Economic news

Britain's FTSE indexes gained on Friday and were set to end the week higher, led by defence stocks, while expectations for a March rate cut...

British businesses extended an early 2026 recovery in February and consumers started the year confidently, data showed on Friday, although...

The British pound hovered around its lowest in a month against the dollar on Friday, and was headed for its biggest weekly decline since January...

French industrial gases group Air Liquide said on Friday it sees a gradual improvement in Europe and said U.S. President Donald...

British retail sales volumes rose in January at the fastest annual pace in nearly four years, according to official data that suggested consumers...

Amazon's cloud unit suffered at least two outages in December stemming from errors involving its own AI tools, the Financial Times...

The United States is in "active negotiation" over the sale of Venezuelan oil to India, to help India diversify its sources of crude oil,...

Oil prices hovered near six-month highs on Friday, headed for their first weekly gain in three on growing concerns a conflict may...

Britain's public finances recorded a record monthly surplus of 30.4 billion pounds ($40.9 billion) in January, official figures showed on...

Hong Kong's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose to 3.9% in the November to January period, up from 3.8% in the previous three-month...

France's private sector economy showed little sign of growth in February, with business activity levels virtually unchanged from the start of...

Swiss construction and automotive chemicals maker Sika expects 2026 sales to rise between 1% and 4% in local currencies, the company said on...

Tesla unveiled a cheaper Cybertruck variant in the U.S. on Thursday and slashed the price of its most-expensive model, Cyberbeast, as the...

Gold prices gained on Friday, but were set for a weekly decline as the dollar climbed to a near one-month high, while investors awaited key U.S....

Indian share benchmarks overcame initial jitters and rose by the mid-day trading session on Friday, as heavyweight stocks clawed back some of the...

Japan's annual core consumer inflation hit a two-year low to match the central bank's 2% target in January, data showed on Friday,...

Stocks fell in Asia on Friday, the dollar headed for its largest weekly gain in four months and oil prices were rising as a U.S. military buildup...

Germany's federal and state government tax revenues fell by 3.4% in January compared with the same month a year ago, the finance ministry said...

Japan's manufacturing activity grew at its fastest pace in about four years in February, buoyed by strong domestic and overseas demand, a...

U.S. economic growth likely slowed to a still-solid pace in the fourth quarter because of disruptions from last year's government shutdown and...

One of Australia's largest pension funds, UniSuper, has increased hedging of its overseas investments as it says the local currency is...

Workers at a Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, on Thursday voted 96% in favor of a labor deal negotiated by the United Auto Workers...

Feb 19 (Reuters) - Nvidia is close to finalizing a $30 billion investment in OpenAI, as the chipmaker moves to take a stake in one of its...

London's FTSE 100 dipped from record highs on Thursday as Rio Tinto's shares fell after the global miner's annual earnings missed...

The U.S. trade deficit widened sharply in December amid a surge in imports, and the goods shortfall in 2025 was the highest on record despite...

Canada's trade deficit narrowed in December even as its share of exports to the United States dropped to the lowest level on record, barring...

Energy group Repsol is owed 4.55 billion euros ($5.37 billion) by the Venezuelan state, the Spanish company said in its annual report on...

Gold prices were little changed on Thursday as investors monitored U.S.-Iran tensions, while a drop in U.S. jobless claims signalled labour-market...

Britain's statistics agency said on Thursday it would cut some of its publications under a plan to fix persistent quality problems with core...

Brazil's economic activity expanded 2.5% in 2025, central bank data showed on Thursday, easing from the previous year's pace but once again...

The outlook for European corporate health has improved, the latest LSEG I/B/E/S forecasts showed on Wednesday, reflecting a softer than expected...

The dollar held above its recent lows on Thursday after minutes from the Federal Reserve showed policymakers appear to be in no rush to...

British industrial orders have fallen heavily again and price pressures remain high, the Confederation of British Industry said on...

Bullish bets on the Malaysian ringgit jumped to their strongest level in nearly 16 years, while bearish positions on the Philippine peso eased to a...

Britain's pound held steady against the dollar on Thursday, stabilising after three consecutive days of losses as investors took a breather...

European shares slipped marginally on Thursday, as investors sifted through a mixed bag of earnings from the likes of Airbus, Rio Tinto and...

Pernod Ricard reported weaker sales across all five of its priority markets in the first half of its fiscal year on Thursday and group profits...

Indian stock benchmarks logged their biggest daily losses in more than two weeks on Thursday as escalating U.S.-Iran tensions pushed...

Alphabet Inc's Google and Southeast Asian technology conglomerate Sea Ltd announced a new tie-up on Thursday that will develop...

Indonesia's central bank held rates unchanged for a fifth straight policy review on Thursday, as expected, with its focus remaining on the...

Nestle is in talks to sell its remaining ice cream businesses as part of CEO Philipp Navratil's drive to streamline the sprawling Swiss...

Asian stocks rose on Thursday, supported by gains in technology giants on Wall Street, while lingering U.S.-Iran tensions kept oil prices supported...