Economic news

U.S. single-family house prices accelerated in November, which combined with high mortgage rates could keep potential homeowners on the sidelines...

The European Central Bank said on Tuesday it was changing guidelines to allow it to lend to banks that are being wound down, tackling a...

Spain's unemployment rate fell to its lowest in 18 years in the fourth quarter of 2025, according to data released on Tuesday, as growth in...

Overall GDP growth in Indonesia is expected to have met the 5.2% target for 2025 despite widespread destruction caused by floods late last year,...

Four Starbucks CEOs over five years have blamed lost sales on its struggle to keep its thousands of U.S. stores reliably stocked with coffeehouse...

British bootmaker Dr Martens posted a decline in quarterly sales and forecast broadly flat annual revenue growth on Tuesday as shoppers across...

United Parcel Service on Tuesday beat Wall Street estimates for quarterly results in the all-important holiday period and forecast ​a surprise...

London's FTSE 100 gained on Tuesday, led by advances in heavyweight banking stocks, as investors geared up for a slew of corporate earnings and...

SK Hynix is considering establishing a unit focusing on artificial intelligence investment, the company said on Tuesday, after a media report...

The pound edged higher against the U.S. dollar for the fourth consecutive day on Tuesday, underpinned partly by data that showed retail inflation...

Indian consumer goods maker Marico reported a bigger-than-expected quarterly profit on Tuesday as consumption tax cuts helped boost demand....

Shares in HSBC rose as much as 3% to a new record high on Tuesday, briefly lifting the bank's market value above $300  billion and putting...

The U.S. dollar edged higher on Tuesday but struggled ​to gain momentum, while traders remained on the alert for potential coordinated currency...

Oil prices edged up on Tuesday as a massive winter storm hit crude production and affected refineries on the U.S. Gulf Coast, but the ​rise was...

Gold climbed on Tuesday, hovering just shy of ‌the $5,100 per-ounce level breached for the first time in the previous session, as uncertainty...

World shares sat around record highs on Tuesday as investors hoped for the best from this week's barrage of U.S. large-cap earnings, and while...

Prices at major British retailers rose at the fastest pace since February 2024 this month, led by a pick-up in prices for food as well as furniture...

China's ​biggest sportswear brand Anta Sports Products said on Tuesday it would buy a 29.06% stake in Puma from the Pinault family...

South Korea scrambled on Tuesday to assure the U.S. it remained committed to implementing a trade deal after U.S. President Donald...

European carmakers, squeezed by U.S. tariffs and price wars in China, will get a welcome boost from an EU-India trade deal that sharply drops...

Europe's economy risks falling further behind other regions unless the European ‌Union overhauls regulation that is undermining banks'...

As artificial intelligence firms jostle for the Nvidia chips needed to power the AI boom, Dutch firm ASML has carved out a key niche in the...

Irish consumer sentiment improved to a nine-month high in January but the index remained far below its long-term average, a survey showed on...

U.S. memory chipmaker Micron Technology said on Tuesday it plans to build a $24-billion chip manufacturing plant in ​Singapore, as it races to...

Nike says it is investigating a potential data breach, after a group known for cyber attacks reportedly claimed to have leaked a trove of data...

Gold prices marched to record levels above $5,100 on Monday, as investors sought a ​safe haven amid international political tension, and silver and...

The dollar is coming under fire again in the first few turbulent weeks of 2026 as a growing range of factors -- including Washington's desire...

New orders for key U.S.-manufactured capital goods increased more than expected in November, indicating business spending on equipment maintained a...

Artificial intelligence has yet to deliver on the most challenging aspect of drug development -- finding new molecules that lead to major medical...

Zijin Gold will buy Canada's Allied Gold for about C$5.5 billion ($4.02 billion) ​in cash, the companies said on Monday, as ‌the...

Brazilian companies sent a record amount of profits abroad in December, central bank data showed on Monday, potentially anticipating a new tax on...

The British public's expectations for inflation over the coming year and further ahead have risen to their highest since October, according to...

OPEC+ is expected to keep its pause on oil output increases for March at a meeting on Sunday, three OPEC+ delegates told Reuters, with prices...

The yen jumped to a more than two-month high on Monday as speculation mounted of coordinated currency intervention by authorities in the...

Leidos Holdings said on Monday it would buy power design firm ENTRUST Solutions Group from private equity firm Kohlberg for about $2.4...

German business morale was unchanged in January from the previous month, falling short of ‌analysts' expectations for a modest...

Oil prices edged higher on Monday after climbing more than 2% in the previous session, as output disruptions in major U.S. crude-producing regions...

Many U.S. companies have sought to reassure investors that tariffs are "manageable," but early earnings-season comments suggest profit...

In a downtown Houston bar, Matthew Goitia, a director at Pelorus Terminals, lays out his early idea to refurbish and build marine terminals that...

The Bank of Canada is widely expected to keep its policy interest rate ​on hold at 2.25% on Wednesday but economists and money markets are divided...

London shares began the week on a subdued note on Monday, with ‌gains in metal miners offsetting losses in industrial stocks, as caution...

The British pound rose to a four-month high against a softening dollar on Monday, extending gains from last week when strong domestic data pushed...