Economic news

Italy has approved European Union‑mandated measures to create a more uniform framework for alternative investment funds, especially credit funds,...

Orbital compute infrastructure startup Starcloud has raised $170 million at a $1.1 billion ‌valuation, as companies including Elon Musk's...

Gulf stock markets ended mixed on Monday as regional tensions remained elevated after Yemen's Houthis entered the U.S.-Israeli war...

German inflation accelerated in March due to surging energy prices ‌against the backdrop of the Iran war, and economists see further...

South Korea's LG Chem will import 27,000 metric ‌tons of Russian naphtha on Monday, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters,...

Sysco said on Monday it would ‌buy catering supplier Jetro Restaurant Depot in a $29  billion deal, including debt, expanding the top...

The German government is cutting the amount of silver in two of its limited edition euro collector coins as prices ​of the precious metal gyrate...

Sterling slid to its weakest level in more than three weeks against the euro and was on track for a fifth consecutive daily loss versus the...

The Indian rupee fell ​to a record low in a volatile trading session on Monday, marking the end of a rough fiscal ‌year in which trade...

Brent crude oil rose 2% on Monday and was on track for ​a record monthly rise while global stocks were in limbo as investors dug in for a Gulf...

London's FTSE 100 advanced ​on Monday, lifted by gains in mining and energy stocks ‌tracking higher commodity prices, though sentiment...

British lenders last month approved the most mortgages ‌in three months and consumer credit grew at the fastest pace in nearly two years, Bank...

South Korea is considering extending driving curbs to the general public if global oil prices climb further, senior officials ​said, as authorities...

Sri Lanka raised power tariffs for most households by 7.2% and industries by 8.7% on Monday as the island ​nation grapples with higher energy costs...

Gold rose more than 1% on Monday on bargain-hunting, but was set ‌for its largest monthly decline in nearly two decades as rising oil prices...

India's benchmark indexes were on track for their weakest financial-year performance in six years on Monday, battered by a mix of geopolitical...

The European Central Bank will simplify and ​speed up approvals for changes to banks' internal credit risk ‌models, easing a supervisory...

March 30 (Reuters) - The dollar was near a 10‑month high on Monday and heading for its biggest monthly gain since last July ​as mixed signals from...

Aluminium prices on the London Metal Exchange jumped 6% to close in on four-year ​highs on Monday after the Middle East's two ‌largest...

China's factory activity likely expanded in March - snapping a two-month contraction - amid strong momentum in goods exports, although supply...

IQM Quantum Computers has secured 50 million euros ($57.64 million) in venture financing from funds and accounts managed by ​BlackRock to...

Japan stepped up yen intervention threats and signalled that further falls in the currency could justify a near-term interest rate ‌hike, as...

Nike's troubles in China are being laid bare as operational missteps collide with fierce domestic competition and a cooling consumer,...

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1.7% on Friday as investors worried about the ​global economic impact of the war in Iran, leaving the...

French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu ruled out on Friday using any fiscal leeway from a better-than-expected budget deficit to provide broad...

Make-up retail giant Sephora is under investigation in Italy over marketing adult beauty ​products to children, which the Italian competition...

Britain's government and the Bank of England say it is too soon to judge the economic hit from the Iran war, but the first strains are...

The pound fell for a fourth day on Friday, as it headed for its weakest monthly performance against the dollar since October, as fears of a ​global...

The ​UK's main stock indexes were on track for a ‌fourth straight week of losses on Friday, as investors remained on edge due to...

A prospective tie-up between France's Pernod Ricard and Jack Daniel's maker Brown-Forman would ‌test whether the powerful families...

Santander on Friday reaffirmed its 2026–2028 financial targets despite global economic uncertainty, citing its diversified business...

Spain's central bank ​on Friday raised its outlook for economic growth this year to ‌2.3%, though it trimmed its forecast for 2027 over...

European shares ‌fell on Friday in a broad selloff as investors remained wary about the outlook of the Middle East war that has stoked...

Euro zone consumers were reducing their inflation expectations in ​the run-up to the U.S.-Israeli war on ‌Iran, before a surge in energy...

Bank of Communications, one of ‌China's major five state-owned banks, reported on Friday a 2.2% ​rise in net profit ​last year. Net...

Japan's industry ministry will relax ‌rules for one year to increase the use of coal-fired power plants in the fiscal year starting April,...

Gold demand in India saw a slight ‌uptick this week as softer bullion prices attracted some buyers, though many remained cautious and held off...

Gold rose 2% on Friday, buoyed by a weaker dollar and ‌bargain hunting, but was on track for a fourth straight weekly decline as surging...

The spot premium for Dubai crude has slumped by more than half ‌to hit its lowest level in three weeks after more sellers emerged and piled on...

British retail sales fell in February after the strongest growth in a year and a half ​in January, official figures showed on Friday, ahead of a...

A growing list of governments in the Asia-Pacific region are scrambling to calm financial markets and shore up liquidity, as the U.S.-Israeli war...

Asian shares ​pared losses on Friday as another delayed deadline in the Middle East war nudged oil prices lower, though ‌there was still no...