Economic news

New applications for U.S. unemployment benefits increased moderately last week, showing no signs of labor market deterioration and potentially...

Terra Quantum said on Thursday it plans to list on ​Nasdaq this year through a merger with a U.S. special purpose acquisition company (SPAC)...

Investors have asked to pull more than 15% ‌of their assets from Carlyle's flagship private credit interval fund, the group said in a...

Unilever said on Thursday it will ​buy U.S.-based nutritional supplements brand Grüns ‌for an undisclosed amount, as the British...

Home purchases in Spain by ​U.S. citizens rose 3% last year, even as total foreign purchases dipped, with real estate agents citing concerns over...

U.S. economic growth slowed more than previously estimated in the fourth quarter amid downgrades to business investment, including inventory...

Intel and Google have expanded their partnership to advance the use of artificial intelligence-focused central processing units and to develop...

U.S. inflation increased as expected in February and likely rose further in March amid the war with Iran, a trend that is expected to...

The pound inched higher on the dollar on Thursday and held onto the bulk of U.S.-Iran ceasefire-inspired gains the previous session,...

The Japanese owner of clothing brand Uniqlo raised its full-year forecast on Thursday, flagging another record year, as international growth...

Stellantis' output in Italy rose 9.5% in the first quarter to ​120,366 vehicles, the FIM Cisl trade union said ‌on Thursday, as the...

India's largest gas distributor GAIL (India) plans to borrow 50-60 billion rupees ​in fiscal 2027 to fund expansion, and has bought three...

The main ​UK stock indexes eased on Thursday after recording their ‌strongest session in months a day earlier, as oil prices rebounded on...

India's expected economic growth of 6.6% for fiscal 2027 could face significant ‌risks as the Iran war fans inflation worries,...

Car exports, an increasingly important source of growth for China's hyper-competitive auto sector, picked up ​pace in March despite shipment...

Japan's consumer confidence worsened in March at a pace unseen since the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, a government survey ‌showed, swelling...

Portugal's airline TAP said on Thursday its 2025 profit fell 92% due to a one-off fourth‑quarter charge which outweighed higher revenue from...

German industrial production fell unexpectedly in February, with economists saying the weakness pointed to ‌disappointing first quarter for...

Chinese banks likely extended significantly more new loans in March than in February, according to a Reuters poll on Thursday, driven by improved...

Gold prices were largely steady on Thursday ‌as investors remained cautious about the fragile U.S.-Iran ceasefire, with a key U.S. inflation...

The dollar remained on shaky footing ​on Thursday after broad losses, as investors anxiously assessed whether a fragile ceasefire between the...

Oil prices rose on Thursday as doubts over ​a fragile two-week Middle East ceasefire raised concerns that energy flows through the...

Japanese stocks witnessed a huge influx of foreign funds in the week through April 4, a turnaround from ​three successive weeks of selling, with...

U.S. stocks closed sharply higher on Wednesday after a last-minute, two-week ceasefire agreement between the United States and Iran lifted investor...

Singapore is poised to tighten monetary policy at a ​review next week, with the Middle East war driving up energy prices, stoking inflation and...

The World Bank trimmed its estimate for economic growth in Latin America and ​the Caribbean for 2026, citing the region's long-standing...

U.S. crude stocks rose while gasoline and distillate inventories fell ​last week, the Energy Information Administration said on...

Levi Strauss' shares jumped about 10% on Wednesday as investors cheered its strongest quarterly revenue growth in nearly four years, with...

U.S. President Donald Trump's ​two-week ceasefire with Iran is unlikely to provide immediate relief to the global aviation industry as it reels...

Chinese electric truck startup Windrose said ​it had made the ‌first delivery of its long‑haul electric heavy truck in ​the United States,...

South Africa's rand, government bonds and stocks surged on ‌Wednesday, paring some of the losses amassed since the start of the Iran...

The pound headed for its biggest one-day gain in three weeks on Wednesday, after the United States and Iran agreed to a two-week...

India's cabinet approved an 84% increase in the project ​costs of HPCL Rajasthan Refinery Ltd (HRRL) to ‌794.59 billion rupees ($8.60...

U.S. and European energy stocks slid on Wednesday, as a ceasefire to the Middle East conflict punctured the ​hefty war premium built into oil...

Large U.S. banks are set to post higher quarterly earnings on strong interest income and investment banking fees, analyst estimates show, though...

The UK's FTSE 100 rallied to ​one-month highs on Wednesday after an agreement between the United States ‌and Iran on a two-week ceasefire,...

The Indian rupee gained for the fourth consecutive session on Wednesday, while forward premiums declined as a plunge in oil prices after the...

Six Swiss banks have joined forces to test potential uses for a Swiss franc-pegged stablecoin ​in Switzerland, UBS said on Wednesday, as...

British construction firms reported the biggest rise in cost inflation from one month to the next on record in March ​and the Iran war also hit new...

German industrial orders climbed in February from a month earlier but fell ‌far short of expectations, underscoring less-than-robust business...

British construction firms reported the biggest rise in cost inflation from one month to the next on record in March ​and the Iran war also hit new...

Shares of South Korean ​chipmaker SK Hynix surged on Wednesday ‌after peer Samsung Electronics forecast market-beating...