Economic news

The UK's ​FTSE 100 steadied on Tuesday after six straight sessions of declines as a ‌rise in healthcare and energy stocks offset broader...

U.S. 30-year Treasury yields rose to their highest level since 2007 on Tuesday as stalled talks to end the U.S.-Iran ‌war and worries of an...

Oil prices traded slightly higher ​for a third session on Tuesday as prospects receded for a deal to end the Middle ‌East war, with Iran...

German investor morale rose more than expected to 34.2 points in August, the ZEW economic ​research institute said on Tuesday, as positive...

Indian share benchmarks extended their losing streak on Tuesday, as fading hopes of an ​imminent end to the Iran war kept crude oil prices...

Britain's labour market cooled further in the second quarter, marked by slowing earnings growth in ‌the private sector and the smallest...

The pound fell slightly on Tuesday after data pointed to a slowing labour market as Britain's unemployment rate came in above...

The U.S. dollar rose slightly on Tuesday but remained near multi-month lows against its peers as ​traders reduced their bets on rate hikes,...

Long-term borrowing costs from the United States to Japan and Germany rose to their highest levels in decades on Tuesday, as renewed inflation...

Bond ​yields climbed on Tuesday to their highest in decades, with oil prices rising for a third day ‌and stocks under pressure in Asian trade...

Gold fell ​on Tuesday, pressured by higher Treasury yields and oil prices, while ‌traders awaited minutes of the U.S. Federal Reserve's...

Japan's benchmark 10-year government bond yield climbed to a three-decade high on Tuesday as a stalemate in ​the Middle East conflict...

Wall Street's three major indexes finished lower on Monday as investors waited ‌for quarterly reports from large retailers to provide...

China's exports of refined oil products in July fell 12.9% year-on-year but rose 6.7% from the previous month, customs data showed ​on Tuesday,...

Paramount Skydance on Monday asked a ‌U.S. judge to require a dozen states challenging its acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery to...

U.S.-based Madison Air Solutions said on Monday it would buy German fan maker ebm-papst in a $5.4 billion deal, expanding its air ​quality and...

Alibaba Group is ‌expected to reap more than $2 billion from the sale of its game developer unit Lingxi Games to private equity firm...

China's Unitree unveiled a new high-speed robot it dubbed "Superman" on Monday, days before becoming the first general-purpose...

U.S. home builder sentiment unexpectedly ticked higher in August, but residential construction firms' confidence remains weak overall, weighed...

Fuel shortages have returned to some regions of Russia in August, prompting local authorities in at least 10 ​regions to again tighten controls on...

China's July crude oil throughput fell 15.8% from ‌a year earlier but edged up from June, marking the first month-on-month rise since...

The pound rose on Monday as investors awaited a batch of inflation and labour market data that could put the ​currency's recent gains to the...

Britain's FTSE ‌100 edged higher on Monday, on track to end six straight days of losses, as strength in mining stocks, AstraZeneca and...

India's unemployment rate for people aged 15 years and above fell to 5.1% in ​July, matching its lowest level in four months,...

Japan's economy slowed in the second ​quarter and missed market forecasts on softer household and business spending, highlighting the fragile...

Oil prices rose on Monday on a lack of progress ‌in diplomatic efforts to resolve the Middle East conflict, though the absence of major supply...

China's economy lost momentum at the start of the second half, with industrial output and retail sales slowing as extreme...

China's new home ​prices were stagnant in July, underscoring the challenges for a broad recovery of the housing sector as ‌demand remained...

China's industrial output in July ​grew 4.5% from a ‌year earlier, slowing from 5.3% growth in June, ​data released by the ​National...

Global shares edged higher and the dollar slipped ​towards two-month lows on Monday after a run of soft U.S. economic data, including an unexpected...

China's industrial output growth slowed while retail sales grew less than expected in July, highlighting strains on the economy from weak...

Alphabet has mandated investment banks to work on its inaugural Australian dollar bond issue, ​according to a message sent by one of the...

War, tariffs and AI gyrations have done little to dent the flow of cash into emerging markets, as reforms, deeper local capital markets and...

The rally in AI-linked stocks that marked the latest earnings season has shifted the focus of the AI investment story from whether Big Tech's...

The S&P 500 closed lower on Friday, dipping from a record high and weighed down by Applied Materials, while investors ​digested...

Shipping through the Strait of Hormuz slowed over the weekend, data showed on Monday, following attacks ​on tankers, while U.S.-Iran talks to...

German companies slashed investments in the United States to ‌a three-year low in the first half of 2026, as Trump administration policies fed...

Boeing's announcement this ​week that it is selling Wisk Aero is less a signal of a broader breakup than an ‌effort to shed a...

U.S. business inventories were unchanged in June as an increase in stocks at wholesalers was offset by a ​decline at retailers, reflecting strong...

U.S. consumer sentiment slumped in early August amid worries about the ​rising cost of living because of the ‌conflict in the Middle East, a...

Tesla plans to unveil a redesigned Roadster as early as this month, The Information reported on ​Friday, nearly a decade after the...

U.S.-based Diversified Energy said on Friday it is in early discussions to acquire privately held Birch Resources, ​as it looks to further...