Economic news

Hong Kong ports-to-telecoms group CK ​Hutchison posted a 6.7% ‌rise in underlying profit in the first six months ​of 2026 on ​Thursday,...

Oil prices declined on Thursday as investors ‌assessed prospects for weaker global demand this year and higher U.S. crude stocks, while prices...

Britain's economy unexpectedly grew in June as companies enjoyed a respite from the ‌energy price surge caused by the Iran war, the...

Joint Japanese-U.S. efforts to shore up the battered yen two weeks ago ​have heightened market bets the Bank of Japan will need to hike rates...

The dollar's advance stalled on Thursday after an overall benign U.S. inflation reading overnight ‌spurred traders to pare back...

The Indian rupee was marginally down on Thursday, as the central bank continued to sell dollars to anchor the ​local currency in a narrow band...

Japan's annual wholesale ​inflation remained elevated in July, data showed on Thursday, highlighting broadening price pressures and reinforcing...

China's central bank said on Wednesday it would maintain an appropriately loose monetary stance and roll ​out practical, effective measures as...

A senior Australian central banker on Thursday warned of ‌the risk of further policy tightening, saying inflation threats remain on the upside...

Britain's housing market remained sluggish last month but there was a recovery ​in confidence about the sales outlook, ‌a survey from the...

Goldman Sachs will acquire exchange-traded funds provider Neos Investments for as much as $2.25 billion, as the ​investment bank looks to...

Global oil supply will fall by 4.3 million barrels per day, ‌or around 4%, this year, the International Energy Agency said on Wednesday, as...

India's retail inflation accelerated in July, led by higher ​food prices, to a pace that is still unlikely to push the central bank to...

Global stocks held on to gains on Wednesday after U.S. inflation data came ​in as expected, while oil prices edged higher after a senior Iranian...

The Indian rupee ended modestly higher, wedged between anxiety over the Middle East conflict and the impact of persistent ​central bank...

The Hong Kong government said on Wednesday that tax benefits for fund managers and family ​offices proposed in a bill being considered by the...

London's FTSE 100 was largely flat on Wednesday, as investors remained on the sidelines ahead of U.S. inflation data, while midcap stocks...

Bank of America said on Wednesday it plans ‌to deploy $250 billion by July 2027 to support U.S. digital and infrastructure projects, a...

Norway's $2.3 trillion ‌sovereign wealth fund, the world's largest, posted a record profit of 1.75 trillion Norwegian crowns ($184.3...

Sterling hovered around its one-month high against the dollar on Wednesday as investors braced for a raft of British and U.S. economic ​data later...

The Reserve Bank of India likely ​intervened in the ‌foreign exchange market on Wednesday, six traders told Reuters, ​as lingering anxiety...

Oil prices rose on ‌Wednesday after attacks on two ships reinforced worries about disruptions to Middle East supplies, while industry data...

The U.S. dollar ticked higher on Wednesday, ​underpinned by renewed Gulf tensions, with markets focused on upcoming U.S. economic data for signals...

ABN Amro lifted the guidance for its commercial net interest income after beating quarterly expectations on Wednesday, joining other major Benelux...

Nigeria approved tax waivers for nearly 4,000 electric vehicles in the first ​half of this year, government data showed, as authorities push to...

Oil and gold prices climbed on Wednesday as geopolitical tensions ratcheted up ahead of key U.S. inflation data. The...

After years of paying investors almost nothing, Japanese government bonds are suddenly ​worth owning again, and domestic asset managers are...

Wall Street ended lower on Tuesday, with Amazon and Alphabet dipping, as investors became more pessimistic about a potential ​deal to bring...

Australia's industrial umpire has approved new minimum standards requiring food and grocery delivery workers to be paid hourly rates above the...

Canada's minister in charge of U.S. trade relations, Dominic ​LeBlanc, met with U.S. trade officials on Tuesday for ‌the third time in as...

U.S. Treasury yields will decline over the coming year, said bond strategists in a Reuters poll who clung to expectations that markets will...

Gasoline at $38 a gallon sold from cramped apartments. Diesel hawked on Instagram by a celebrity model to a reggaeton soundtrack. Six decades after...

Bumble on Tuesday said it would now allow either person in a match to send ​the first message, dropping the women-first messaging ‌rule...

Boeing said Tuesday that it delivered 53 jets in July, five more than a ​year earlier, but a sharp drop from ‌the 64 jets it handed over...

Disney said on Tuesday it had signed a multi-year deal to stream all-electric Formula E ​races globally across 144 territories on Disney+,...

Startup River AI, founded by xAI co-founder Igor Babuschkin, said on Tuesday it ​has raised $1.1 billion, looking to expand tools ‌that help...

Nvidia said on Monday it has partnered with six ​major financial institutions to launch compute financing platforms aimed at ‌raising...

Oil prices rose more than 2% on Tuesday to their highest in more than a week ‌as ongoing disruption to Middle East energy flows and fading...

U.S. ​small-business sentiment increased to an 11-month high in July amid a surge in the share ‌of owners reporting plans to boost hiring,...

Oil prices rose on Tuesday as negotiations between the United States and Iran over a peace deal ​and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz hit an...

The yen hovered close to the key 160-per-dollar ‌level on Tuesday, as the impact of U.S.-Japan intervention continued to fade, while the...

Foreign investors sold Asian equities on a net basis for a ninth consecutive month in July, with heavy ​selling in Taiwan and South Korea as...