Economic news

A newly minted venture fund run by Robinhood for investing in early-stage companies is aiming to raise as much ​as $200 million in its U.S....

Traders grappling with an already rare co-ordinated U.S.-Japanese action to prop up the weak yen are also digesting a further ​unusual dynamic: the...

A new policy announced recently by the Indonesian central ‌bank is intended to discourage commercial banks from placing excess liquidity in...

The yen rose for a third straight session against the euro and the dollar on Monday, keeping traders on alert for further intervention after Tokyo...

Sterling broke a three-day winning streak against the dollar while dropping versus the yen as investors closely watch the U.S. rate path and...

The UK's FTSE 100 slipped on Monday as AstraZeneca shares fell on reports of a potential tie-up with U.S. drugmaker Bristol Myers Squibb, while...

Gold prices gained on ‌Monday as the dollar weakened and optimism over a possible U.S.-Iran agreement sent oil prices sharply lower, tempering...

Novo Nordisk investors have found little cause for optimism during a bruising two-year period of profit ​warnings, leadership upheaval and a...

Australia's FleetPartners said on ​Monday private equity firm Pacific Equity Partners ‌had proposed to buy the vehicle-leasing firm...

A version of Chinese startup DeepSeek's flagship AI model is by ‌far the least expensive to run on benchmark tests among well-known models...

Shein is considering lowering the cost of investment for some late-stage investors as the ​fast-fashion retailer pursues a Hong Kong ‌IPO at a...

Oil prices skidded and U.S. and European stock futures rose on Monday as hopes of a peace deal ​in the Middle East grew, while the yen firmed to a...

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent ‌said on Sunday he will not hesitate to repeat a U.S. and Japanese coordinated foreign exchange...

Japan and the ​United States conducted coordinated yen-buying intervention and will not hesitate to take further action, Japan's finance...

Wall Street ended higher on Friday, lifted by Amazon as the tech heavyweight's strong ​quarterly report bolstered investor confidence in...

Australian home prices suffered a second month of steep falls in July as higher borrowing costs ​and unease over tax changes accelerated a downturn...

China is energetically defending its economic policy mix that favours advanced industries over consumption, adopting a posture analysts see as...

Toyota is forecast to post a fifth straight ‌quarterly operating profit decline this week, hit by weaker vehicle sales and rising costs,...

Flight attendants at Canada's WestJet went on strike on Sunday after ‌talks fell through with the country's second-largest carrier,...

The pound was set for its best monthly performance since April against the dollar and euro on Friday, showing little immediate reaction to news...

Danish brewer Carlsberg's jab at FIFA President Gianni Infantino highlighted how a growing backlash against the governing body's proposed...

The dollar eased against ​the Japanese yen on Friday, with traders alert for a second round of intervention after Japanese authorities stepped in...

The Vatican's asset management arm said on Friday its ​operating surplus fell more than 60% in 2025, but its overall wealth rose thanks...

Veon, the parent company of Ukraine's leading mobile operator Kyivstar, raised ​its earnings outlook on Friday, signalling confidence ‌in...

Engineering services firm ABB India  on Friday reported a 3% rise in ​June-quarter profit, helped by strong demand ‌from...

Japan may have sold as much as $58.97 billion in its latest efforts to bolster its ​currency, central bank data indicated on Friday, signalling...

Investors expect the Bank of England to slow the pace at which it reduces its ​bond portfolio to £50 billion ($67 billion) in the 12 months...

European chemical companies reporting second-quarter results this week broadly beat market expectations through cost cuts, restructuring and...

Maruti Suzuki posted a lower ​first-quarter profit on Friday as ‌India's top carmaker by sales was hurt by higher raw material...

India's Sun Pharmaceutical Industries reported a 27% rise in first-quarter profit on Friday, ​driven by robust growth in its high-margin...

The Indian rupee ended stronger on Friday, with persistent central bank interventions boosting the currency to its ​strongest weekly gain since...

London's FTSE 100 hit an intraday record high for the third session in a row on Friday, and was set to register weekly and monthly gains, as...

China's factory activity unexpectedly slipped into contraction in July, pressured by shrinking new ​orders that reinforced concerns over...

Kioxia said on Friday it ​expects to report operating ‌profit of 1.89 trillion yen ($11.78 billion) in ​the July-September quarter ​as AI...

French state investment bank Bpifrance has sold ​66.5 million shares in ‌telecoms group Orange, 2.5% of the capital, for €16.57 apiece or...

The Bank of Japan kept interest rates steady on Friday but warned for the first time that underlying inflation could exceed its target, signalling...

Gold fell on ​Friday but was on course for its first monthly gain in five months, ‌supported by bargain buying around the $4,000 level, while...

Oil prices fell on Friday but kept on track for a monthly rise of about ​a fifth, as more supplies flowed through crucial maritime chokepoints,...

British house prices rose for the first time ​in three months in July, mortgage lender ‌Nationwide Building Society said on Friday, but the...

The yen stayed under pressure on Friday after the Bank of ​Japan held rates steady, paring some of the sharp gains sparked by coordinated...

Asian markets rallied hard with Wall Street on Friday as South Korea's battered market made a record comeback, stirring hopes that a recent...

Wall Street ended sharply higher on Thursday, with chip stocks jumping and Microsoft logging its biggest daily percentage gain in 18 years after...