Economic news

Chinese importers of naphtha could boost stocks in the first quarter of 2026 ahead of an imminent consumption tax on the petrochemical feedstock...

Gold prices surged to a record ‌above $4,800 per ounce on Wednesday, as investors sought the metal as a safe haven following a broad selloff...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi may struggle to calm a bond market jolted by her vow to cut the consumption tax rate, a taboo even...

Indonesia's central bank held its key policy rates steady on Wednesday, as expected, saying the level was supportive of economic expansion...

India's fertiliser imports for the current fiscal year are expected to surge 76% from a year earlier to a record $18 billion, ​government and...

Global liquefied natural gas (LNG) output is set to jump this year, easing constraints seen since the 2022 Ukraine war and dampening prices, which...

Asian stocks extended their losing streak on Wednesday, undone by heightened tensions over U.S. threats to acquire Greenland ​ahead of President...

United Airlines on Tuesday issued an upbeat outlook for the current quarter and the full year, ‌buoyed by strong demand from...

Streaming services captured nearly half of all television viewership in the U.S. in December, powered by Netflix's Christmas Day NFL games and...

The U.S. Postal Service said on Tuesday it is launching an online bidding platform to take proposals for access to its last‑mile delivery network,...

Roche's Genentech said on Tuesday it will more than double its initial investment in a biomanufacturing facility in North Carolina to...

AI startup Humans&, founded by former OpenAI, Alphabet ​and xAI researchers, has raised $480 million in a seed financing ‌round, which...

Beehiiv expects to nearly double annual revenue to $50 million this year as the newsletter startup challenges larger rival Substack for a share of...

Amazon.com is starting to see an uptick in product prices on its e-commerce platform as sellers respond to cost pressures stemming from U.S....

Netflix has switched to an all-cash offer for Warner Bros Discovery's studio and streaming assets without increasing the $82.7 billion price in...

Danish pension fund AkademikerPension said ‌on Tuesday it would sell off its holding of U.S. Treasuries, worth some $100 million, by the end...

First Solar said on Tuesday the United States Patent and Trademark Office director denied three separate third-party applications challenging...

Oil prices were slightly ‌higher on Tuesday as investors monitored U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff threats against European...

German investor morale rose strongly in January to its highest value since August 2021, the ZEW economic research institute said on Tuesday, as...

Prague-based Czechoslovak Group (CSG) will float up to a 15.2% stake in its initial public offering, it said on Tuesday, valuing the company's...

Walmart-backed Indian payments firm PhonePe has received regulatory approval for its stock market listing after confidentially filing for...

Fresh tariffs by the U.S. ​would weaken economic growth ‌for all parties involved but their impact on European inflation should be...

UK stocks slipped on Tuesday, swept up in a global risk-off mode after U.S. President Donald Trump vowed to slap tariffs on European nations until...

European stocks fell in early trading on Tuesday, the dollar entered a second day of declines and U.S. Treasury yields hit a four-month high after...

The Indian rupee extended losses to a fifth consecutive session on Tuesday as strong dollar demand continued to put pressure on the currency, while...

Gold surged past the $4,700 an ounce mark for the first time on Tuesday, and silver hovered just below a fresh record high, as global tensions...

Taiwan's export orders broke a record in 2025 on surging demand for artificial intelligence technology, the government said on Tuesday, with...

Global fund managers are the most bullish since July 2021, January's Bank of America survey showed on Tuesday, with growth optimism jumping and...

Britain's jobs market weakened in the run-up to November's budget announcement by finance minister Rachel Reeves, according to official...

The dollar retreated for a second day in Asian trading on Tuesday after threats from the White House towards the European Union over the future of...

China's trade with North Korea in 2025 rebounded to pre-pandemic levels, customs data showed on Tuesday, as ties between the two countries...

Australia's second-biggest ​pension fund says it is reducing its exposure to the U.S. dollar through currency ‌hedging as falling interest...

Russia ran a budget deficit of 5.6 trillion roubles ($72.12 billion), or 2.6% of GDP, in 2025, the Finance Ministry said on Monday, the highest...

Zurich Insurance Group ‌has made a 7.67 billion pound ($10.3 billion) offer for speciality insurer Beazley, going public with an improved...

Billionaire wealth surged at three times its recent pace last year to reach its highest level on record, deepening economic and political divides...

Indian electric two-wheeler maker Ola Electric on Monday named Deepak Rastogi as its new finance chief, effective January 20. Rastogi,...

Asking prices for British homes rose by the most on record for the Christmas and New Year period after a fall linked to uncertainty around finance...

The International Monetary Fund again edged its 2026 global growth forecast higher on Monday as businesses and economies adapt to U.S. tariffs that...

Consumer prices in Canada rose a faster-than-expected 2.4% ​in December, largely due to the base effect of the previous year's sales tax break,...

JP Morgan's strategists cut the bank's view on emerging market currencies to 'market weight' from 'overweight' on Monday,...

FTSE 100 down 0.6%, FTSE 250 drops ​0.9% WH Smith shares jump after leadership change announcement EU leaders consider response ‌to U.S....

Sterling rose on Monday as markets looked to UK economic data points due throughout the week, while U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff...