is nearly under control, with the latest report on consumer prices expected to show another month of mild increases
July 10, 2024
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan If Federal Reserve boss Jerome Powell had any inkling of the June U.S. inflation readout when speaking to Congress this week, then
July 11, 2024
Tata Consultancy Services, India's top IT services company, said despite slightly surpassing first-quarter revenue estimates, it is "
July 11, 2024
Portfolio managers at the world's largest global financial institutions expect credit conditions to worsen over the next three months, according to a survey by the
July 11, 2024
The European Central Bank will cut its deposit rate twice more this year, in September and December, according to a strong majority of economists polled by
July 11, 2024
U.S. consumer prices unexpectedly fell in June and the annual increase was the smallest in a year, reinforcing views that the disinflation trend was back on track and drawing the Federal
July 11, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets. Did they or didn't they?
July 11, 2024
The dollar fell sharply against the yen for the second straight day, raising questions as to whether Japan was intervening, while a global
July 12, 2024
Investors are looking at UK markets as a potential haven as political uncertainty rises in the U.S. and elsewhere in Europe, in what could mark a
July 12, 2024
Tata Consultancy Services' shares gained nearly 3% on Friday, a day after India's top IT services firm reported first-quarter results that signalled early signs
July 12, 2024
HSBC Bank on Friday raised its forecast for Vietnam's gross domestic product growth for this year to 6.5% from its previous forecast of 6.0%, after second-quarter growth beats
July 12, 2024
While investors are still scrambling to get on board the shiniest new mega-trends and what seems like a runaway stock market, a slower-moving juggernaut from the past
July 12, 2024
Consumer prices in France rose 2.5% year-on-year in June, statistics office INSEE said on Friday, confirming its preliminary reading published in late June.
July 12, 2024
Momentum to raise wages has been spreading among small and medium firms in Japan this year, reflecting labour shortages and efforts to help employees tackle an inflationary squeeze,
July 12, 2024
Japan's core consumer inflation probably picked up in June for a second straight month, a Reuters poll of 18 economists showed, keeping the central bank under
July 12, 2024
Japan is expected to slightly cut its forecast for economic growth of 1.3% in the fiscal year ending March 2025 as consumption takes a hit from rising import
July 12, 2024
Chinese bank lending jumped less than expected in June while some key money gauges hit fresh record lows, highlighting weak demand in the world's second
July 12, 2024
Signs of consumers slowing down spending and falling behind on their bills weighed down shares of the big banks on Friday
July 12, 2024
Ireland's domestic economy last year grew much faster than initially estimated, with growth revised sharply higher to 2.6% from 0.5% and momentum continuing into the first quarter
July 12, 2024
Global debt funds attracted inflows for a 29th straight week in the seven days to July 10 on expectations of a Federal Reserve rate cut amid weakening labour market conditions and easing
July 12, 2024
A big change could come to the US economy in September
July 12, 2024Wholesale prices in the United States rose by a larger-than-expected 2.6% last month from a year earlier, a sign that some inflation pressures remain elevated
July 12, 2024
U.S. equity funds faced their first weekly outflow in three weeks in the seven days to July 10 as caution and profit-taking took hold ahead of the new earnings season.
July 12, 2024
U.S. producer prices increased slightly more than expected in June amid a rise in the cost of services, but that did not change expectations that the Federal
July 12, 2024
U.S. consumer sentiment ebbed in July, but inflation expectations over the next year and beyond improved, a survey showed on Friday.
July 12, 2024
The International Monetary Fund will provide Papua New Guinea with immediate access to about $125 million, the IMF said in a statement on Friday following its executive board's
July 12, 2024
Opinion: The galling mistake that led the US to its current debt problem
July 12, 2024A closely watched measure of inflation in Argentina remained stronger than the libertarian government of President Javier Milei would have hoped
July 12, 2024
Argentina's central bank will start selling U.S. dollars in the country's parallel foreign exchange markets in an effort to combat inflation and freeze the country's money
July 13, 2024
When Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD opened its first Southeast Asian factory in Thailand earlier this month, the nation of 66
July 14, 2024
China's economy grew much slower than expected in the second quarter as a protracted property downturn and job insecurity knocked the wind out of a fragile
July 14, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
July 14, 2024
Argentina's economy ministry said on Sunday it will purchase just over $1.5 billion from the central bank to pay the total interest on the country's "Globales" and "Bonares"
July 14, 2024
China’s ruling Communist Party is starting a four-day meeting that is expected to lay out a strategy for self-sufficient economic growth in an era of heightened national security concerns and restrictions on access to American technology
July 15, 2024
China's central bank left a medium-term rate unchanged as expected on Monday when rolling over maturing medium-term loans.
July 15, 2024
Bank Indonesia (BI) will keep its key interest rate at 6.25% on Wednesday but will cut it by 25 basis points next quarter, earlier than previously
July 15, 2024
China says its economy expanded at a slower-than-forecast 4.7% annual rate in the last quarter
July 15, 2024
China’s Communist Party meets to set direction for troubled economy
July 15, 2024
Asian stocks are mixed as investors grappled with the weak economic data from China and waited to see the outcome of a top Communist Party policy meeting in Beijing
July 15, 2024
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Monday kicks off what is shaping up as a key week of commentary from U.S. central bank officials taking stock of
July 15, 2024
For workers at CNH Industrial's sprawling tractor plant just outside Racine, Wisconsin, debate over whether President Joe Biden or former President
July 15, 2024
If the deep split in U.S. politics makes characterizations of economic data a dependable tell about party affiliation, the coming Republican and Democratic
July 15, 2024
Argentina's battered economy is expected to plateau and begin a fluctuating recovery in the second half of the year, according to forecasts by analysts and
July 15, 2024
Assets managed by BlackRock hit a record $10.65 trillion in the second quarter thanks to rising client asset values and as investors pumped
July 15, 2024
All European Union member states should comply with fiscal rules, German Finance Minister Christian Lindner said on Monday in Brussels.
July 15, 2024
Canadian businesses expect interest rates to come down by as much as 100 basis points over the next year but their willingness to invest is below
July 15, 2024
The Argentine parallel market peso appreciated against the U.S. dollar on Monday while the local stock market suffered, after new economic measures introduced by President
July 15, 2024
Thailand’s prime minister has said that eligible businesses and individuals can register from August for digital cash handouts, a controversial program that will cost billions of dollars and is meant to boost the lagging economy
July 15, 2024
The dollar rose on Tuesday, on track for a second straight daily gain, after a reading of retail sales proved to be firmer than expected, but was still soft
July 16, 2024
For global investors with money in China's stock markets, the latest economic numbers are not of any comfort and just a
July 16, 2024
Thailand's cabinet on Tuesday approved a 100 billion-baht ($2.8 billion) soft loan scheme where funds would be lent to commercial banks so they could on-lend to borrowers at below-
July 16, 2024
Asian stocks are mostly lower even as investors wager that the Federal Reserve will come ahead with a cut to interest rates, while Australia's benchmark hit a new record
July 16, 2024
UK grocery inflation has slowed this month to its lowest level since September 2021, coinciding with the fastest rise in monthly supermarket shopper numbers so far
July 16, 2024
Expectations U.S. interest rates will fall, preventing a hard landing for the economy, has kept investors bullish, although geopolitics pose the biggest risk to that
July 16, 2024
Euro zone households are applying for loans in growing numbers for the first time in two years as they grow more optimistic about the economy and interest rates fall, a European
July 16, 2024
German investor morale deteriorated more than expected in July, registering its first fall in a year and suggesting the recovery in the euro zone's largest economy
July 16, 2024
The Dow’s surge is a calculated response to political turmoil
July 16, 2024Stocks surge after retail sales data shows Americans are still shopping
July 16, 2024
U.S. retail sales were unchanged in June as a drop in receipts at auto dealerships was offset by broad strength elsewhere, a display of consumer resilience
July 16, 2024
New inflation warning: Get used to high interest rates, IMF says
July 16, 2024
Small business sales growth slowed in June as consumers took a pause on spending
July 16, 2024
Federal Reserve Governor Adriana Kugler on Tuesday expressed cautious optimism that inflation is returning to the U.S. central bank's 2% target, with goods,
July 16, 2024
It’s not just Bob Menendez: Americans really love gold bars
July 16, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
July 16, 2024
Japanese manufacturers became more confident about business conditions in July whereas those in the service sector cooled, the
July 16, 2024
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) slightly raised its growth forecast for developing Asia this year due to stronger domestic demand and export growth, but said downside risks from a
July 16, 2024
Singapore's non-oil domestic exports in June fell 8.7% from the same month a year earlier, data showed on Wednesday, weighed down mainly by weakness in non-electronic products.
July 16, 2024
Guilherme Carvalho made his first visit to China this month, and the Italian said one of the main factors behind the trip was the post-pandemic policy
July 17, 2024
The Thai government's additional 122 billion baht ($3.4 billion) budget bill for the 2024 fiscal year to finance its signature
July 17, 2024
In a year of major elections setting the course of many countries for years to come, China’s ruling Communist Party is holding top-level meetings in Beijing to draft policies for reviving its slowing economy
July 17, 2024Asian shares are mostly lower, with Tokyo's benchmark dipping more than 2%, after Wall Street’s record-breaking rally slammed into a wall of worries over potentially worsening trade tensions with China
July 17, 2024
Indonesia's central bank held its benchmark interest rate steady on Wednesday, as expected, saying the current level remained consistent to
July 17, 2024
China’s sputtering economy has prompted a dire, new shorthand online for pessimism about the prospects for any turnaround for jobs, incomes and opportunity: “the garbage
July 17, 2024
India is likely to spend 2.25 trillion rupees ($11.97 billion) on food subsidies this financial year, four government sources said,
July 17, 2024
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July 17, 2024
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July 17, 2024
A Biden administration drive to increase U.S. wheat plantings after the Ukraine war is faltering as wheat prices hover around four-year lows and exportable
July 17, 2024
The euro fell on Thursday after the European Central Bank kept rates steady, as was widely expected, while the dollar index climbed after stronger-than-
July 17, 2024
Oil prices steadied on Thursday as investors wrestled with mixed signals about crude demand, with concerns about an economic slowdown in the U.S. contending with
July 18, 2024
U.S. small-cap stocks are having a long-awaited moment, ignited by expectations of interest rate cuts and improving prospects for the election of Republican
July 18, 2024
South Korea's finance minister on Thursday vowed to take policy steps to stabilise the real estate market, as house prices are rising in the area of the capital Seoul.
July 18, 2024
Japan is suspected to have intervened in the foreign exchange market to prop up the yen on several occasions this month, underscoring its discomfort over the pain the currency's fall
July 18, 2024
The European Central Bank left its key interest rate benchmark unchanged Thursday as its rate-setting council and President Christine Lagarde take their time to make sure stubborn inflation is firmly under control before lowering rates again
July 18, 2024
British stocks rose on Thursday after a slew of positive corporate updates, while data showed UK wage growth slowed but not enough to seal expectations
July 18, 2024
Chinese leaders reiterated their wide-ranging economic policy goals on Thursday, from modernizing industry to expanding domestic demand and
July 18, 2024
KeyCorp forecast a bigger drop in average loans in 2024 than previously anticipated on Thursday, and posted a 5% fall in second-quarter profit as costlier deposits eroded the regional
July 18, 2024
Opinion: Why we can’t give up on capitalism
July 18, 2024India's central bank said on Thursday that the economy's natural rate of interest has increased since the pandemic and will rise further, driven by the growth of
July 18, 2024
The European Central Bank kept interest rates unchanged on Thursday, and gave no hints as to what investors might expect at its next meeting, saying September was "wide open" and
July 18, 2024
Even some of the European Central Bank's more hawkish policymakers are open to an interest rate cut in September, provided incoming data confirm that disinflation is continuing,
July 18, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
July 18, 2024
Japan's government cut this year's growth forecast on Friday as consumption took a hit from rising import costs due to a weak yen, highlighting the fragile nature of
July 19, 2024
Chinese officials acknowledged on Friday the sweeping list of economic goals re-emphasised at the end of a key Communist Party meeting this week
July 19, 2024
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Rae Wee It's been a turbulent week for investors marked by a tech selloff on the back of deepening Sino-U.S. trade tensions, uncertainty
July 19, 2024
First to hike, first to hit its inflation target - and the last to cut?
July 19, 2024
Britain's government borrowed a lot more than forecast in June, according to official data published on Friday that highlighted the big budget challenges facing
July 19, 2024
Two European Central Bank policymakers on Friday backed further interest rate cuts, expressing greater confidence that inflation was heading to the ECB's goal next year.
July 19, 2024
China economy: Key meeting offers few clues on how to tackle worsening downturn
July 19, 2024
Investors have locked onto the U.S. central bank's Sept. 17-18 meeting for the start of interest rate cuts that Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has said
July 19, 2024
U.S. stocks slumped following another washout
July 19, 2024
Global equity funds attracted inflows for a fourth successive week in the seven days to July 17, spurred by expectations of a Federal Reserve rate cut after recent data showed cooling
July 19, 2024
Euro zone inflation will continue to slow in the coming years and could dip below the European Central Bank's 2% target by 2026%, an ECB survey showed on Friday.
July 19, 2024
They used to work for China’s biggest companies. Now they’re doing manual labor
July 21, 2024
Britain's new finance minister Rachel Reeves said she will consider giving inflation-busting pay increases for almost 2 million government employees later this month to avoid
July 21, 2024
Opinion: Increasing the minimum wage comes at too high a price for workers
July 21, 2024Japanese ministries' budget demand for the next fiscal year is likely to exceed 110 trillion yen ($698 billion) for the fourth straight year, according to a
July 22, 2024
India's monetary policy framework should consider targeting inflation that excludes food, the prices of which are influenced more by supply than demand, the government's 2023/24
July 22, 2024
Taiwan's export orders rose less than expected in June on weak demand from the island's top trading partner China and for laptops and mobile phones, even as chips saw continued
July 22, 2024
China's government posted an extended decline in land sales revenue in the first half of 2024, finance ministry data showed on Monday.
July 22, 2024
European Central Bank policymaker Peter Kazimir opened the door on Monday to two more interest rate cuts by the end of the year if data justified them.
July 22, 2024
It’s becoming harder to get — and keep — a car
July 22, 2024
Saudi Arabia's economic growth will likely be one of the slowest among the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries this year, according to a Reuters poll of
July 22, 2024
Ukraine announced on Monday a preliminary deal with a bondholder group to restructure $19.7 billion in debt.
July 22, 2024
Strong wage growth is making it harder to bring down inflation in the euro zone, the German central bank said on Monday, calling for a careful approach to further interest rate
July 22, 2024
In September 2021, after absorbing three months of price hikes that were more than double the Federal Reserve's 2% target, U.S. central bank staff and
July 22, 2024
Canada's main stock index rose on Monday, with the real estate and utilities sectors leading a broad-based rally ahead of an expected interest rate cut this week by the Bank
July 22, 2024
Brazil's economy will continue growing at a steady pace over the medium term thanks to a continuous rise in public spending that is set to keep fiscal
July 22, 2024
After more than a year of moderate expansion, South Korea's economic growth likely slowed to a near halt last quarter as higher borrowing costs held back
July 23, 2024
Singapore's central bank is widely expected to keep monetary policy unchanged this week and hold off easing settings amid lingering risks to the inflation outlook
July 23, 2024
China’s leaders have floated the idea of raising the retirement age. It hasn’t gone down well
July 23, 2024
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Tom Westbrook Markets mostly took Joe Biden's withdrawal from the U.S. presidential race in their stride, flicking the switch from politics
July 23, 2024
A tiny insect is ravaging Tunisia’s prickly pears, a critical source of revenue for the North African country's agriculture sector and economy.
July 23, 2024
Group of 20 finance leaders are expected to cheer the growing likelihood of a global economic "soft landing" while warning of the risks from
July 23, 2024
Ghana's finance minister raised the country's 2024 growth forecast on Tuesday and said the West African nation was rebounding faster
July 23, 2024
South Korea's consumer sentiment in July was the most optimistic in 27 months, with a brighter spending outlook due to easing inflation concerns, a central bank survey showed on
July 23, 2024
Japan's factory activity contracted slightly in July as output and new orders fell and firms remained under pressure from higher prices, a business survey showed on Wednesday.
July 23, 2024
Thailand's 500 billion baht ($13.85 billion) "digital wallet" handout scheme is a necessary stimulus measure to boost a lagging economy held back by low income and high household
July 24, 2024
Thailand's Constitutional Court said on Wednesday it will hand down its verdict on Aug. 14 in a case that seeks the dismissal of
July 24, 2024
India's business activity accelerated at its fastest pace in three months in July thanks to strong demand, especially in the services sector, according to a
July 24, 2024
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Ankur Banerjee A sales miss by luxury giant LVMH due to Chinese shoppers keeping a lid on spending and disappointing results from major U.S.
July 24, 2024
German consumer sentiment is set to recover significantly heading into August as households' income expectations hit their highest point in over two years due to slightly lower
July 24, 2024
France's dominant services sector expanded in July, a survey showed on Wednesday, helped by a pick-up in business from the Olympic Games although the country's
July 24, 2024
Porsche said on Wednesday it was fighting to restore production volumes and re-prioritise spending towards a more flexible product line-up after months of
July 24, 2024
The Bank of Canada on Wednesday trimmed its key interest rate by 25 basis points for the second month in a row, bringing it to 4.5%, and said
July 24, 2024
Sri Lanka's central bank cut interest rates by 25 basis points on Wednesday in a surprise decision aimed at spurring economic recovery following the country's
July 24, 2024
The Bank of Japan must raise interest rates to prevent excessive declines in the yen, private-sector members of a key government council said at a meeting last week where Governor
July 24, 2024
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan Wall St has suddenly become a tough crowd to please.
July 24, 2024
A 134-year-old home goods retailer filed for bankruptcy and is closing more than 70 stores
July 24, 2024
Visa's underwhelming third-quarter revenue prompted a number of brokerages to cut their price targets on the company's stock, stoking concerns about slowing
July 24, 2024
The Bank of England will trim Bank Rate to 5% next week, a majority of economists said in a Reuters poll, and with inflation expected to hover around target, it
July 24, 2024
The Bank of Canada on Wednesday trimmed its key policy rate by 25 basis points for the second month in row, bringing it down to 4.5%, and said more cuts were likely if inflation
July 24, 2024
Sales of new U.S. single-family homes fell to a seven-month low in June as higher mortgage rates and prices weighed on demand, further evidence that the housing market recovery
July 24, 2024
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Kevin Buckland The global equity sell-off looks set to extend into Europe on Thursday although the region may be spared the carnage in parts
July 25, 2024
China surprised financial markets with an off-cycle cut to bank funding costs on Thursday.
July 25, 2024
Japan's government on Thursday maintained its assessment on the economy but offered a bleaker view than last month on exports due to the fallout from slowing
July 25, 2024
Indonesia launched a long-term visa scheme on Thursday intended to attract foreign investors, President Joko Widodo said, with amounts of up to $10 million giving them a 10-year
July 25, 2024
Companies in the euro zone's two largest economies are growing more pessimistic, surveys showed on Thursday, raising concerns over
July 25, 2024
Investors turned bullish on the Singapore dollar for the first time since mid-December as the city-state's growth and inflation dynamics continue to support the local unit,
July 25, 2024
Shares are mostly higher in Asia, with major markets apart from Shanghai and Taiwan logging modest gains
July 25, 2024
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan The worst day for the S&P500 since 2022 and mounting central bank easing bets suggest markets' serene 'soft landing' scenario is
July 25, 2024
China has ratcheted up its efforts to spur slowing growth by cutting a key policy rate and doubling subsidies for electric vehicles bought to replace older cars
July 25, 2024The US economy is pulling off something historic
July 25, 2024
Fewer Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week, but applications remained at recently elevated, though not troubling levels
July 25, 2024
Inflation in key sub-Saharan African economies is unlikely to slow to targets even after recent aggressive interest rate hikes as central banks look to reverse
July 25, 2024
Federal Reserve policymakers are seen leaving their short-term interest-rate target in the 5.25%-5.50% range next week and waiting until September to start a string of quarter-point
July 25, 2024
Zimbabwe's 2024 budget deficit is forecast to be 1.3% of gross domestic product, Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube said on Thursday, but warned that concerns remained
July 25, 2024
Investors are ditching some of this year's favourite trades as a retreat in the glitzy megacaps risks snowballing into a multi-pronged selloff that
July 25, 2024
Finance ministers from leading rich and developing nations are meeting in Rio de Janeiro to discuss a global tax on the super-rich
July 25, 2024
The Bank of Canada is shifting its focus to boosting the economy rather than suppressing inflation, which raises prospects of further interest
July 25, 2024
A gauge of global stocks climbed for the first time in four sessions on Friday as equities steadied after a sharp selloff and U.S. economic data showed an
July 26, 2024
Thailand's economy is expected to grow 2.7% in 2024, the Finance Ministry said Friday, up from a previous forecast of 2.4% due to higher foreign tourist arrivals and exports.
July 26, 2024
North Korea's economy grew sharply in 2023 after shrinking for three straight years as trade with China increased after COVID-19 pandemic border controls were eased,
July 26, 2024
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Kevin Buckland An element of calm has returned to markets as a wild week winds down, with European and U.S. stock futures pointing overall
July 26, 2024
Japan's industrial output likely fell in June, reversing from gains made the previous month, led by suspension of some auto production, a Reuters poll found on Friday.
July 26, 2024
The Bank of Japan (BOJ) is expected to unveil details of a quantitative tightening (QT) plan at its monetary policy meeting next week, aimed at reducing its holdings
July 26, 2024
Wall Street rallied following encouraging reports on inflation and on strong profits at 3M and other big U.S. companies
July 26, 2024
Euro zone consumers stopped reducing their inflation expectations in June after four consecutive monthly falls, a European Central Bank survey showed on Friday.
July 26, 2024
Most regions saw equity inflows in the week to Wednesday, led by emerging markets and the U.S., Bank of America Global Research said, as investors brought forward expectations for
July 26, 2024
Hosting the Olympics has become financially untenable, economists say
July 26, 2024
The Federal Reserve’s favored inflation measure remained low last month, bolstering evidence that price pressures are steadily cooling and setting the stage for the Fed to begin cutting interest rates in September
July 26, 2024
U.S. prices increased moderately in June as the declining cost of goods tempered a rise in the cost of services, underscoring an improving inflation
July 26, 2024
Turkey's economic turnaround is yielding results, EBRD Vice President Matteo Patrone told Reuters on Friday, adding that the bank aims to match
July 26, 2024
U.S. investors continued to pump money into equity funds in the seven days to July 24, shrugging off a technology sector selloff to focus on robust corporate earnings and the possibility
July 26, 2024
The European Central Bank still faces a tough "last mile" in its fight against high inflation, as evidenced by stubbornly high growth in the prices of services, ECB board member
July 26, 2024
The first-ever joint declaration by G20 finance leaders vowing to cooperate on effectively taxing the world's largest fortunes on Friday
July 26, 2024
Vietnam received foreign investment inflows of $12.55 billion from the start of the year to July 20, up 8.4% from the corresponding period a year earlier, the planning and investment
July 27, 2024Since President Joe Biden left the White House race, Vice President Kamala Harris has begun to craft her own narrative around the economy
July 27, 2024
Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni says Italy and China have signed a three-year action plan to implement past agreements and experiment with new forms of cooperation
July 28, 2024
See where inflation is the highest and lowest in America
July 28, 2024
Inflation is nearing the Federal Reserve's 2% target, and the central bank is expected to begin cutting interest rates as soon as September.
July 29, 2024
Two years after launching an aggressive fight against inflation and one year after leaving its benchmark interest rate at a near-quarter-century high, the Federal Reserve is expected to signal this week that it will likely reduce borrowing costs as soon as September
July 26, 2024
Optimism about global growth prospects this year and next is building among hundreds of economists polled by Reuters, with risks still tilted toward higher
July 29, 2024
Venezuela's bonds and those of state oil firm PDVSA fell deeper into distressed territory on Monday after both President Nicolas Maduro and
July 29, 2024
Britain's new finance minister, Rachel Reeves, told parliament her Conservative predecessor had left public spending on track to go over budget
July 28, 2024
The International Monetary Fund said on Monday it had completed a review allowing Egypt to draw $820 million, saying efforts to restore
July 29, 2024
Chinese leaders signalled on Tuesday that the stimulus measures needed to reach this year's economic growth target will be directed at consumers,
July 30, 2024
The German economy unexpectedly contracted in the second quarter after skirting a recession at the beginning of the year and July's inflation rose, showing the
July 30, 2024
Ethiopia's new $3.4 billion financing deal with the International Monetary Fund paves the way for completion of its long-delayed debt restructuring in the
July 30, 2024
Pakistan's finance ministry expects inflation in July to range between 12% and 13%, easing further in August to stand between 11.0% and
July 30, 2024
S&P Global Ratings affirmed on Tuesday Indonesia's ratings at BBB investment grade with a stable outlook, but flagged fiscal uncertainties from the incoming government led by
July 30, 2024
U.S. single-family home prices were unchanged in May and the annual increase was the smallest in 10 months as higher mortgage rates stifled demand, boosting housing supply.
July 30, 2024
Ethiopia’s currency has lost 30% of its value the day after the central bank began implementing a flexible exchange rate policy backed by the International Monetary Fund as part of new measures to stabilize the eastern African nation’s economy
July 30, 2024U.S. job openings fell slightly last month, a sign that the American labor market continues to cool in the face of high interest rates
July 30, 2024
American consumers felt more confident in July as expectations over the near-term future rebounded
July 30, 2024
It’s not the end of the world if the Fed doesn’t cut rates tomorrow
July 30, 2024The Bank of Japan raised interest rates to levels unseen in 15 years and unveiled a detailed plan to slow its massive bond buying, taking another
July 30, 2024
Japan's factory output fell 3.6% in June from the previous month, versus a median market forecast for a 4.8% drop, government data showed on Wednesday.
July 30, 2024
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has set the stage for the central bank’s first rate cut in four years
July 30, 2024
Former Ghanaian president John Dramani Mahama will try to renegotiate terms of an International Monetary Fund bailout and boost local ownership of future
July 31, 2024
Japan’s index has plunged, as the U.S. dollar sank against the yen, and regional investors digested the rally on Wall Street that came on hopes U.S. cuts to interest rates will be arriving soon
July 31, 2024
A high court in Ghana has blocked civil society groups from holding protests in the capital Accra, one of the organisers said, joining other African
July 31, 2024Key takeaways from the latest Fed meeting
July 31, 2024
Why Americans are snubbing McDonald’s and Starbucks
July 31, 2024Taiwan's trade-dependent economy grew more than expected in the second quarter thanks to stronger demand for new technology, such as artificial
July 31, 2024
Japanese authorities spent 5.53 trillion yen ($36.8 billion)intervening in the foreign exchange market this month to pull the yen off 38-year lows, official data
July 31, 2024
U.S. private payrolls increased far less than expected in July, but that likely is not a true reflection of a labor market that continues to moderate gradually.
July 31, 2024
Nigerian security forces deployed in major cities and the government said it was open to dialogue ahead of planned protests on Thursday against a cost of living
July 31, 2024
Kenya's inflation fell to 4.3% year-on-year in July from 4.6% a month earlier, the statistics office said on Wednesday. On a monthly basis, inflation was -0.2% from 0.4% in June.
July 31, 2024
South Korea's exports rose at the fastest pace in six months in July on strong chip sales but missed market expectations, trade data showed on Thursday, amid worries
July 31, 2024
South Korea's factory activity expanded for the third straight month in July, but at a slower pace as weak domestic demand crimped output and new orders, a private-
July 31, 2024
Global equities dropped on Thursday, with Wall Street's major indexes selling off as U.S. data sparked economic worries and financial
August 01, 2024
China has the ability and confidence to achieve its full-year growth target of around 5% and will work to actively expand domestic demand, officials from the state planner said on
August 01, 2024
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Stella Qiu All eyes are on the Bank of England today, now that the Bank of Japan delivered its second interest rate hike in 17
August 01, 2024
The Bank of Japan said on Thursday there was a chance wage and price growth could overshoot expectations as labour markets tighten.
August 01, 2024
Global hedge funds have trimmed their exposure to Chinese equities to the lowest in five years while ramping up investment in Japan,
August 01, 2024
The downturn in Germany's manufacturing sector, which accounts for about a fifth of Europe's biggest economy, continued to gather pace in July, a survey showed on
August 01, 2024
Italian manufacturing activity contracted for a fourth month running in July but at a slower pace than the month before, a survey showed on Thursday, with both output and new orders
August 01, 2024
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan The Federal Reserve left Wall Street with little doubt about a first U.S. interest rate cut in seven weeks' time, but multiple cross-
August 01, 2024
U.S. stocks kicked off August sharply lower after a round of economic data on Thursday spurred concerns the economy may be slowing faster than anticipated
August 01, 2024
Security forces have fired gunshots and tear gas to quell mass protests across Nigeria as thousands, mostly young people, poured onto the streets to rally against the country’s spiraling economy
August 01, 2024
The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits jumped to its highest level in a year last week, even as the labor market remains broadly healthy
August 01, 2024
U.S. worker productivity growth accelerated in the second quarter, keeping the increase in labor costs in check, and further brightening the inflation outlook.
August 01, 2024
The global rate cut cycle is picking up steam, with half of developed markets' central banks having begun easing, and the U.S.
August 01, 2024
At least two Ethiopian local governments have ordered the closure of dozens of businesses found hiking prices of basic commodities after the central bank floated the national
August 01, 2024
The average rate on a 30-year mortgage fell this week to its lowest level since early February, easing borrowing costs for prospective homebuyers facing record-high home prices
August 01, 2024
Senate GOP blocks tax bill as Democrats spotlight child credit in election-year push
August 01, 2024
The S&P 500 fell more than 2% and the Nasdaq more than 3% at one point late on Thursday, reversing early gains and closing the first session of August sharply lower after data spurred
August 01, 2024
Canadian federal government's target for a bump in its controversial capital gains tax over the next five years will fall short by a tenth, according to an analysis released on
August 01, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
August 01, 2024
South Korea's consumer inflation ticked up in July on supply-side pressures after weakening for three straight months, official data showed on Friday, coming in slightly higher than
August 01, 2024
The U.S. dollar dropped to a four-month low on Friday after a weaker-than-expected employment report for July raised expectations that the Federal Reserve will
August 01, 2024
A weak yen is hurting Japanese households' sentiment and could erode their purchasing power, the government said in a report on Friday, underscoring its concern over
August 02, 2024
Oil prices fell on Friday, with
August 02, 2024
China should ramp up its fiscal stimulus to spur economic growth and set a firm inflation target to prevent the country falling into a "low inflation trap", a central bank policy
August 02, 2024
Indonesia's economic growth probably slowed slightly to 5% in the second quarter and authorities are monitoring geopolitical developments
August 02, 2024
The United Nations world food price index eased slightly in July according to data released on Friday, with a decline in the index for cereals offset in part by increases for meat,
August 02, 2024
China's Civil Affairs University announced a new undergraduate marriage program to develop marriage-related industries and culture, drawing scorn of social media users who
August 02, 2024
Traders bet on Friday that the Federal Reserve will start easing policy in September with a big half-percentage-point interest rate cut, after government data showed employers added far
August 02, 2024
New orders for U.S.-manufactured goods fell more than expected in June, but business spending on equipment was solid as was initially estimated, government data showed on Friday
August 02, 2024
Italy has no plans to introduce new windfall taxes on company profits, government sources said on Friday, denying press reports.
August 02, 2024
The turmoil shaking global financial markets reflects a sudden fear that the Federal Reserve may have held its key interest rate too high for too long, heightening the risk of a U.S. recession
August 02, 2024
Colombia's central bank technical team revised its inflation outlook for the year to 5.7%, from a previous 5.5%, it said in a quarterly report published on Friday.
August 02, 2024
Activity across Russia's manufacturing sector increased marginally in November, a business survey showed on Monday, thanks to fresh expansions in outputs and new orders even as work
December 02, 2024
Nigeria's police on Saturday arrested dozens of protesters and fired teargas to disperse those trying to march to government offices in the
August 03, 2024
New Zealand's green credentials are at risk as the government rolls back environmental reforms in a bid to boost a flailing economy and fulfil promises made to
August 04, 2024
Growth in China's services activity accelerated in July helped by new orders, although momentum in overseas demand eased to its slowest pace in 11 months, a private-sector survey
August 05, 2024
Share markets around the world tumbled and bonds rallied on Monday as fears the United States could be heading for recession sent investors rushing from risk assets while wagering interest
August 05, 2024
South Korea's stock market marked its worst session since the global financial crisis of 2008 on Monday, with trading curbs activated for the first time in four years,
August 05, 2024
Activity across Russia's services sector returned to growth in July, which firms attributed to stronger demand, creating more new orders and a faster rate of job creation, a business
August 05, 2024
The Swiss franc rose to its highest level against the euro in nearly a decade on Monday, as heavy losses in stock markets, concerns over U.S. and global growth and tensions in the
August 05, 2024
Taiwan stocks plunged a record 8.4% on Monday, with tech stocks including TSMC sliding as investors spooked by a poor outlook for the U.S. economy
August 05, 2024
Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Monday authorities were watching exchange-rate moves closely, speaking after the Nikkei
August 05, 2024
Growth in Germany's services sector slowed for the second consecutive month in July, a survey showed on Monday, in a further sign that Europe's biggest economy is
August 05, 2024
Protests in Nigeria over the soaring cost of living ebbed on Monday, with only a few hundred people turning out in major cities following a deadly crackdown by security
August 05, 2024
Japanese stocks collapsed on Monday in their biggest single day rout since the 1987 Black Monday sell-offs, driven by last week's plunge in global
August 05, 2024
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August 05, 2024
Wall Street's most-watched gauge of investor anxiety logged its largest ever intraday jump on Monday and closed at its highest since October 2020, as traders
August 05, 2024
CNN's Rahel Solomon reports on the US stock market plunging as fears about a US economic slowdown sent shockwaves of fear through global markets.
August 06, 2024Bahrain's economy grew 3.3% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2024, according to a quarterly economic performance report by the Ministry of Finance, citing preliminary data from
August 05, 2024
Why the stock market is freaking out again
August 05, 2024Ethiopia has imported 14 million litres of cooking oil to ensure sufficient supplies of the basic commodity, its trade minister said, after the country's central bank floated
August 05, 2024
Markets on Wall Street and in Asia are stabilizing Tuesday following a mini-panic caused by an assortment of factors that stretched from late last week through Monday
August 05, 2024
Political analyst Maggie Haberman joins CNN's "Inside Politics" to discuss how Donald Trump's campaign is capitalizing on the plunging stock market.
August 06, 2024CNN spoke with Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's, about what investors should do with their portfolios when the stock market is plunging.
August 07, 2024A recent U.S.
August 05, 2024
Japanese consumer spending fell more than expected in June, government data showed on Tuesday.
August 05, 2024
Stocks rose on Wall Street as calm returned to the market a day after its worst drop in nearly two years
August 06, 2024
How ‘special forces travelers’ are making – and then breaking – Chinese tourism destinations
August 06, 2024
Global stocks rallied on Tuesday, partly reversing some of the previous day's steep declines, while the Japanese yen took a breather, after central bank officials said all the right things
August 06, 2024
Walz could help Harris shore up the ‘blue wall’ on the way to the White House
August 06, 2024China's exports grew at their slowest pace in three months in July, missing expectations and adding to concerns about the outlook for the vast
August 06, 2024
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August 06, 2024Ireland's unemployment rate hit its highest rate in two-and-a-half years in July, rising to 4.7% from an upwardly revised 4.5% a month earlier, Central Statistics Office data showed
August 06, 2024
The U.S. dollar will claw back some of its recent losses over the coming three months on expectations financial markets have again gone too far in pricing in
August 06, 2024
Mexico's headline inflation rate likely accelerated again in July to reach its highest level in more than a year, while the core index is forecast to continue to moderate, a
August 06, 2024
The Bank of Mexico will likely hold its benchmark interest rate at 11% later this week, according to a majority of analysts in a Reuters poll on Tuesday, as inflation and the
August 06, 2024
Britain needs to spend an extra 50 billion pounds ($64 billion) a year on public investment to boost productivity and long-run growth, largely funded by public
August 06, 2024
Rising unemployment in New Zealand and annual wage growth at a two-year low reinforced expectations that the country's central bank will move to cut interest
August 06, 2024Wall Street equity indexes closed lower after Wednesday's choppy session while a bond auction pushed Treasury yields higher and the dollar rose
August 07, 2024
Panama's government passed two decrees on Tuesday allowing the economy ministry to seek a cumulative $9 billion in financing, Panama's council of ministers said in a statement.
August 07, 2024
U.S. stocks slumped after a morning rally evaporated, but the losses on Wall Street weren’t as bad as the manic moves that wracked markets worldwide over the last week
August 07, 2024
China's exports climbed 7.0% in July from year earlier, a slower pace of growth than in June and missing expectations, but imports rose 7.2%, customs
August 07, 2024
A strong comeback by banks on Wednesday helped Europe's main stock index log its biggest one-day gain since November, even though the continent's largest
August 07, 2024
The Paris Olympics is giving a much-needed lift to the French economy thanks to increased consumer spending, according to a report from U.S bank card and financial transactions firm
August 07, 2024
Colombia's President Gustavo Petro, the country's first leftist leader in modern times, came to power two years ago under a banner of
August 07, 2024
Stocks close lower as Wall Street struggles to stage a comeback
August 07, 2024
A wager that stock markets would stay calm has cost retail traders, hedge funds and pension funds billions after a selloff in global stocks, highlighting the risks
August 07, 2024
Throughout decades of political change in Argentina, the annual Aug. 7 pilgrimage to St. Cayetano Sanctuary has served as a potent, and grim, reminder that in Argentina, economic despair remains a constant
August 07, 2024
Japanese authorities are closely watching stock market developments but are not in a phase of taking specific actions, Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Thursday, as volatility
August 08, 2024
A closely followed global equities index jumped more than 1% on Thursday after lower-than-expected weekly U.S. unemployment claims calmed
August 08, 2024
South Korea's state-run think tank on Thursday said there was a need for early cuts in interest rates, as it flagged weaker economic growth and inflation amid sluggish domestic
August 08, 2024U.S. stocks rallied to their best day since 2022 in Wall Street’s latest sharp swerve
August 08, 2024
Taiwan's exports rose less than expected in July as weak demand from China offset record orders from the United States which underscored the island's
August 08, 2024A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan Seeking some calm, markets remain edgy following the volatility jolt of the past week and traders now seek some re-assurance the real
August 08, 2024Travel companies including Airbnb and Marriott International are forecasting a slowdown in leisure travel as U.S. consumers wait longer to book vacations in a
August 08, 2024
The number of Americans filing for jobless benefits fell last week but remain at slightly elevated though not troubling levels
August 08, 2024
Mexico's headline inflation rate rose again in July, reaching a level not seen in over a year, while the core index showed signs of moderation, according to data
August 08, 2024
Dow closes nearly 700 points higher after latest jobless data brings better news for America’s labor market
August 08, 2024
A drop in the number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits last week relieved markets that had been in a near panic about prospects for a recession and how aggressive the Federal
August 08, 2024
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Stella Qiu.
August 09, 2024China's new yuan loans likely fell sharply in July from the previous month, a Reuters poll showed on Friday, dragged down by tepid credit demand and seasonal factors even as the
August 09, 2024Europe's main index rose on Friday, with a continued boost from healthcare stocks, logging gains for a fourth consecutive session and eking out a gain
August 09, 2024Days after hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets across Nigeria to protest against inflation and other economic hardships, clothing seller Michael Nwankwo
August 09, 2024
The S&P 500 ended higher on Friday and was little changed for the week after regaining almost all of its losses since Monday's steep dive that was prompted
August 09, 2024The French economy is on course to grow at least 0.35% in the third quarter as it benefits from a temporary boost from activity related to the Olympic Games, the central bank
August 09, 2024Market concerns about global growth may have been excessive this week as there is no evidence of an imminent U.S. recession, a co-founder of consultancy Energy
August 09, 2024The union that represents train engineers says Union Pacific is holding back on its promises to make their schedules more predictable
August 09, 2024
During an interview with CNN's Dana Bash for "State of the Union," Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance says Kamala Harris is "whatever she says she is" and echoed Donald Trump’s false comments about Kamala Harris’ racial identity.
August 11, 2024
Small businesses along popular vacation destinations like boardwalks and piers in the U.S. say the number of tourists flocking to the waterfront is back to normal, meaning pre-2020 levels
August 10, 2024
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August 11, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets. A week is not just a long time in politics.
August 11, 2024
Chinese government bonds fell sharply on Monday following a turbulent week in which the central bank started intervening heavily to stem a plunge in long-dated yields
August 11, 2024A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Wayne Cole It's been a blessedly quiet start to the week in Asia with Japan taking a much-needed holiday for Mountain Day, after the Nikkei
August 12, 2024
Catherine Mann, an external member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee, said in a podcast released on Monday that goods and services prices were set to rise again and
August 12, 2024U.S. stocks drifted through a quiet day to finish mixed, as markets around the world stabilized following a wild week
August 12, 2024
China's bank lending tumbled more than expected in July, hitting the lowest in nearly 15 years, dragged down by tepid credit demand and seasonal factors
August 13, 2024
A key inflation gauge showed price hikes slowed last month. But economic jitters remain
August 13, 2024
Home Depot issues a warning about the economy
August 13, 2024
U.S. producer prices increased less than expected in July as the cost of services fell by the most in nearly 1-1/2 years amid signs of diminishing pricing
August 13, 2024
Services activity in Brazil grew more than expected in June to hit an all-time high, eclipsing a record that had been set in December 2022, data from statistics agency IBGE showed
August 13, 2024Credit ratings agency Fitch downgraded Israel's credit rating to "A" from "A-plus" on Monday, citing worsening geopolitical risks as the war in Gaza drags on, and kept the rating outlook
August 12, 2024South Africa's official unemployment rate rose for the third quarter in a row, reaching 33.5% in April-June of this year, data from the statistics agency showed on
August 13, 2024Thailand will increase the size of a state mutual fund by between 100 billion baht and 150 billion baht ($2.8 billion-$4.3 billion) to invest in local stocks, officials said on
August 13, 2024Soaring demand from Chinese investors for offshore investments has left foreign banks and fund managers scrambling to ration outbound-
August 13, 2024
German investor morale darkened more than expected in August, posting its strongest decline in two years, the ZEW economic research institute said on Tuesday.
August 13, 2024Investors increased their allocations to cash and reduced their overweight position in stocks in August, as expectations for global growth dropped to their lowest in eight months, a
August 13, 2024
Spain's European Union-harmonised 12-month inflation fell to 2.9% in July, from 3.6% in the period through June, final data released by the National Statistics Institute (INE) showed on
August 13, 2024
People are leaving New Zealand in record numbers as unemployment rises, interest rates remain high and economic growth is anaemic, government statistics show.
August 13, 2024
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Ankur Banerjee Japanese shares returned from a holiday with a bang on Tuesday, erasing all of last week's losses as a stable yen provided
August 13, 2024
South Korea plans to announce guidelines to encourage the use of an alternative benchmark in its $4.3 trillion interest rate swap market and replace Certificate of
August 13, 2024Australian consumer sentiment bounced in August as rate fears subsided and the outlook for family finances improved due to the government's tax cuts and other cost-of-living
August 12, 2024Singapore's economy grew 2.9% in the April-June quarter from a year earlier, matching the official advance estimate and above market expectations, government data showed on
August 12, 2024Middle- and low-income U.S. families now have significantly fewer liquid resources like bank deposits than they were on track to have before the disruptions of the COVID-19
August 12, 2024
Portfolio managers at hedge funds have retrenched from some of their riskier positions after a volatile week for markets.
August 12, 2024Young people in China aren’t spending on romance. That’s a problem
August 13, 2024
Japanese manufacturers turned slightly less confident about business conditions in August and the service sector's mood eased, the monthly Reuters Tankan survey found
August 13, 2024New Zealand's central bank slashed its benchmark rate for the first time since March 2020 and flagged more cuts over coming months, saying inflation was nearing
August 14, 2024Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Wednesday the government must continue to promote growth in wages and investment for the economy to make a full exit from
August 14, 2024
A tumultuous sell-off in financial markets this month has barely scathed global financing conditions, but the risk of further volatility
August 14, 2024India's wholesale price inflation slowed in July mainly due to a fall in vegetable prices, government data released on Wednesday showed.
August 14, 2024Year-over-year inflation reached its lowest level in more than three years in July, the latest sign that the worst price spike in four decades is fading and setting up the Federal Reserve for an interest rate cut in September
August 13, 2024
Namibia's central bank cut its main interest rate by 25 basis points on Wednesday, citing a slowdown in inflation and inflation expectations.
August 14, 2024Leveraged loan deals are expected to pick back up after a stabilization in markets over the past week, although some investors say they are cautious about junk-rated loans if
August 14, 2024U.S. consumer prices rose moderately in July and the annual increase in inflation slowed to below 3% for the first time in nearly 3-1/2 years, opening the door
August 14, 2024Ukraine posted a trade deficit of $13.6 billion in the first half of 2024 compared with a deficit of $10.9 billion in the same period a year ago, the statistics service said on Wednesday.
August 14, 2024A group of foreign holders of Ethiopia's $1 billion international bond said on Wednesday it was disappointed with recent
August 14, 2024A top Federal Reserve official warned that the central bank needs to cut its key interest rate before the job market weakened further or the Fed would risk moving too late and potentially imperil the economy
August 14, 2024Why car insurance is still so expensive even as car prices are dropping
August 14, 2024
China's new home prices fell at their fastest pace in nine years in July, as a slew of support policies failed to stabilise prices and restore
August 15, 2024China's factory output slowed for a third straight month in July, showing the recovery in the world's second-largest economy was losing steam, although the
August 15, 2024
Wall Street rallied close to its record heights after data showed the U.S. economy is holding up better than expected
August 15, 2024
Sri Lanka's election panel gave approval on Thursday for President Ranil Wickremesinghe to contest a presidential poll set for Sept. 21 in the Indian Ocean
August 15, 2024
The war on inflation has been won. It’s OK if you’re still angry
August 15, 2024U.S. import prices barely rose in July, extending the flow of tame inflation readings that have bolstered financial market expectations for an interest rate cut next month.
August 15, 2024
U.S. retail sales rose more than expected in July, which could help to allay financial market fears of a sharp economic slowdown that were fanned by a jump in the unemployment
August 15, 2024Sales at US retailers unexpectedly surged in July, the Commerce Department reports, rising by 1% from the prior month, up from June’s downwardly revised 0.2% decline.
August 15, 2024
Israel's inflation rate kept climbing in July, data from the Central Bureau of Statistics showed on Thursday, reducing the likelihood of further interest rate reductions anytime
August 15, 2024U.S. corporate bond spreads, the premium over Treasuries that companies pay for debt, are starting to recoup some lost ground after recent strong economic data increased
August 15, 2024
Manufacturing activity in New Zealand rose in July but while there was some improvement the numbers still tell a story of a sector continuing to struggle.
August 15, 2024Singapore's non-oil domestic exports rose 15.7% in July from a year earlier, data on Friday showed, with both electronics and non-electronics exports growing.
August 15, 2024
Japan's consumer inflation rate likely picked up in July for a third consecutive month, a Reuters poll of 18 economists showed, keeping the central bank on course to consider another
August 16, 2024U.S. stocks drifted higher as Wall Street coasted to the close of its best week since November
August 16, 2024
Malaysia's economy expanded at its fastest rate in 18 months in the second quarter helped by stronger household spending, exports and
August 16, 2024A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Rae Wee Last week's market turmoil has quickly faded into a distant memory - at least for now - after a raft of U.S. economic data this week
August 16, 2024As conflict casts a shadow across the Middle East, people are getting rich in Dubai
August 16, 2024
Taiwan's trade-driven economy is expected to grow at a slightly slower pace in 2024 than previously forecast, with exports weaker than projected, despite
August 16, 2024The jobless rate for 16- to 24-year olds in China, excluding students, rose to 17.1% in July from 13.2% in the prior month, the country's statistics bureau said on
August 16, 2024America’s economy is wildly confusing right now. Here’s what’s really going on
August 16, 2024Indonesia's outgoing government submitted a 2025 budget plan to parliament on Friday targeting a narrower deficit than
August 16, 2024China's Premier Li Qiang told a cabinet plenary session on Friday that great efforts must be made to boost the economy and the country will focus on stimulating consumption, state
August 16, 2024
Global investors poured into money market and government bond funds in the week to Aug. 14, preferring to stick with lower risk assets while waiting for more clarity on the health of the
August 16, 2024The Brazilian economy closed the second quarter showing resilience after much stronger-than-expected activity data in June, central bank figures showed on Friday, reinforcing
August 16, 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris has proposed a ban on “price gouging” by food suppliers and grocery stores, as part of a broader agenda aimed at lowering the cost of housing, medicine, and food
August 16, 2024
The Bank of Thailand (BOT) will keep interest rates unchanged on Wednesday and through Q1 2025 to balance growth with inflation control while assessing the
August 19, 2024
U.S. stocks climbed, and Wall Street pulled closer to its record heights following its roller coaster of a summer
August 19, 2024
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Wayne Cole.
August 19, 2024
Travel isn’t dead. It’s just taking a vacation
August 19, 2024U.S. workers are growing more sour with their employment compensation, according to a survey released on Monday by the New York Federal Reserve.
August 19, 2024
The leaders of China and Vietnam have pledged to further their economic ties and gave a nod to their shared communist ideology during the first visit by Vietnam’s new president to Beijing
August 19, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
August 19, 2024
China left benchmark lending rates unchanged at a monthly fixing on Tuesday, in line with market expectations.
August 20, 2024
Australia's central bank judged a near-term rate cut was unlikely and policy might need to stay restrictive for an "extended period" to ensure inflation can be tamed, after debating
August 20, 2024
Global stocks hovered near their highest in a month on Tuesday, while the dollar hit an eight-month low, as investors focused on bets that
August 20, 2024
U.S. stocks ticked lower and snapped an eight-day winning streak, the longest of the year
August 20, 2024
Federal Reserve officials have said they’re increasingly confident that they’ve nearly tamed inflation
August 20, 2024
Europe's main stock index snapped a five-day winning streak on Tuesday, dragged down by heavyweight energy stocks, with investors sizing up domestic
August 20, 2024
Taiwan's export orders rose more than expected in July as demand for chips used in artificial intelligence applications continued to soar and the
August 20, 2024
Growth in negotiated wages across Germany slowed in the second quarter, providing some relief to European Central Bank policymakers and possibly bolstering the case for another
August 20, 2024
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets by Alun John, EMEA breaking news correspondent, finance and markets.
August 20, 2024
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz warned against nationalism in the country's east at the groundbreaking ceremony for a semiconductor plant in Dresden on Tuesday, warning that such
August 20, 2024
Egypt's foreign debt fell by $7.4 billion in the first three months of 2024, according to central bank data released on Tuesday.
August 20, 2024
China and Hong Kong are set to expand a pilot wealth scheme that allows residents to invest cross-border by adding the first batch of 10 securities firms,
August 20, 2024
Geopolitical tensions, uncertainty created by the upcoming U.S.
August 20, 2024
Bond investors are by default pessimists and equity investors are naturally optimistic.
August 20, 2024
Japan racked up a 621 billion yen, or $4.3 billion, trade deficit in July, as prices of imports surged
August 21, 2024
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Tom Westbrook Markets' sparkling recovery from early August's sell-off has hit an air pocket, with Asian shares down on Wednesday and
August 21, 2024
London's FTSE 100 ended slightly higher on Wednesday, as traders remained cautious ahead of release of the Federal Reserve's July meeting minutes and
August 21, 2024
Canada's big six banks will probably set aside a total of C$4.5 billion in loan loss provisions in the third quarter, analysts predicted, up nearly 27% from a year
August 21, 2024
How Kamala Harris is winning over Wall Street
August 21, 2024
The Bank of England will cut interest rates just once more this year, in November, a majority of economists said in a Reuters poll, as British inflation is
August 21, 2024
Austria's far-right Freedom Party (FPO), which opinion polls make favourite to win the country's general election on Sept. 29, presented its campaign manifesto on Wednesday, setting out
August 21, 2024
The price of gold hit an all time high this week
August 21, 2024
A judicial reform planned by Mexico's government will not violate the country's commitments with the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA), President-elect Claudia
August 21, 2024
Argentina's economic activity fell 3.9% in June compared to the same month last year, official data showed on Wednesday, as the economy shrunk again during the month after a
August 21, 2024
818,000 jobs correction may not worry economists. It’s a problem for Kamala Harris
August 21, 2024Germany's federal and regional state governments' tax revenue fell strongly in July compared with the same month last year due to a sharp decline in revenue from
August 21, 2024
Japan's factory activity shrank in August amid subdued demand although the pace of decline slowed, while the service sector expanded, showing upbeat conditions in some industries, a
August 21, 2024
Indonesia's current account deficit widened to 0.9% of gross domestic product (GDP), or $3 billion, in the second quarter from a revised deficit of 0.7% of GDP in the previous
August 22, 2024
U.S. stocks closed lower as Wall Street counted down to its main event for the week, a speech by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell coming up on Friday
August 22, 2024
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Tom Westbrook With the vast majority of Fed policymakers ready to go on interest rate cuts, a global easing cycle beckons.
August 22, 2024
India's business activity extended its robust growth streak in August as a stronger services industry offset a slight slowing in manufacturing expansion,
August 22, 2024
German business activity contracted in August for a second consecutive month and by more than expected, a preliminary survey showed on Thursday.
August 22, 2024
Euro zone business activity showed surprising strength in August despite firms raising prices, a survey showed, potentially weakening expectations for two more rate
August 22, 2024
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets by Dhara Ranasinghe. If the pressure on global markets from the tumult at the start of the month has abated, nobody told the dollar.
August 22, 2024
Canada's two major freight railroads have halted their operations due to a contract dispute, dealing a potential blow to the Canadian and U.S. economies. CNN's Paula Newton reports.
August 22, 2024
U.S. companies increased borrowing to finance equipment investments by 13% in July compared with the previous year, the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association said on Thursday.
August 22, 2024
Japan's core inflation accelerated for a third straight month in July, data showed on Friday, but a slowdown in demand-driven price growth
August 22, 2024
U.S. stocks rallied closer to their records after the head of the Federal Reserve finally said out loud what Wall Street has been expecting for a while: Cuts to interest rates are coming soon to help the economy
August 23, 2024
Euro zone consumers' inflation expectations over the next 12 months remained steady for the third month in a row in July, a European Central Bank survey showed on Friday.
August 23, 2024
With inflation nearly defeated and the job market cooling, the Federal Reserve is prepared to start cutting its key interest rate from its current 23-year high, Chair Jerome Powell said Friday
August 22, 2024
Canada's main stock index rose to a record high on Friday, with energy and financials contributing to broad-based gains as Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell endorsed the
August 23, 2024
Dow closes more than 450 points higher after Fed’s Powell hints rate cuts are coming
August 23, 2024
‘The time has come’: The Fed just sent a crucial message about its next move
August 23, 2024
Powell just suggested interest rate cuts are coming. What everyone wants to know now
August 23, 2024
The Federal Reserve is poised to cut its benchmark interest rate next month from its 23-year high, with consequences for consumers when it comes to debt, savings, auto loans and mortgages
August 23, 2024
No safer than a bund. Or a gilt. Or an OAT. Long touted as hands-down the world's "safe haven" securities, the behavior of U.S.
August 23, 2024
The European Central Bank is making "good progress" in cutting inflation back to its 2% target but success is not yet assured, so restrictive monetary policy is still
August 24, 2024
The Canadian arbitrator appointed to resolve a messy railroad labor dispute to protect the North American economy has ordered employees at the country’s two major railroads back to work so both can resume operating
August 24, 2024
Americans set to spend a total of $39 billion on back-to-school shopping this year
August 25, 2024
Here’s why everyone’s talking about the child tax credit
August 25, 2024
World equity markets edged lower on Monday as investors digested the likelihood of U.S. interest rates being lowered soon, even as oil
August 25, 2024
Nearly 11 months into the war with Hamas, Israel’s economy is struggling as the country’s leaders grind ahead with an offensive in Gaza that shows no signs of ending and threatens to escalate into a wider conflict
August 26, 2024
European shares were broadly flat in quiet trading on Monday, with semiconductor stocks leading the technology sector lower as investors looked
August 26, 2024
German business morale fell for a third consecutive month in August, a survey showed on Monday, pushing back recovery hopes for Europe's largest
August 26, 2024
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August 26, 2024
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August 26, 2024
The gap between the highest- and lowest-paid workers in Switzerland widened in 2023, with top managers earning on average 143 times more than their lowest-paid employees, according
August 26, 2024
Beyond the common challenges like currency fluctuations and supply shocks that keep the world's central bankers up at night,
August 27, 2024
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August 27, 2024A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
August 27, 2024
Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Ryozo Himino on Wednesday reiterated the central bank's stance that it would continue to raise interest rates
August 28, 2024
Thailand's monetary policy committee makes decisions based on the economic outlook when reviewing rates and so would adjust them if the
August 28, 2024
The discovery of increased reserves of crude oil in Namibia has sparked interest in Namibian assets, with an index fund tracking local government bonds poised for its
August 28, 2024
The interest rate for the most popular U.S. home loan slid to its lowest in 16 months, after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell signaled the central bank was ready to lower borrowing
August 28, 2024
Brazil's central bank has provided no guidance for its upcoming policy meeting because of its need for flexibility at this time as it tries to bring inflation back
August 28, 2024
The Russian economy has shown solid growth in many sectors while unemployment remains at a record low, new data showed on Wednesday, prompting officials to hint at a brighter
August 28, 2024
The Bank of Mexico cut its forecast for economic growth this year and next, according to the central bank's quarterly report on Wednesday, citing weaker foreign
August 28, 2024
Discount home goods retailer Big Lots is considering a potential bankruptcy filing and may seek court protection within weeks, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with
August 28, 2024
New Zealand's business confidence jumped in August to the highest level in a decade as forward-looking activity indicators rose strongly, an ANZ Bank survey showed on Thursday.
August 29, 2024
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Thursday pledged urgent reform of the national pension fund, one of the world's largest with $860 billion of
August 29, 2024
The CEO of Australia's biggest bank on Thursday decried the rise of misinformation and labelled a proposed tax on big company profits meritless, pushing back against
August 29, 2024
China's local governments have fallen behind on their debt issuance plans as scrutiny mounts over potentially wasteful infrastructure
August 29, 2024
US security official meets China’s Xi as American election looms large over relations
August 29, 2024
Spain's EU-harmonised annual inflation fell to 2.4%, its slowest pace in a year, thanks to lower fuel and food prices, preliminary data released by the National Statistics Institute (INE)
August 29, 2024
Turkey's economic growth is expected to have fallen to 3.2% in the second quarter of this year as tighter economic policies weighed, a Reuters poll showed on Thursday, with the
August 29, 2024
Lending to the government by Egypt's central bank continued to climb in the last fiscal year, according to the central bank's newly released annual budget, even as
August 29, 2024
Dollar General’s stock is cratering. Here’s what it says about the economy
August 29, 2024
German inflation fell more than expected in August, declining to its lowest level in more than three years and making it easier for the European Central Bank to
August 29, 2024
Egypt's biggest ever wheat tender, nearly 20 times its usual size, stemmed from food security concerns sparked by an
August 29, 2024
Egypt could begin transitioning from subsidising essential commodities to providing direct cash assistance to its poorest citizens as early as the next fiscal year (July to June),
August 29, 2024
Another key interest rate hike in September is not a certainty, as economic growth and lending are slowing down, a senior central bank official said on Thursday in
August 29, 2024
Ratings agency Fitch said on Thursday the U.S. fiscal profile is likely to remain largely unchanged regardless of who wins the upcoming presidential election, as it affirmed the United
August 29, 2024
Consumer confidence in New Zealand improved in August and while historically still weak it is well off its lows, a survey showed on Friday.
August 29, 2024
The People's Bank of China (PBOC) aims to create a more market-driven interest rate curve and move away from quantitative policy tools to help wean the economy off state-directed
August 29, 2024
Japan's jobless rate in July rose to 2.7% from 2.5% in June, government data showed on Friday.
August 29, 2024
Thailand's central bank chief and finance minister will meet in early September to open negotiations on an inflation target for 2025, a senior official
August 29, 2024
India's economic growth is expected to have slowed in the April-June quarter due to reduced government spending during the national elections and stalling
August 29, 2024
Global stocks edged higher in choppy trading on Friday, making it the fourth consecutive month of gains despite a bout of heavy selling in
August 30, 2024
Stocks on Wall Street bounced back from a midafternoon fade Friday, and the market closed out its fourth straight winning month with solid gains
August 30, 2024
France's financial assets are stuck in a rut as a political stalemate and policy paralysis take hold, casting a shadow over the outlook for
August 30, 2024
China's factory activity likely shrank for a fourth month in August, a Reuters poll showed on Friday, reinforcing the need for officials to direct more stimulus towards
August 30, 2024
European shares rose to an all-time high on Friday, closing a turbulent month on a bright note after a significant drop in euro zone inflation
August 30, 2024
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August 30, 2024
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan Record stock market highs have lit up across the world once again - though not yet for the usual suspects in the S&P500 and Nasdaq.
August 30, 2024
U.S. home prices will rise relatively modestly this year and next despite tight supply and expected U.S.
August 30, 2024
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August 30, 2024
An inflation measure closely tracked by the Federal Reserve remained low last month, extending a trend of cooling price increases that clears the way for the Fed to start cutting its key interest rate next month for the first time in 4 1/2 years
August 30, 2024
Canada's economy grew faster than expected in the second quarter, data showed on Friday, but analysts said the central bank was still on track to cut rates for a
August 30, 2024
South Korea's exports rose for an 11th straight month in August, but the pace of growth was weaker than the previous month and market expectations as demand for computer chips slowed
August 31, 2024
After quitting the education industry last August due to China's crackdown on private tutoring, He Ajun has found an unlikely second life as an unemployment
September 01, 2024
South Korea's factory activity growth quickened in August, as output expanded at the fastest pace in more than three years despite a slowdown in overseas demand, a private survey
September 01, 2024
Share markets fell slightly on Monday as investors braced for a data-packed week culminating in a U.S. jobs report that could decide whether
September 01, 2024
The dollar edged down on Monday but remained within striking distance of its highest level in almost two weeks as investors' focus moved to a U.S. jobs report due at the
September 01, 2024
Japan's factory activity contracted at a slower pace in August thanks to a recovery in output and new orders, a private-sector survey showed on Monday, offering some hope for an
September 01, 2024
Australian job advertisements fell for a seventh straight month in August, data showed on Monday, as demand for labour continued to ease in the face of high interest rates and a
September 02, 2024
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Wayne Cole.
September 02, 2024
Indonesia's annual inflation rate was 2.12% in August, essentially unchanged from 2.13% in July, official data showed on Monday, holding
September 02, 2024
Turkey's economy grew less than expected in the second quarter, expanding an annual 2.5% in the face of a year-long monetary tightening campaign, data
September 02, 2024
Italian manufacturing activity contracted for a fifth month running in August but at a slower pace than the month before, a survey showed on Monday, suggesting the worst of a long-
September 02, 2024
Romania has raised its 2024 funding plan by roughly a fifth to 217 billion lei ($48.3 billion), debt managers said on Monday, as it looks to ensure financing a larger budget
September 02, 2024Pakistan's annual consumer price inflation rate slowed to 9.6% in August, the first single-digit reading in almost three years, the statistics agency said on Monday.
September 02, 2024
The dollar fell more than 2% against other major currencies in August, marking its biggest monthly drop this year and providing some relief to
September 02, 2024
Market values of major tech firms declined in August amid concerns
September 02, 2024
Russia's central bank is expected to raise its benchmark interest rate by 100 basis points to 19% at its Sept. 13 meeting to combat inflation and cool the overheated economy, a Reuters
September 02, 2024
France could see its budget deficit spiral unexpectedly higher this year and next if extra savings are not found, the finance ministry warned in a
September 02, 2024
Lags in New Zealand's official economic data are creating a fog for policy makers that recently forced them to veer off course and cut interest
September 02, 2024
South Korea's consumer inflation slowed in August to the weakest in nearly 3-1/2 years, official data showed on Tuesday, supporting market expectations for an easing of
September 02, 2024
New Zealand will nearly triple entry fees for tourists, the government said on Tuesday, spurring criticism from the key tourism sector the higher levy will deter visitors.
September 03, 2024
The Swiss economy grew by 1.8% in the second quarter, the government said on Tuesday, boosted by income from the Paris Olympics and the European football championship as well as
September 03, 2024
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September 03, 2024
Russia's annual inflation may have peaked in July, the central bank said on Tuesday, but medium-term inflationary risks remain high and it is too early to speak about a steady
September 03, 2024
U.S. housing inflation is likely to ease in the coming year as the gap between supply and demand for homes narrows, according to research published on Tuesday by the Federal Reserve Bank
September 03, 2024
China kicks off major African summit as it seeks to woo leaders amid pressure from the West
September 03, 2024
China will address the risks of fragmentation and imbalances as it seeks to build new infrastructure aimed at upgrading its manufacturing sector, the government said on Wednesday.
September 04, 2024
Activity across Russia's services sector grew at its fastest pace in seven months in August, a business survey showed on Wednesday, boosted by a sharp expansion in new export business.
September 04, 2024
Kenya's private sector activity picked up in August as firms recovered from disruption caused by anti-government protests the previous month, a survey showed on Wednesday.
September 04, 2024
Growth in Germany's services sector slowed for a third consecutive month in August, a survey showed on Wednesday, in a further sign that Europe's biggest economy
September 04, 2024
America has the fewest jobs available since January 2021
September 04, 2024
New orders for U.S.-manufactured goods increased more than expected in July, boosted by defense aircraft, but demand elsewhere was moderate amid higher borrowing costs.
September 04, 2024Harris breaks with Biden on capital gains tax, proposing a smaller increase
September 04, 2024
In a speech in North Hampton, New Hampshire, Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris breaks down how she plans to combat barriers to starting a business and details how her economic plan will help startups.
September 04, 2024
Japan's inflation-adjusted wages rose for two consecutive months in July thanks to a bump in summertime bonuses, government data showed on Thursday.
September 04, 2024
The U.S. dollar eased against most major currencies on Thursday in choppy trading as investors braced for Friday's U.S. payrolls report,
September 04, 2024
The Indian rupee ended at its record closing low on Thursday, but was little changed versus the previous session, as the central bank's intervention helped negate the
September 05, 2024
German industrial orders unexpectedly rose in July, but the increase was flattered by some large orders, making economists doubtful the sluggish sector was on the cusp of
September 05, 2024
The American labor market, red-hot for the past few years, has cooled
September 04, 2024
JPMorgan has ditched its buy recommendation on Chinese stocks, warning of the risk of a second tariff war after November's U.S. election and citing worries about
September 05, 2024
Tourists were busy spooning up ice-cream on the verandah of Tariq Nassim's home at the picturesque Galle Fort in Sri Lanka, the centre of a boom in
September 05, 2024
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September 05, 2024
The Bank of England allotted a record 40.29 billion pounds ($53.02 billion) in seven-day funds in its weekly short-term repo on Thursday, up from 36.584 billion pounds last week.
September 05, 2024
Brazil's real will continue to be restrained by worries about the fiscal situation in the near future despite an expected boost from a widely anticipated
September 05, 2024
The Canadian dollar is set to give back some of its recent gains over coming months but could make another move higher in 2025 if central bank easing cycles revive
September 05, 2024
The past month in markets has been littered with momentous events: a record burst in U.S. stock market volatility, near-confirmation from the Federal
September 05, 2024
Ghana invited holders of roughly $13 billion of its international bonds to swap their holdings for new instruments on Thursday, more than two months after
September 05, 2024Looming interest rate cuts may not immediately spur a rush out of cash-like instruments, as yields on some shorter-dated government bonds could take months to
September 05, 2024
Brazil's central government posted a primary budget deficit that came in higher than expected, official data showed on Thursday, even after a strong expansion in public revenues.
September 05, 2024
MSCI's global equities gauge fell more than 1% on Friday and U.S.
September 06, 2024
Sri Lanka will hold its presidential election Sept. 21 in a crucial vote that will decide the future course of the South Asian nation still struggling to recover from its economic collapse in 2022, which provoked mass protests and forced the former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa to flee the country and later resign
September 06, 2024
Hiring by America’s employers picked up a bit in August from July’s tepid pace, and the unemployment rate dipped for the first time since March in a sign that the job market may be cooling but remains sturdy
September 05, 2024
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Stella Qiu Whatever Friday's U.S. payrolls report says, it's going to move things.
September 06, 2024
China's former central bank governor Yi Gang said on Friday the country should focus on fighting deflationary pressure as the world's second-biggest
September 06, 2024
The volatile activity that has marked September so far may not let up any time soon, as investors are on edge ahead of more key macro events that could shape the tone for trading in the
September 06, 2024
President Joe Biden signed an executive order for federal grants that would prioritize projects with labor agreements, wage standards and benefits such as access to child care and apprenticeship programs
September 06, 2024
Fast food giant Pizza Hut is adapting to China's sluggish economy by opening stores that offer smaller, cheaper versions of its favourites to
September 06, 2024
U.S. stocks fell on Friday, weighed down by a jobs report that showed a continued labor market slowdown but left traders uncertain about how far the Federal
September 06, 2024
Canada's unemployment rate edged up to 6.6% in August, scaling past a seven-year peak excluding the pandemic years of 2020 and 2021, data showed on Friday,
September 06, 2024
More than 90 company executives, including the chief executives of Yelp and Chobani as well as the former CEOs of PepsiCo, Ford Motor Co and Yahoo!, endorsed U.S.
September 06, 2024
Traders priced in a quarter-point Federal Reserve interest-rate cut this month, with a bigger move expected at its next meeting, after Fed Governor Christopher Waller said recent labor
September 06, 2024
Mexico's headline inflation rate likely eased in August after accelerating for the previous five months, a Reuters poll of analysts showed on Friday, boosting expectations that
September 06, 2024
A sharper rise in capital investment is one of many improvements to Russia's 2024 economic outlook, new economy ministry forecasts showed, though stubbornly
September 06, 2024
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September 06, 2024China on Sunday said it would the allow the establishment of wholly foreign-owned hospitals in nine areas of the country including the capital, as Beijing tries to attract more
September 08, 2024
Greece plans to impose a 20-euro levy on cruise ship visitors to the islands of Santorini and Mykonos during the peak summer season, in a bid to avert overtourism, Prime Minister
September 08, 2024
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Sunday that a new ministry would take charge of the economy and state finances as he gears up
September 08, 2024
Britain's labour market cooled noticeably last month as job placements fell sharply and pay growth slowed, according to a survey of recruiters on Monday that could bolster the case for
September 08, 2024
Japan's economy grew at a slightly slower pace than initially reported in the second quarter, hurt by downward revisions in corporate and household spending that
September 08, 2024
Japan’s economy grew at an annual rate of 2.9%, slower than the earlier report for 3.1% growth, in the April-June period, boosted by better wages and spending
September 09, 2024
China's consumer inflation accelerated in August to the fastest pace in half a year but the uptick was due more to higher food costs from weather
September 09, 2024
U.S. stocks climbed Monday to claw back some of the losses from their worst week in nearly a year and a half
September 09, 2024
Japan's ruling party official and candidate running in the party's leadership race, Sanae Takaichi, on Monday called for deploying "strategic" fiscal spending to support the economy.
September 09, 2024
China's exports likely grew at the slowest pace in four months in August, as cooling global demand and mounting trade barriers threaten to dim a bright
September 09, 2024
Thailand's economy has the potential to expand by 3.5% annually, but growth has been lower due to weak investment, the finance minister said on Monday.
September 09, 2024The European Union needs far more coordinated industrial policy, more rapid decisions and massive investment if it wants to keep pace economically with rivals
September 09, 2024
The United Arab Emirates' economy grew 3.4% in the first quarter of 2024 compared with the same period the previous year, according to preliminary government estimates reported by
September 09, 2024
Taiwan's exports rose more than expected in August to an all-time monthly high of nearly $44 billion, as growing demand for chips to supply the burgeoning Artificial Intelligence (
September 09, 2024
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September 09, 2024
A long-awaited report on how to rescue Europe’s economy from weak growth and red tape is in
September 09, 2024
After grappling with the strongest U.S. price pressures in four decades, it's hard for investors to adjust to the notion that inflation could soon
September 09, 2024
Brazilian economists surveyed weekly by the central bank have aligned their expectations with future interest rate pricing, now anticipating a rate hike at this
September 09, 2024Argentina's monthly inflation rate is expected to have edged down to 3.9% in August, a Reuters poll of economists showed on Monday, the lowest since the start
September 09, 2024
France's economy accelerated in the third quarter thanks to the Olympic Games but is set to go into reverse before the end of the year, the country's INSEE statistics agency forecast
September 09, 2024Katsunobu Kato, Japan's former health minister and a candidate running in the ruling party leadership race, on Tuesday called for compiling a stimulus package to fund spending to
September 09, 2024
The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq gained ground while Brent crude prices hit a 3-1/2-year low on Tuesday amid concerns over softening global demand a day ahead of key
September 10, 2024
U.S. stocks drifted to a mixed close following several weeks of sharp swings
September 10, 2024
China’s exports grew for a fifth consecutive month
September 10, 2024
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Rae Wee The rebound in global share markets proved short-lived in Asia on Tuesday, as yet another set of lacklustre economic indicators from
September 10, 2024
Pakistan's central bank is expected to cut its key interest rate further during its policy meeting on Thursday, analysts said, after inflation dropped to single
September 10, 2024Growing risks to the U.S. stock rally are spurring demand for portfolio hedging, options markets showed, as investors grapple with U.S.
September 10, 2024
German inflation fell to its lowest level in more than three years in August, a second estimate confirmed on Tuesday, making it easier for the European Central
September 10, 2024
A slight recovery in the German chemicals sector lost momentum in the second quarter, a report by the VCI industry body said on Tuesday, as both domestic and foreign orders slowed in the
September 10, 2024
European equity markets largely lost ground on Tuesday, weighed by bank and energy stocks as investors tread cautiously ahead of key U.S.
September 10, 2024
Wall Street's benchmark S&P 500 index closed up 0.5% on Tuesday but concerns about slowing economic growth stunted gains and the Dow dipped as bank stocks
September 10, 2024
U.S. small-business confidence fell in August, reversing the prior month's jump amid growing uncertainty ahead of the Nov. 5 presidential election and expectations of weak sales.
September 10, 2024
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan Markets have recovered their poise this week on a potent mix of U.S. 'soft landing' hopes and interest rate cut speculation and now
September 10, 2024
Just three months ago, Claudia Sheinbaum was riding high, winning the largest vote tally ever secured in Mexico's history to become the country's first
September 10, 2024
Employee wages are one of the biggest costs for small businesses
September 10, 2024
Talks with the International Monetary Fund regarding Ukraine's financing needs are proving difficult, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said on Tuesday, despite Ukraine's
September 10, 2024
Business confidence at big Japanese manufacturers sank to a seven-month low in September, with managers across a wide range of sectors citing soft Chinese demand as
September 10, 2024
Germany saw a 10.7% increase in insolvencies in August compared to a year earlier, the federal statistics office reported on Wednesday, adding to data that show persistent
September 11, 2024
Rahmat Hidayat lost his job when the shoe factory he worked for closed down last year in the industrial town of Karawang in Indonesia's West Java.
September 11, 2024
Germany's lower house of parliament and the state parliament of Lower Saxony have approved the rescue of Meyer Werft, one of the world's
September 11, 2024
The economic damage from Ukraine's attack on Russia's mainly agricultural Kursk region is estimated at almost $1 billion, with more than 150,000 people evacuated since the start of
September 11, 2024
U.S. bank stocks fell on Wednesday, extending declines after top executives warned of a slower-than-anticipated recovery in investment banking and an expected hit to
September 11, 2024
Shortsellers had their sights on airlines in August, as pessimism towards a sector plagued by earnings declines and price rises grows, a
September 11, 2024
U.S. consumer prices rose marginally in August, but underlying inflation showed some stickiness, which could discourage the Federal Reserve from delivering a half-point interest rate cut
September 11, 2024
Japan's former Environment Minister and leading prime ministerial candidate Shinjiro Koizumi said he would respect the central bank's independence in setting monetary policy if he is
September 11, 2024
Rose Joseph and Banal Oreus followed different paths from Haiti to this struggling Midwestern industrial city that suddenly finds itself at the center
September 11, 2024
Executives at some top U.S. banks cautioned against overly optimistic earnings projections and warned that the dealmaking environment was lagging expectations, clouding the outlook for a
September 11, 2024
Sales of commercial vehicles in Mexico could hit a record this year, the Mexican Automotive Distributors Association (AMDA) said on Wednesday.
September 11, 2024
Boeing faces threat of a massive strike as union members vote on a contract today
September 12, 2024
U.S. holiday sales are expected to grow at their slowest pace in six years, data from Deloitte showed on Thursday as persistent inflation and dried up savings turn shoppers more frugal for
September 12, 2024
U.S. stocks rose closer to their all-time highs following a couple reports on the economy that came in close to expectations
September 12, 2024
With inflation subsiding, the European Central Bank is cutting its benchmark interest rate to prop up tepid growth with lower borrowing costs for companies and home buyers
September 11, 2024
The European Central Bank cut its interest rates on Thursday, saying lower inflation and economic growth were allowing it to take its foot off the brake slightly.
September 12, 2024
U.S. producer prices increased slightly more than expected in August amid higher costs for services, but the trend remained consistent with subsiding inflation.
September 12, 2024Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has requested studies to ensure that by the end of 2026 an income tax exemption will be applied to earnings up to 5,000 reais ($880)
September 12, 2024
The U.S. budget deficit reached $1.897 trillion for the first 11 months of the 2024 fiscal year, the Treasury Department said on Thursday, as annual interest
September 12, 2024
U.S. household wealth rose last quarter to $163.8 trillion, a fresh record, driven by gains in real estate values as well as a rise in the stock market, data from the Federal Reserve showed
September 12, 2024China could soon have more pets than toddlers. Why that’s a headache for Beijing
September 12, 2024
The U.S. dollar fell on Friday to its
September 13, 2024
India's growth potential is 7.5% or more, the country's central bank chief said on Friday, which is a little above the bank's full-year forecast for 2024 of 7.2%.
September 13, 2024
Japan's consumer inflation rate likely picked up for the fourth straight month in August, a Reuters poll of 20 economists showed, tracking comfortably above the
September 13, 2024
A team of staff from the International Monetary Fund is visiting Kenya on a fact-finding trip, the IMF said late on Thursday, part of efforts to craft a way forward in the wake of
September 13, 2024
China's top legislative body on Friday approved an amended statistics law, state media said, in the latest move to fight persistent data fraud amid scepticism about the reliability
September 13, 2024The most well-known recession indicator stopped flashing red, but now another one is going off
September 13, 2024
U.S. consumers' late payments on credit cards and other loans are starting to level off in recent months after rising earlier in the year, bankers and industry
September 13, 2024
Americans’ outlook on the economy improved for the second straight month in September, bolstered by lower prices for long-lasting goods such as cars and furniture
September 13, 2024
U.S. consumer sentiment improved in September amid subsiding inflation, though Americans remained cautious ahead of the November presidential election, a survey showed on Friday
September 13, 2024Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem has opened the door to stepping up the pace of interest rate cuts, the Financial Times reported on Sunday.
September 15, 2024
Average base pay raises at larger corporations projected to be just under 4% next year
September 15, 2024
Peru's economy expanded for the fourth month in a row in July fueled by all sectors except agriculture, official data showed on Sunday, continuing the country's recovery following a
September 15, 2024
The one Harris comment Trump and his allies have spent $38 million for voters to see
September 15, 2024
Israel's inflation rate surged in August to its highest rate in nearly a year, data from the Central Bureau of Statistics showed on Sunday, reducing the likelihood of more
September 15, 2024
Libertarian President Javier Milei of Argentina has presented the 2025 budget to Congress, outlining policy priorities that reflected his key pledge to kill the country’s chronic fiscal deficit and signaled a new phase of confrontation with lawmakers
September 16, 2024
Thailand's baht is too strong and is affecting exports, which are expected to post only small growth this year, and the central bank should take action on the currency, the
September 16, 2024
Goldman Sachs and Citigroup have lowered their full-year projections for China's economic growth to 4.7%, after the world's second-largest economy's industrial output slowed to a five-
September 16, 2024
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September 16, 2024
The cracks in the labor market in Las Vegas and across Nevada have typically appeared early and widened fast when the U.S. economy
September 16, 2024
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September 16, 2024
Argentina's economy likely shrank 1.4% in the second quarter versus a year earlier, a Reuters poll showed on Monday, the fifth such decline as a recession
September 16, 2024
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said that his government's first budget next month wouldn't take steps that undermine his goal to generate growth, but warned that unfunded
September 17, 2024
South Sudan and Sudan have made progress towards restarting the pumping of South Sudan's crude oil through a pipeline running to a port in its neighbour, South Sudan's finance
September 17, 2024
U.S. stock indexes remained stuck in place as Wall Street made few big moves ahead of what’s expected to be the first cut to interest rates in more than four years
September 17, 2024
India's wholesale price index based inflation eased to a four month low of 1.31% in August, helped by falling costs of crude oil, steel and
September 17, 2024
South Africa's consumer confidence recovered further in the third quarter to its best since 2019, helped by improved willingness to spend and hopes of an interest rate cut in September,
September 17, 2024
Elizabeth Warren calls for emergency-like Fed rate cut ASAP
September 17, 2024
U.S. stocks closed nearly unchanged on Tuesday, giving up earlier gains that had vaulted the S&P 500 and Dow Industrial Average to record highs as investors
September 17, 2024
Bond investors are more cautious and divided over prospects for recession in the world's largest economy with the Federal Reserve poised to cut
September 17, 2024
Once appointed, French Prime Minister Michel Barnier's new finance minister must lose no time coming up with a 2025 budget that could make or break the incoming government.
September 17, 2024
Brexit is ‘stifling’ Britain’s trade with Europe and the problem is getting worse
September 17, 2024
Spain's central bank on Tuesday raised this year's economic growth forecast to 2.8% from 2.3% expected previously, predicting an acceleration from 2023 in contrast to the wider euro
September 17, 2024
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September 17, 2024
CNN's John King speaks with voters in Nevada about their choices in the 2024 presidential election.
September 18, 2024
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September 17, 2024
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September 17, 2024Colombia's government will not modify the value of 523 trillion pesos ($123.9 billion) for its proposed 2025 budget, Finance Minister Ricardo Bonilla said in an
September 17, 2024
Most of the U.S. stock market edged lower after the Federal Reserve kicked off its efforts to prevent a recession with a bigger-than-usual cut to interest rates
September 18, 2024
Traders in global financial markets are facing extraordinary uncertainty as they await the U.S.
September 18, 2024
Chinese homebuyers on a tight budget have long sought out Hegang, an ex-coal boomtown on the Russian border.
September 18, 2024
The bulk of France's debt reducing drive must come from spending cuts but tax increases will also be required, notably if they target wealthy taxpayers and large companies, French
September 18, 2024
European shares closed lower on Wednesday, as investors refrained from risk-taking ahead of an all-important interest rate decision by the U.S.
September 18, 2024
The Indian government's net direct tax collection rose 16% year-on-year to 9.96 trillion rupees ($119.07 billion) during April 1 to Sep 17, it said in a statement on Wednesday.
September 18, 2024
The Federal Reserve has cut its benchmark interest rate from its 23-year high, with consequences for debt, savings, auto loans, mortgages and other forms of borrowing by consumers and businesses
September 18, 2024
The Federal Reserve announced a jumbo-sized rate cut, its first rate reduction cut since Covid. Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell held a press conference to share more about the supersized rate cut.
September 23, 2024
In a bold, but not unexpected move, the Federal Reserve announced a half-point rate cut, its first rate reduction cut since Covid. Josh Flagg, star of Bravo's "Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles" joins CNN to discuss the cut's significance for home buyers.
September 18, 2024U.S. consumers got an immediate reprieve on borrowing costs from banks after the Federal Reserve cut interest rates on Wednesday for the first time
September 18, 2024
Britain could attract up to 7.7 billion pounds ($10.2 billion) in additional foreign sovereign investment by 2030 if it pursues a long-term blueprint for enticing such funds, a
September 18, 2024
Oil prices extended their recent recovery rally and rose more than 1% on Thursday as a large cut in U.S. interest rates and declining global stockpiles helped
September 18, 2024
Wall Street romped to records as a delayed jubilation swept markets worldwide following the Federal Reserve’s big cut to interest rates
September 19, 2024
Indonesia's parliament on Thursday passed President-elect Prabowo Subianto's maiden budget for 2025, with spending set at 3,621.3 trillion rupiah ($237 billion) and the fiscal
September 19, 2024
Sri Lanka's election this coming Saturday has raised doubts over when its long-awaited debt deal with bondholders will be finalised, if
September 19, 2024
Sri Lankan housewife Lankika Dilrukshi says she is tired of the daily struggle needed to provide for her children.
September 19, 2024
European stocks jumped on Thursday after the U.S.
September 19, 2024
The euro zone's current account surplus shrunk in July on a lower trade surplus and a drop in primary income, which includes the flow of profits, wages, interest income and
September 19, 2024
Five months after its launch, Zimbabwe's new currency is under pressure as increased grain imports eat away at foreign reserves, putting at risk the government's
September 19, 2024
The German economy could shrink again in the current quarter, given a deep industrial recession, subdued investment and abundant consumer caution, the Bundesbank said in a
September 19, 2024
Sri Lankans will vote for a new president in a tightly contested election on Saturday, with the outcome expected to determine the fate of
September 19, 2024
U.S. bank stocks rose on Thursday after the Federal Reserve's 50 basis point cut in interest rates raised hopes of lower deposit costs and reduced pressure
September 19, 2024
U.S. existing home sales fell more than expected in August as house prices remained elevated despite a continued improvement in supply.
September 19, 2024
Divorce is on the rise in China. For some, that means big business
September 19, 2024
Prime Minister Keir Starmer's warnings about the state of the British economy and the likely need for tax increases in next month's budget have caused consumer
September 19, 2024
British employers plan to scale back pay increases next year, according to a survey that is likely to encourage the Bank of England as it seeks further signs that inflation
September 19, 2024
Australia's central bank will keep its key policy interest rate unchanged on Tuesday and for the rest of the year amid elevated price pressures,
September 19, 2024
China is awash in unwanted milk as falling birth rates and cost-conscious consumers have cut demand even as dairy farms expanded in recent years, forcing smaller
September 20, 2024
Japanese big manufacturers' business sentiment likely stayed steady in the three months to September, while non-manufacturers' confidence weakened slightly, a Reuters poll showed on
September 20, 2024
China's fiscal revenue in the first eight months of 2024 was down 2.6% from a year earlier, unchanged from July's seven-month reading, finance ministry data showed on Friday, as
September 20, 2024
U.S. stocks closed nearly unchanged on Friday, as investors paused buying after a strong rally in the prior session that was fueled by an upsized interest-rate
September 20, 2024
Just a week ago, before deadly floods swept through central Europe, the Czech Republic looked on track to become the first
September 20, 2024
FedEx earnings miss could signal a slowing economy
September 20, 2024
Profound shifts in the world economy could make inflation volatile for years to come, complicating efforts to control prices, but sticking with inflation-targeting regimes is
September 20, 2024
What lower rates mean for markets
September 20, 2024
Peru's central bank expects that the Andean nation's economy will grow 3.1% this year and a further 3.0% in 2025, it said in a report on Friday, maintaining
September 20, 2024
Trump dangles tax relief targeted toward the voters he’s hoping to win
September 21, 2024
CNN senior data reporter Harry Enten breaks down the importance of the state of North Carolina in the upcoming presidential election.
September 23, 2024Fed’s triumph over inflation shows the need for some institutions to be free from politics
September 22, 2024U.S.
September 22, 2024
CNN's Jessica Dean speaks with Republican strategist Doug Heye about four senior campaign members for Mark Robinson stepping down in the governor's race in North Carolina days after a CNN report uncovered inflammatory comments he made on a porn website.
September 23, 2024
Global stock indexes rose on Monday as Federal Reserve policymakers said last week's large interest rate cut was warranted, while the euro fell against the
September 22, 2024
Trump is getting wilder and wilder, but the White House race remains a toss-up
September 23, 2024U.S. stock indexes reached new heights after drifting higher in a quiet day of trading
September 23, 2024
Austria holds a general election on Sunday with the next government facing an economy poised to contract for a second year running, and inflation that has outstripped the EU average
September 23, 2024
We finally got a rate cut. Here’s what history says will happen next
September 23, 2024A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan With U.S. markets now mapping the extent of the Federal Reserve's easing cycle ahead, the prospect of inflation undershooting the
September 23, 2024
Thirty years after the end of apartheid, South Africa's economy remains deeply divided by race, spurring political debate on the extent to which its flagship
September 23, 2024
With its larger-than-usual half-point cut to its key interest rate last week, the Federal Reserve underscored its belief that it’s all but conquered inflation after three long years
September 22, 2024
Sri Lankan dollar bonds fell sharply on Monday as investors worry an election win by Anura Kumara Dissanayake could see him revisit the terms of the country's International Monetary
September 23, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
September 23, 2024
China's yuan hit a 16-month high against the U.S. dollar on Tuesday, after the central bank of the world's second-largest economy revealed new stimulus
September 24, 2024
CNN's John King breaks down the latest polls indicating Trump holds a slight edge over Harris on one of the top concerns for voters - the economy.
September 24, 2024German business morale fell for a fourth straight month in September and by more than expected, a survey showed on Tuesday, adding to signs that the euro zone's
September 24, 2024
Here’s how Trump says he’ll help US businesses through tariffs and taxes
September 24, 2024
Top Zimbabwean retailers have warned of potential store closures if the government insists on the use of an official exchange rate they deem overvalued and damaging their
September 24, 2024
Drew Greenblatt loves that the Federal Reserve has cut interest rates.
September 24, 2024
American consumers are feeling less confident this month and concerns about jobs rose significantly
September 24, 2024
Inflows into gold exchange-traded funds, particularly from Western investors, are set to rise in coming months, adding yet more positive stimulus for already record
September 24, 2024
CNN Poll: Harris and Trump locked in exceedingly close presidential race
September 24, 2024
U.S. companies borrowed 10% less to finance equipment investments in August compared with the year-ago period, the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association (ELFA) said on Tuesday.
September 24, 2024CNN's Phil Mattingly speaks to auto plant workers in Lordstown, Ohio, who discuss the promises made, kept and broken by the Trump and Biden administrations.
September 28, 2024
The dollar bounced off a 14-month low against the euro on Wednesday in choppy trading, but investors held onto bets that the Federal Reserve will make another
September 24, 2024
A leading indicator of Japan's service-sector inflation held steady at 2.7% in August, data showed on Wednesday, underscoring the central bank's view that rising wages
September 24, 2024
Australian consumer price inflation slowed to a three-year low in August due to government rebates on electricity and a drop in petrol, while core inflation hit its lowest since
September 25, 2024
South Korea's Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok said on Wednesday that the government's policy priority was more focused on tackling slowing domestic demand than rising household debt
September 25, 2024
Australian consumer price inflation slowed to a three-year low in August thanks to government rebates on electricity, while core inflation hit its lowest since early
September 25, 2024
Global stock indexes mostly eased on Wednesday along with energy shares, while U.S.
September 25, 2024
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Kevin Buckland Beijing's big shot of stimulus is still pumping through Chinese markets, but its effect on broader markets could already be
September 25, 2024
France's new finance and budget ministers said on Wednesday they
September 25, 2024
China's central bank has shifted to a more aggressive easing stance, but its policy weapons don't have the key enemy to
September 25, 2024
Turkish households' expectations for annual inflation 12 months ahead stood at 71.6% in September, the central bank said on Wednesday, down 1.5 points from a month earlier.
September 25, 2024
Indonesia has formally requested to join the Trans-Pacific trade pact to widen its export markets, its chief economic minister said on Wednesday, according to a report by state
September 25, 2024
CNN Poll: Harris leads Trump among young voters but falls short of Biden’s 2020 winning margin
September 25, 2024
Gold’s hitting new records again. Here’s what it means for the economy
September 25, 2024
Hungary is aiming to lift economic growth into the 3% to 6% range next year, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Wednesday, as his cabinet
September 25, 2024
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan The unexpected downturn in U.S. household confidence this month and growing anxiety about jobs has spurred aggressive interest rate
September 25, 2024
Members of Britain's Labour Party narrowly voted against the government's decision to limit winter fuel payments to the elderly, a symbolic move piling pressure on Prime Minister
September 25, 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris holds a 12-point lead over former President Donald Trump among voters younger than 35, according to new CNN polling conducted by SSRS.
September 25, 2024
Sales of new U.S. single-family homes fell less than expected in August and could regain momentum in the months ahead as declining mortgage rates and house
September 25, 2024The rush for gold just keeps coming
September 25, 2024
Agriculture organizations on Wednesday urged the White House to take action to avert a potential Oct. 1 strike at U.S.
September 25, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
September 25, 2024
European shares jumped on Thursday, with China-exposed stocks such as luxury and miners outperforming on news of aggressive Chinese economic stimulus,
September 26, 2024
As China steps up efforts to stabilise its economy with fresh stimulus, the country's top banks would need to be capitalised at the earliest to
September 26, 2024
We may have finally pulled ourselves out of our economic funk
September 26, 2024New orders for key U.S.-manufactured capital goods unexpectedly rose in August, though business spending on equipment appears to have lost momentum in the third quarter.
September 26, 2024
U.S. economic growth accelerated in the second quarter amid strength in consumer spending, the government confirmed on Thursday.
September 26, 2024
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September 26, 2024
Senegal is in discussion with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to take corrective measures after an audit revealed that its debt and budget deficit were much wider than the
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September 26, 2024
Ratings agency Fitch said on Thursday that Brazil's better-than-expected economy has not translated into stronger public finances, forecasting a tougher 2025 and a steeper rise in
September 26, 2024
It's safe to say that the timing and scale of the stimulus measures unleashed by China this week were, in large part, prompted by the U.S.
September 26, 2024
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is expected to cut interest rates by a modest 50 bps over the next six months, according to a majority of economists in a Reuters
September 27, 2024
Treasury yields and the dollar fell while the Dow registered a record closing high on Friday as a subdued U.S. inflation report lifted expectations of an
September 27, 2024
Sri Lanka's central bank kept interest rates unchanged on Friday in line with expectations, citing domestic and global uncertainties, but said inflation was
September 27, 2024
The dollar fell on Friday after a reading of U.S. inflation signaled price pressures continue to ebb, while the yen strengthened against the greenback after
September 27, 2024
Japan's industrial output likely slipped in August, weighed down by weak demand from overseas and local factory suspensions due to a typhoon, factors that could dent momentum in an
September 27, 2024
A $28 trillion problem is about to get much worse. Harris and Trump are ignoring it
September 27, 2024Uganda's government plans to cut spending by just over a fifth and domestic borrowing by just over a half in the 2025/26 (July-June) fiscal year, the finance ministry said on
September 27, 2024Canada's gross domestic product expanded at a faster-than-expected 0.2% rate in July, but an advance estimate indicated that growth likely
September 27, 2024
U.S. consumer spending increased slightly less than expected in August, but that did little to change expectations that solid economic growth persisted in the
September 27, 2024
A dual win for consumers: Inflation cooled last month, paving way for borrowing costs to come down more
September 27, 2024
The personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index rose 0.1% in August after an unrevised 0.2% gain in July the Commerce Department reported on Friday.
September 27, 2024
What fueled this week’s record-breaking stock rally
September 27, 2024
The Spanish economy showed strength compared to peers in the first half of the year, with growth of 0.9% in the first quarter and 0.8% in the second quarter, according to
September 27, 2024
French consumer prices rose less than anticipated in September, aided by a sharp decline in energy costs, and petroleum products in particular, preliminary data from
September 27, 2024
China's factory activity likely remained in contraction for the fifth consecutive month in September, as weak domestic demand and rising global trade barriers continue to dog the
September 27, 2024
South Korea's exports are expected to have risen for a 12th straight month in September, but with the growth momentum slowing further, a Reuters poll showed on Friday.
September 27, 2024
Investor hopes for a soft landing for the U.S. economy will be put to the test next week, as the government releases closely watched labor market data following
September 27, 2024
Trump threatened John Deere. It’s just his latest attempt to bully a legendary American company
September 29, 2024If roughly 45,000 U.S. longshoremen make good on their threat to strike beginning Tuesday, they could shut down 36 ports from Maine to Texas that handle about half the goods shipped into and out of the United States
September 28, 2024
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September 30, 2024
Japanese business sentiment was steady in the three months to September, a closely watched survey showed, a sign the economy remained on track for
September 30, 2024
The pace of South Korea's export growth slowed in September, with shipments to the United States losing momentum, in an outcome that may support market expectations
September 30, 2024
Japan's factory activity was subdued in September as output and new orders contracted due to a weak economy and lacklustre overseas demand, a private-sector survey showed on Tuesday.
September 30, 2024
Prices in British shops fell at the fastest pace in more than three years in September, the British Retail Consortium said on Tuesday, adding to signs that the inflation squeeze on
September 30, 2024
France's manufacturing sector continued to contract in September, although the pace of decline eased somewhat from the previous month and was less steep than an initial flash
October 01, 2024
Sri Lanka will have detailed talks with the IMF on the framework of a $2.9 billion bailout programme on the sidelines of the lender's annual meetings in
October 01, 2024
U.S. stocks ended lower, with the Nasdaq losing more than 1%, on Tuesday as investors grew more cautious after Iran fired missiles at Israel.
October 01, 2024
U.S. job openings rose unexpectedly in August as the American labor market continued to show resilience
October 01, 2024
U.S. job openings unexpectedly increased in August after two straight monthly decreases, but hiring was soft and consistent with a slowing labor market that
October 01, 2024
White House left with few good options as dockworkers walk out
October 01, 2024
Physical demand for gold across key markets has tumbled as prices continue to rise, with some retail consumers opting to sell their
October 01, 2024
The stock market is off to its best start to a year since 1997 under Bill Clinton
October 01, 2024
A key U.S. overnight funding interest rate jumped on Monday in a sign of tighter liquidity in money markets at the end of the month
October 01, 2024
South Korea's factory activity contracted at the sharpest pace in 15 months in September as overseas demand slowed for the first time in the year, a private survey
October 01, 2024
Kenya's inflation fell to 3.6% year-on-year in September from 4.4% a month earlier, the statistics office said on Wednesday.
October 02, 2024
Ghana's consumer inflation rose in September after slowing for five consecutive months, driven by an increase in food prices, the statistics service said on Wednesday.
October 02, 2024
Colombia's 12-month inflation is forecast to continue decelerating in September, despite the impact of a truckers' strike, according to a Reuters poll on
October 02, 2024
Japan's service sector activity expanded for the third straight month in September, but the pace slowed slightly and confidence dipped in a sign of the broader economic strains amid
October 02, 2024
For a sense of the challenges Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda faces in weaning the world's fourth-largest economy off monetary stimulus, look no
October 03, 2024
Crude prices jumped on worries about worsening tensions in the Middle East, while U.S. stocks pulled back further from their records
October 03, 2024
U.S. layoff announcements slipped in September from August's five-month high but for the year to date have now edged past last year's pace, a monthly tally of workforce reduction
October 03, 2024
The Canadian dollar is forecast to extend its recovery against its U.S. counterpart in the coming year as lower borrowing costs bolster economic growth in Canada
October 03, 2024
European shares declined on Thursday, as investors remained wary of risk-taking amid elevated geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, with most sectors
October 03, 2024
Most emerging market currencies are set to trade in tight ranges or pare some of the year-to-date gains in the next three months
October 03, 2024
Kenya's private sector saw a slight deterioration in business conditions in September as output and new orders contracted again, reversing the brief recovery seen in August,
October 03, 2024
The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose modestly last week but remains at healthy levels
October 03, 2024
Thailand's finance minister said he had met the central bank governor on Thursday and discussed the issue of high household debt
October 03, 2024
New orders for U.S.-manufactured goods unexpectedly fell in August, while business spending on equipment appears to have pulled back in the third quarter.
October 03, 2024
In today's digital and services-dominated economy, one might be forgiven for buying into the narrative that oil no longer has any real bearing on
October 03, 2024
The downturn in Canada's services economy deepened in September as firms shed jobs and new business dropped to a near four-year low, S&P Global Canada services PMI
October 03, 2024
The union representing striking U.S. dockworkers has reached a deal to suspend the strike until Jan. 15 to provide time to negotiate a new contract
October 03, 2024
France's new prime minister, Michel Barnier, will increase corporate tax on the biggest companies in the country and on wealthiest individuals, he said on France 2 television on
October 03, 2024
The dollar jumped to a seven-week high on Friday and was on track to post its best week since September 2022 after a surprisingly strong jobs report for September
October 04, 2024
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba formally instructed his ministers on Friday to compile a fresh economic package to cushion the blow to
October 04, 2024
Japan's new economy minister, Ryosei Akazawa, said on Friday that the timing of changes in the Bank of Japan's monetary policy should be aligned with the government's broader goal of
October 04, 2024
America’s employers added a surprisingly strong 254,000 jobs in September, easing concerns about a weakening labor market and suggesting that the pace of hiring is still solid enough to support a growing economy
October 03, 2024
Sudden ebbs and flows of inflation without equivalent hits to economic output may be a feature of a post-pandemic world of fragile supply chains - potentially requiring
October 04, 2024
The Philippines' inflation rate could settle around 3.2% this year, its finance minister said on Friday, giving room for the central bank to further cut rates.
October 04, 2024
European shares closed higher on Friday as a stronger-than-anticipated U.S. jobs report allayed growth fears in the world's biggest economy, though
October 04, 2024
The Zimbabwean government will this month pay an initial $20 million to foreign white and local Black farmers who lost land in farm invasions under former leader
October 04, 2024
The Dow posted a record closing high on Friday and the Nasdaq ended with a more than 1% gain as a stronger-than-expected jobs report reassured investors
October 04, 2024
Canadian economic activity rebounded in September after contracting in the prior month as the pace of price increases cooled to its slowest in six months, Ivey Purchasing Managers
October 04, 2024
The port strike is over. Here’s what happens next
October 04, 2024
China's home sales rose during the National Day holiday after a string of property stimulus measures to boost the country's beleaguered real estate market since late September,
October 05, 2024
Here are all the winners in the port strike deal
October 05, 2024
Vietnam reported its strongest economic growth in two years in the quarter to end-September, as strong exports and industrial production and rising
October 06, 2024Senior officials from China's top economic planning agency will brief reporters on Tuesday on steps to implement policies to promote economic growth, the State Council Information Office
October 06, 2024
Japan's top currency diplomat on Monday issued a warning against speculative moves on the foreign exchange market as the yen fell below 149 per
October 06, 2024
The U.S. dollar stalled near a seven-week high on Monday as investors reassessed their positions after last week's strong U.S. jobs data and as
October 06, 2024
Vietnam will strive for a economic expansion of 7.6% to 8% in the last quarter of 2024 and is maintaining its full year target of 7% growth following positive results in the third
October 07, 2024
Trump and Harris’ proposals would both increase the national debt but Trump’s plan would add $4 trillion more, study finds
October 07, 2024
Donald Trump has pledged to end taxes on everything from tips to Social Security and overtime pay if he’s elected to the White House again
October 07, 2024
U.S. stocks slid after Treasury yields hit their highest levels since the summer and oil prices continued to climb
October 07, 2024
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Kevin Buckland What a difference a payrolls report makes.
October 07, 2024
The Bank of Japan said broadening wage hikes were underpinning consumption and prodding more firms in regional areas to pass on rising labour costs, signalling the
October 07, 2024
Investor morale in the euro zone unexpectedly rose in October after three consecutive months of decline, boosted by rising expectations even as dissatisfaction with the current
October 07, 2024
Good news: The ‘hard landing’ forecasters got it wrong
October 07, 2024A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan With any thought of U.S. recession off the agenda after a monster September jobs report, doubts about the extent of further Federal
October 07, 2024
Wall Street's three major indexes closed down around 1% on Monday while Treasury yields rose, as traders tamped down bets for Federal Reserve
October 07, 2024
The Greek government is forecasting economic growth of 2.3% in 2025, outperforming Europe's major economies, thanks to strong tourism revenues, robust consumer
October 07, 2024
Euro zone finance ministers will announce next month what they want to do to boost the EU's competitive position against China and the United States,
October 07, 2024
Fact check: Walz makes false claims about Trump on abortion and the economy
October 07, 2024
The European Central Bank should proceed with caution on further interest rate cuts given inflation had not yet been overcome, Austrian central bank Governor Robert Holzmann told
October 07, 2024
Federal Reserve Bank of St.
October 07, 2024
Japan's inflation-adjusted wages fell in August while household spending also declined, but analysts say underlying trends point to a gradual
October 07, 2024
A sharp rally in China shares at Tuesday's open lost steam as a hotly anticipated briefing by the country's state planner failed to sustain optimism for further stimulus.
October 08, 2024
U.S. stocks rebounded after falling oil prices released some of the pressure that built up on the market
October 08, 2024
China gives $28 billion to local governments as it vows to meet economic targets
October 08, 2024
By Medha Singh and Lisa Pauline Mattackal Bitcoin has been distinctly listless in the past three months after starting the year with a bang.
October 08, 2024
German industrial production rose by a larger than expected 2.9% in August from the previous month thanks to an increase in automotive industry output, the federal
October 08, 2024
Britain's benchmark FTSE 100 recorded its worst day in two months on Tuesday led by losses in miners after China refrained from specifying measures to stimulate its economy
October 08, 2024
Wall Street's benchmarks finished up on Tuesday, recouping some of the previous session's losses, as investors bought back in to technology stocks and investors shifted
October 08, 2024
The French government supports removing caps on household electricity taxes as it rushes to plug a massive hole in the country's finances, France's budget minister said on Tuesday.
October 08, 2024
Japan's new economy minister, Ryosei Akazawa, said on Tuesday the government has trust in the central bank's decision on how soon to raise interest rates again, amid
October 08, 2024
Brazil's consumer prices are expected to have risen in September after staying little changed in August, due partly to a severe drought which has hit agricultural output,
October 08, 2024
Boeing said on Tuesday it delivered 33 jets in September, down from 40 plane deliveries in August, as a strike mid-month by around 33,000 U.S. West Coast factory workers weighs on output.
October 08, 2024
The Federal Reserve's 50-basis-point interest-rate cut last month was "timely" and was neither reactive, nor proactive, Fed Vice Chair Philip Jefferson said on Tuesday.
October 08, 2024
Argentina's government announced it will implement some measures to streamline and simplify trade operations in the country.
October 09, 2024
The surprise inclusion of South Korean sovereign bonds in the FTSE Russell's benchmark bond index is expected to give the won currency a boost on Thursday
October 09, 2024
German exports rose in August due to strong demand particularly from the United States and the United Kingdom, official data showed on Wednesday, defying market
October 09, 2024
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October 09, 2024
Voters think America’s economy stinks. There’s nothing that will change that before the election
October 09, 2024Germany's government says its economy is on track to shrink for a second consecutive year
October 09, 2024
Data suggests Hungary has overcome its inflation crisis, its economy minister said on Wednesday, after the country posted the highest rate of price growth in the
October 09, 2024
Consumer prices in Brazil accelerated in September from the previous month due to higher electricity and food costs amid a major drought, reinforcing
October 09, 2024
The interest rate for the most popular U.S. home loan rose to 6.36% last week, marking the biggest weekly increase in more than a year after better-than-expected economic data caused
October 09, 2024
China's central bank said on Thursday it would start accepting applications from financial institutions to join a newly created funding scheme, initially worth 500
October 10, 2024
U.S. stocks edged back from their record highs
October 10, 2024
Indonesia's President-elect Prabowo Subianto has defended his plan to expand government agencies, saying it is needed for a strong administration even if
October 10, 2024
Inflation in the United States dropped last month to its lowest point since it first began surging more than three years ago, adding to a spate of encouraging economic news in the closing weeks of the presidential race
October 09, 2024
The Russian rouble weakened further on Thursday, remaining at its lowest against the U.S. dollar and China's yuan since October 2023.
October 10, 2024
China's exports are likely to have risen at the slowest pace in five months in September, suggesting manufacturers are no longer rushing out orders ahead of tariffs from several
October 10, 2024
America’s inflation is getting back to normal. But price problems persist
October 10, 2024
The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits last week jumped to its highest level in a year, which analysts are saying is more likely a result of Hurricane Helene — and the Boeing strike — than a broader softening in the labor market
October 10, 2024
U.S. consumer prices rose slightly more than expected in September, but the annual increase in inflation was the smallest in more than 3-1/2 years, potentially keeping the Federal Reserve
October 10, 2024
Ikea revenue falls after it lowered prices
October 10, 2024
Lithuanians are expected to punish the centre-right government of Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte in Sunday's national election over soaring living costs while
October 10, 2024
Ukraine's consumer inflation rose to 8.6% year-on-year in September driven by rising energy prices, higher business costs, and a lower harvest, the statistics service said on Thursday
October 10, 2024
Mortgage rates surged for the second-straight week after hitting two-year lows
October 10, 2024
The recent pullback in mortgage rates and expectations of further easing next year may be motivating more U.S. homeowners to list their home for sale
October 09, 2024
The average rate on the popular U.S. 30-year mortgage rate increased to 6.32% this week, its largest one week increase since April, as a string of stronger-than-expected economic data
October 10, 2024
Fed policymakers will be paying close attention to the latest data as their next policy meeting draws nearer.
October 10, 2024
Mexico has sent 660 soldiers and militarized National Guard officers to the western state of Michoacan to protect lime growers who complained they were suffering extortion demands by cartels
October 10, 2024
U.S. stocks rose to records as JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo and other big financial companies rallied on better-than-expected profit reports
October 11, 2024
Wholesale prices in the United States were unchanged last month in another sign that inflation is returning to something close to normal after years of pressuring America’s households in the wake of COVID-19
October 11, 2024
7-Eleven is closing more than 400 locations
October 11, 2024
Britain's economy grew in August after two consecutive months of stagnation, providing some relief to finance minister Rachel Reeves ahead of the new
October 11, 2024
JPMorgan Chase shares rose nearly 5% on Friday after profit beat expectations in the third quarter, fueled by gains in investment banking and rising
October 11, 2024
The case for quarter-point U.S. interest rate cuts at upcoming Federal Reserve policy meetings appeared intact on Friday after a report showed producer prices were flat last month compared
October 11, 2024
Germany is working to frustrate a possible takeover of one of its biggest banks by an Italian rival, a stance that pits Berlin
October 11, 2024
Global investors made large investments in money market funds in the week to Oct. 9 driven by a push back in Federal Reserve rate cut expectations and caution over the Middle East conflict
October 11, 2024
The Federal Reserve's road ahead appeared crystal clear in September, but the picture is far foggier than many thought and the past and future impact of immigration on
October 11, 2024Japan's core consumer inflation rate likely eased in September as energy costs eased due to government subsidies, while export growth slowed sharply, a Reuters poll showed on Friday.
October 11, 2024
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Tom Westbrook Friday's session brought a cautious mood to the markets, ahead of a smattering of data and an uncomfortable weekend.
October 11, 2024
The International Monetary Fund on Friday approved measures that will reduce its members' borrowing costs by about $1.2 billion annually, the fund's
October 11, 2024
Credit ratings agency Fitch revised France's outlook to "negative" from "stable" on Friday, citing increases in fiscal policy and political risks.
October 11, 2024
China's finance ministry on Saturday unveiled a fiscal stimulus package aimed at reviving the flagging economy and achieving the government's growth target, though it did not
October 12, 2024
Boeing strike has already cost the company and workers $5 billion, new analysis shows
October 13, 2024
Singapore's central bank on Monday left its monetary settings unchanged, as expected, as data showed the economy perked up in the third quarter
October 13, 2024
Singapore's economy grew 4.1% in the third quarter from a year earlier, preliminary government data showed on Monday.
October 13, 2024
According to a new poll, Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander adults are more likely than the overall U.S. population to view legal immigration as an asset to the country’s economy and workforce
October 14, 2024
Wall Street rolled to more records as U.S. stocks added to their all-time highs
October 14, 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris has announced a series of proposals designed to give Black men more economic opportunities as she works to energize a key voting bloc that has Democrats concerned about a lack of enthusiasm
October 14, 2024
Wall Street ended higher on Monday, with both the S&P 500 and the Dow posting fresh record finishes, as investors bought into technology stocks ahead of a busy week packed
October 14, 2024
China's export growth slowed sharply in September while imports also unexpectedly decelerated, undershooting forecasts by big margins and suggesting manufacturers are
October 14, 2024
Western and Chinese investors had different reactions to the latest stimulus pronouncements by Beijing, and it's likely that both groups are somewhat
October 14, 2024
The four German states with a Volkswagen presence want to work together to ensure that the struggling carmaker does not shut any of its plants, the states' economy ministries said
October 14, 2024
Panama will stick to its economic forecasts for next year even though the government withdrew its budget proposal after pushback from Congress,
October 14, 2024
Central banks remain keen buyers of gold to diversify their reserves for financial or strategic reasons, representatives of three central banks told the London Bullion Market
October 14, 2024
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said his government is aiming to compile a supplementary budget for the current fiscal year in excess of last year's 13.1 trillion yen ($87.6
October 15, 2024
Donald Trump has vowed that if voters return him to the White House, “inflation will vanish completely.”
October 14, 2024
By Danial Azhar KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia will likely introduce further subsidy cuts and new taxes as part of its budget for next year, analysts and economists said, as it looks to strengthen its fiscal
October 15, 2024
China's economy is likely to expand 4.8% in 2024, undershooting the government's target, and growth could cool further to 4.5% in 2025, a Reuters poll showed,
October 15, 2024
French consumer prices fell more than initially expected in September, the INSEE statistics agency said on Tuesday, revising the headline annual consumer price index to 1.4%, strengthening
October 15, 2024
Israel's economy grew slower in the second quarter than previously thought, data showed on Tuesday, as Israel's war in Gaza against the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas continued
October 15, 2024
Boeing set out to shore up its sagging finances on Tuesday, announcing plans to raise up to $25 billion through stock and debt offerings and a $10
October 15, 2024
Small business owners are growing more uncertain about the economy ahead of the presidential election and are reining in spending, according to a new survey
October 15, 2024
The largest retail trade group in the United States says it expects consumers to spend more during the upcoming holiday season but the growth in sales to be slower than last year due to concerns over persistent inflation and prices
October 15, 2024
Boeing is moving toward raising up to $25 billion to shore up its troubled financial position
October 15, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
October 15, 2024
Disillusioned Chinese bankers and fund managers are giving up careers in a finance sector where government campaigns and regulation have coloured
October 16, 2024
Indonesia's incoming leader Prabowo Subianto briefed his would-be ministers on Wednesday on economic and geopolitical issues ahead of his Sunday inauguration, his spokesperson said,
October 16, 2024
Hong Kong's leader pledged on Wednesday to reform and revive the economy and financial markets including slashing liquor duties, while seeking to
October 16, 2024
Thailand's central bank unexpectedly cut its key interest rate on Wednesday, saying the move brought rates a "neutral" level consistent
October 16, 2024
The first widening of the gender wage in 20 years is the latest indication that many women have paid a price for leaving the workforce at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, either because they lost their jobs or because they quit because of caretaking responsibilities
October 15, 2024
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Wednesday he would invite the country's top business associations and trade unions to a meeting in October on forging a new policy to save
October 16, 2024
Rising prices of edible oils and vegetables like onions and tomatoes have driven up grocery spending for Indian households ahead of the festival season, prompting
October 16, 2024
With just 21 days remaining to cast votes this presidential season, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are scrambling to win over key constituents as well as the other party's voters
October 16, 2024
Britain's new government is unlikely to upset investors in its first budget this month and the outlook for its debt is more positive than
October 16, 2024
Germany may have to make further savings in its 2025 budget to comply with EU rules, despite room for borrowing allowed under Germany's own balanced budget law
October 16, 2024
Hundreds of protesters in the western Serbian town of Loznica rallied on Wednesday to oppose Rio Tinto's planned lithium project in the region, saying
October 16, 2024
Britain's smaller listed companies can reverse a "doom loop", driven by plummeting valuations and higher costs and regulation, with help from broader tax exemptions and incentives,
October 16, 2024
Singapore's non-oil domestic exports rose 2.7% in September from the same month a year earlier, data on Thursday showed, supported by growth in electronic and non-electronic
October 16, 2024
The Tokyo Stock Exchange's role from now on is to facilitate constructive dialogue between companies and investors rather than mandate how businesses are run, its head
October 17, 2024
U.S. stocks drifted around their record heights following the latest signals that the U.S. economy continues to hum
October 17, 2024
Sweden plans to ease tight budget spending rules as it looks to boost spending in areas like infrastructure and defence, Finance Minister Elisabeth Svantesson said on Thursday.
October 17, 2024
Structural impediments are challenges to sustaining macroeconomic stability in Pakistan, the State Bank of Pakistan's annual report on the state of the country's economy has
October 17, 2024
Vietnam can still meet its economic growth target this year despite the extensive damage caused by Typhoon Yagi and is open to the possibility of interest rate cuts,
October 17, 2024Uruguay's center-left presidential candidate Yamandu Orsi, the frontrunner in polls ahead of elections this month, plans to avoid unpopular tax hikes despite
October 17, 2024
U.S. retail sales increased solidly in September likely as lower gasoline prices gave consumers more money to spend at restaurants and bars, supporting the view
October 17, 2024
The European Central Bank cut interest rates for the third time this year on Thursday in a nod to sluggish economic growth, some softening in an otherwise rock-solid labour market and
October 17, 2024
Seven of the 10 big developed-market central banks tracked by Reuters have now started easing policy, with expectations of how quickly each will move
October 17, 2024
South Africa's central bank governor, Lesetja Kganyago, said on Thursday that the country could move to a lower inflation target at little cost.
October 17, 2024
France's belt-tightening budget delivers a bigger tax hit than the government originally let on, according to new breakdowns that suggest a bigger dent in President
October 17, 2024
The U.S. government fund that backstops nearly $10 trillion in insured bank deposits is recovering ahead of schedule from declines and losses in recent years, while the banking system
October 17, 2024
International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva told Reuters on Thursday that China is too large to continue relying on exports to drive its
October 17, 2024
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October 17, 2024
Japan's top currency diplomat, Atsushi Mimura, said on Friday that recent currency moves are "somewhat one-sided and rapid," in a fresh warning
October 17, 2024
China's industrial output in September grew 5.4% from a year earlier, up from a 4.5% pace in August, providing some encouragement to policymakers as they step up efforts to revive
October 18, 2024
China's economy grew at the slowest pace since early 2023 in the third quarter, and though consumption and industrial output figures for last month beat forecasts a tumbling property sector
October 18, 2024
China's central bank kicked off two funding schemes on Friday that will initially pump as much as 800 billion yuan ($112.38 billion) into the stock market through newly-
October 18, 2024
By Kevin Buckland A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Kevin Buckland China is very much the center of attention today, following a barrage of data and remarks from its central
October 18, 2024
Rachel Reeves will stress a commitment to stability in her first trip as Britain's finance minister to the International Monetary Fund's annual meetings in
October 18, 2024
American voters are hearing both parties promise to help the middle class if they win the election next month
October 19, 2024
Vietnam's gross domestic product is expected to grow by 6.8%-7.0% this year, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh told parliament on Monday, before adding that the government was aiming to
October 21, 2024
Australia's central bank has been surprised by the strength of employment growth, a top official said on Monday, adding policymakers remained ready to respond to changes in economic
October 21, 2024
U.S. stocks edged back from their all-time highs as some of the steam came out of Wall Street’s long, record-breaking rally
October 21, 2024
European shares ended Monday's choppy session in the red ahead of a series of marquee corporate earnings, although stabilising oil
October 21, 2024
Japan's general election on Sunday will be a test for new prime minister Shigeru Ishiba, who is seeking to solidify his position atop a scandal-plagued party.
October 21, 2024
Taiwan export orders fell short of expectations for September, losing some steam ahead of the year's end as it remained buoyed by the artificial
October 21, 2024
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan A relatively quiet start to the week for world markets leaves Wall Street pondering the sustainability of the recent record highs as
October 21, 2024
An “affordability shift” is taking root in the U.S. auto industry
October 21, 2024
Goldman Sachs said on Tuesday the euro could fall as much as 10% - implying a drop below $1 from current levels - in a scenario in which Donald Trump imposes
October 22, 2024
The South African rand was stronger on Tuesday, buoyed by global precious metals prices and its appeal for carry trades.
October 22, 2024
The war between Israel and Hamas has devastated the Palestinian economy and left nearly all of Gaza's population in poverty, with quality of life indicators such as
October 22, 2024
All five members of the Bank of Israel's monetary policy committee voted on Oct. 9 to leave the benchmark interest rate unchanged at 4.5%, minutes of the discussion showed on
October 22, 2024
Argentina's beleaguered economy is set to rebound in 2025 after two years of recession as the government tries to spark a private sector-driven recovery with
October 22, 2024
Euro zone inflation is easing and may fall back to 2% quicker than previously thought, supporting the case for further European Central Bank rate cuts, ECB President Christine
October 22, 2024
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Tuesday said she has not yet seen policies announced by China that would address its low level of consumer spending as a share of its economy.
October 22, 2024
U.S. and European interest rates have followed parallel paths this year, even as the regions' economic and inflationary outlooks have veered in different
October 22, 2024
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October 22, 2024
Denny’s says it’s closing 150 of its lowest-performing restaurants in an effort to turn around the brand’s flagging sales
October 22, 2024
The dollar climbed above 153 against the yen for the first time in nearly three months on Wednesday on U.S. economic strength and an expected divergence among
October 23, 2024
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Ankur Banerjee The rising odds of a Trump presidency in a still-too-tight-to-call U.S. election and shifting expectations of the Federal
October 23, 2024
The Maldives has "phased out" a brief engagement with U.S. firm Centerview Partners on debt matters and the island nation will now focus on managing debt
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October 23, 2024
South Africa's inflation dropped sharply in September, hitting its lowest level in more than three years and bolstering expectations for another interest rate cut by the
October 23, 2024
South Korea's finance minister said the won's current level near 1,400 per dollar should be regarded as a "new normal", the Yonhap news agency reported on Wednesday, although the
October 23, 2024
Foreign debt financing by Brazilian issuers is surging again, reaching a three-year high in 2024, as local companies seek to refinance existing obligations
October 23, 2024
Wall Street closed lower on Wednesday, as climbing Treasury yields pressured megacap stocks and investors grew less confident
October 23, 2024
U.S. mining projects are growing reliant on Washington's financial support to offset global competition, a reality underscored by Sibanye Stillwater's decision last
October 23, 2024
Euro zone consumer confidence rose by 0.4 points in October from the September number, figures released on Wednesday showed.
October 23, 2024The idea of the BRICS group ever challenging the U.S. dollar is for the fairies as long as China and India remain so divided and refuse to cooperate on trade,
October 23, 2024
U.S. existing home sales dropped to a 14-year low in September, weighed down by higher mortgage rates and house prices.
October 23, 2024
Harris unveils support for $15 minimum wage after slamming Trump’s McDonald’s visit
October 23, 2024
Argentina's economic activity grew 0.2% in August from July and fell less than expected from a year ago in the South American country's third straight month of year-on-year
October 23, 2024South Korea's economy barely grew in the third quarter as consumer spending showed signs of recovery but exports declined, raising the chances for more stimulus to
October 23, 2024
Japan's factory activity contracted for the fourth straight month in October on subdued demand and weak orders, a private-sector survey showed on Thursday.
October 23, 2024
The euro and Japanese yen strengthened on Thursday as the U.S. dollar paused after rallying to a nearly three-month high, with the greenback only briefly
October 24, 2024
Global shares edged higher in choppy trading on Thursday, snapping three straight sessions of losses, while U.S.
October 24, 2024
TikTok videos of women turned away from emergency rooms because of state abortion bans haunt one young female voter in North Carolina
October 24, 2024
Three European Central Bank officials tried to cool market speculation on bigger interest rate cuts on Thursday, urging the ECB to proceed gradually or at least
October 24, 2024
French software company Dassault Systemes cut its 2024 revenue growth forecast for the second time in four months on Thursday, citing the slowdown in the global automotive
October 24, 2024
German business activity contracted in October but less steeply than the previous month, according to a survey published on Thursday.
October 24, 2024
Saudi Arabia, the Arab world's biggest economy, attracted foreign direct investment inflows of 96 billion riyals ($25.6 billion) in 2023, beating official targets, according to
October 24, 2024
Sentiment among British manufacturing companies fell at the fastest pace in two years ahead of finance minister Rachel Reeves' first budget next week, a survey showed on Thursday.
October 24, 2024
German wages are continuing to grow briskly despite a shrinking economy as workers regain more of the purchasing power they lost to high inflation, the country's central bank said
October 24, 2024
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan Markets caught a break on Thursday as the white heat of the corporate earnings season saw a beat for megacap Tesla that sent its
October 24, 2024
US businesses are suffering from election uncertainty — and it could be hurting the economy
October 24, 2024
Thailand's current inflation target range of 1% to 3% has "served pretty well" and should not be changed, a
October 24, 2024
A widening U.S. fiscal deficit is a growing concern and the threat of recurrent debt-ceiling standoffs and associated risk of a near or technical default remains a key factor behind
October 24, 2024
Questions about the direction of the United States and wars in Ukraine and the Middle East are making investors cautious, bank executives
October 24, 2024
Indonesia has expressed its desire to join the BRICS group of major emerging economies, which accounts for 35% of global economic output, as a means to strengthen emerging
October 25, 2024
Japan's industrial output likely rebounded in September, led by a recovery in auto production, but sustained solid growth may be uncertain on lacklustre global demand, a Reuters poll
October 25, 2024
Stocks gave up an early gain and closed mostly lower on Wall Street, ending a six-week winning streak
October 25, 2024
German business morale improved more than expected in October, a survey showed on Friday, offering hope for some respite towards the end of the year in the economy's
October 25, 2024
Europe's main stock index closed Friday's choppy session flat and notched weekly losses, as a handful of weak corporate earnings from
October 25, 2024
Zimbabwe's consumer inflation surged to 37.2% month on month in October in local currency terms, data showed on Friday, after a sharp devaluation in the southern African
October 25, 2024
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October 25, 2024
Russia’s central bank has raised its key interest rate by two percentage points to a record-high 21% in an effort to combat growing inflation
October 25, 2024
Canada's main stock index ended lower for a fifth straight day on Friday, led by declines for the real estate and consumer discretionary sectors, as investors turned
October 25, 2024
Germany is not facing a deep economic contraction, but steps need to be taken to prevent things from getting worse, said Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel in Washington on
October 25, 2024
The Nasdaq ended higher on Friday, driven by megacap shares, as investors awaited quarterly results from some of Wall Street's
October 25, 2024
Romania's largest employer association says a widening budget deficit is siphoning money away from the real economy, while some companies are postponing investment
October 25, 2024
France's National Assembly on Friday approved an amendment to the government's 2025 belt-tightening budget bill that would hit the country's wealthiest individuals with a
October 25, 2024
Japan's election could prompt the next market gyrations in a year in which countries housing half the world's population will have voted.
October 25, 2024
Mexico's Senate on Friday passed a proposal which would make reforms to the Constitution "unchallengeable" as ruling party Morena and allies push through a swath of
October 25, 2024
German Finance Minister Christian Lindner said he is working on his own proposals to stimulate growth in Europe's biggest economy, which will not focus only on
October 25, 2024
Credit ratings agency Moody's revised France's outlook to "negative" from "stable" on Friday, over mounting uncertainty that the country will be able to curb widening budget deficits,
October 25, 2024
The new French budget goes in the right direction but focus must now shift to implementation, and getting the deficit down as planned is a credibility test for the new
October 25, 2024
The European Central Bank should not be too hasty in adjusting policy, Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel said on Saturday after some of his colleagues made the case in recent
October 26, 2024
Japan's ruling coalition lost its parliamentary majority in a drubbing at Sunday's national election, raising uncertainty over the make-
October 26, 2024
Trump floats ending the federal income tax. Here’s what that would mean
October 26, 2024
China's industrial profits plunged in September, recording the steepest monthly decline of the year, official data showed on Sunday, as policymakers ramp
October 27, 2024
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October 27, 2024
More families making over $150,000 are living paycheck to paycheck
October 27, 2024
The make-up of Japan's future government was in flux on Monday after voters punished Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's scandal-tainted
October 27, 2024
China is quietly easing regulatory pressure on private tutoring operators as it looks to revive a flagging economy, spurring a nascent
October 28, 2024
The loss of Japan's ruling bloc's parliamentary majority has heightened prospects that a new government will need to ramp up spending and of potential
October 28, 2024
Economic growth in trade-dependent Taiwan was expected to slow in the third quarter with exports still robust on AI demand but moderating, while domestic investment and consumption
October 28, 2024
Progress on European banking union is vital to policymakers' push to encourage cross-border mergers because banks will only be able to leverage synergies if
October 28, 2024
Japan's jobless rate in September fell to 2.4% from 2.5% in August, government data showed on Tuesday.
October 28, 2024
Rising technology stocks sent the Nasdaq composite to a record, but trading was mixed along the rest of Wall Street
October 29, 2024
Companies in Germany's industrial, retail and corporate services sectors are planning more price increases, bringing inflation on track to rise to the European Central Bank's 2%
October 29, 2024
German consumer sentiment is set to continue to recover heading into November as households are more optimistic about their income prospects, though high prices and bad job market
October 29, 2024
The Japanese government stuck to its assessment that the economy is recovering moderately, although it reiterated the need to pay close attention to potential global economic risks
October 29, 2024
China's factory activity likely contracted in October for a sixth month, a Reuters poll showed on Tuesday, but by the tiniest of margins, backing officials' optimism that recent
October 29, 2024
China is considering approving next week the issuance of over 10 trillion yuan ($1.4 trillion) in extra debt in the next few years to revive its fragile economy, two sources with knowledge
October 29, 2024
U.S. single-family home prices increased in August amid still tight supply, which together with elevated mortgage rates continue to keep prospective buyers on the sidelines.
October 29, 2024
Germany's ideologically disparate coalition of Social Democrats (SPD), free-market Free Democrats (FDP) and Greens will have to
October 29, 2024
Americans’ economic mood is perking up ahead of the election, survey finds
October 29, 2024
Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund plans to cut its overseas investments by about a third, its governor told a
October 29, 2024
Britain's minimum wage for most adults will increase by 6.7% from April next year, a boost for low-paid workers but a concern for employers who are finding it harder to
October 29, 2024
The Bank of Canada is starting to see the impact of its four rate cuts so far this year and expects to gather more evidence in the months ahead, Governor Tiff Macklem said on Tuesday
October 29, 2024
Thailand's policy interest rate is at an adequate level to address economic risks as the recovery is uneven, while the current
October 30, 2024
The U.S. economy grew at a healthy 2.8% annual rate from July through September, with consumers helping drive growth despite the weight of still-high interest rates
October 30, 2024
U.S. stock indexes edged lower after drops for Eli Lilly and chip companies overshadowed a jump for Google’s parent company
October 30, 2024
Hong Kong saw fresh records of home-buying from mainland Chinese in the first three-quarters following efforts by the financial city to attract foreign professionals and remove
October 30, 2024
China's planned fiscal package targets damaged property and local government balance sheets that weigh on the economy and fuel deflationary pressures,
October 30, 2024
French economic growth beat estimates by accelerating by 0.4% in the third quarter 2024, from 0.2% in the second quarter, due to the impact of the Paris Olympic Games, preliminary
October 30, 2024
China's stimulus efforts could come with a cost and they must be carried out alongside reforms to ensure sustainable economic growth, Liu Shijin, a former central bank adviser,
October 30, 2024
Italian gross domestic product stagnated in the third quarter compared with the previous three months, preliminary data showed on Wednesday, missing forecasts and
October 30, 2024
Europe's main stock index fell 1% to its lowest in over a month on Wednesday, as technology and mining stocks led a broader market decline in the
October 30, 2024
The number of people out of work in Germany rose more than expected in October, federal labour office figures showed on Wednesday.
October 30, 2024
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October 30, 2024Private sector added twice as many jobs as expected in October
October 30, 2024
British finance minister Rachel Reeves presented her first budget statement to parliament on Wednesday, unveiling the biggest tax rises since 1993 and changes to the government's
October 30, 2024
Contracts to buy U.S. previously owned homes jumped by the most in more than four years in September on a mix of more attractive interest rates and improving inventory of properties for
October 30, 2024
Britain targets the wealthy as it hikes taxes by $52 billion
October 30, 2024
The U.S. will effectively address its debt crisis by allowing inflation to rise slightly even though it may negatively impact savers and lower- to middle-income households
October 30, 2024
UK markets were spared painful blows from the new Labour government's first budget on Wednesday, which announced 40 billion pounds of tax hikes to
October 30, 2024
Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump's end-of-campaign arguments to voters choosing between him and Democrat Kamala Harris
October 30, 2024
University of Michigan professor of economics Justin Wolfers, who is one of the 400 economists backing Kamala Harris' candidacy, says the facts about the US economy "interfere" with Donald Trump's claims about the economy.
October 31, 2024South Korea's factory output unexpectedly fell in September on weaker chip production, government data showed on Thursday.
October 30, 2024
Japan's factory output in September rose 1.4% from the previous month, versus a median market forecast for a 1% rise, government data showed on Thursday.
October 30, 2024
China's non-manufacturing activity expanded in October, an official survey showed on Thursday, providing some relief to policymakers even as other indicators have suggested
October 31, 2024
Drops for Big Tech companies including Microsoft and Facebook's parent company Meta Platforms led Wall Street lower
October 31, 2024
Japanese investors sold overseas assets for a third straight week through Oct. 26, cashing in on the yen's sharp decline amid U.S. election uncertainties and reduced expectations of big
October 31, 2024
Saudi Arabia's economy grew 2.8% in the third quarter year on year, preliminary government data showed on Thursday, supported by an increase in non-oil activities.
October 31, 2024
Hong Kong's economy grew 1.8% in the third quarter year-on-year, official advance estimates showed on Thursday, expanding for a seventh straight quarter.
October 31, 2024
Russia will need to raise taxes further to fund its war in Ukraine, according to economists who say revenue-raising measures already announced will not be
October 31, 2024
French consumer prices rose in line with expectations in October, preliminary data from statistics agency INSEE showed on Thursday.
October 31, 2024
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October 31, 2024Italian EU-harmonised consumer prices (HICP) rose a preliminary 0.3% month-on-month in October, with annual inflation accelerating to 1.0% from 0.7% in September, data showed on
October 31, 2024
The European Central Bank must avoid the risk of cutting interest rates too slowly and lowering inflation excessively, Governing Council Member Fabio Panetta said on Thursday.
October 31, 2024
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October 31, 2024
Canada's economy is likely to miss the Bank of Canada's revised third-quarter forecast after a slew of temporary factors stalled gross domestic
October 31, 2024
Hungary has proposed to increase some taxes in line with the July headline inflation rate from 2025, part of wider efforts by Prime Minister Viktor Orban's government to plug
October 31, 2024
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October 31, 2024
Ukraine's central bank kept its main interest rate unchanged at 13% on Thursday, in line with market expectations, and said it would remain cautious in the coming
October 31, 2024
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October 31, 2024
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