Economic news

U.S. import prices increased by the most in four years in February as energy costs surged in anticipation of conflict in the Middle East, adding to...

The U.S. current account deficit narrowed sharply in the fourth quarter, hitting the lowest level in nearly five years, amid a rise in primary...

U.S.-listed shares of Arm Holdings jumped more than 15% on Wednesday after the chip firm ​projected billions of dollars in annual revenue from its...

Gold rose more ​than 1% on Wednesday, buoyed by a drop in oil prices that eased ‌inflation worries and tempered expectations for interest rate...

British supermarket group Morrisons said it was alert to the ‌impact of the Iran war on consumer confidence and supply chains as it reported...

British house prices rose at ​the slowest pace since ‌September 2024 in the year to January, official ​figures showed on Wednesday, ​while the...

Currency markets took a breather on Wednesday, with traders cautious over the possibility of an imminent de-escalation ​in the...

South Korean chipmaker SK Hynix plans a confidential ​filing to list shares in the U.S. in the second half of 2026, the company said on...

German business morale fell sharply in March, as the ‌Iran war made companies more pessimistic and threatened the long-awaited recovery of...

The Indian rupee weakened slightly on Wednesday but held off pressure from dollar demand linked to maturing ​non-deliverable forwards and foreign...

Sterling was steady on Wednesday with traders cautious about efforts to end the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran as they took stock of the...

March 25 (Reuters) - European shares rose more than 1% on ‌Wednesday on expectations of an imminent de-escalation in the Middle East conflict,...

Indonesia's financial regulator has approved the ​phased three-year implementation of free float requirements drawn up ‌by the...

Shipments of foreign-branded mobile phones ​in China for ‌February, including Apple's iPhones, fell 7.7% from the ​same month last...

BEIJING, March 25 (Reuters) - Shares of Pop Mart International Group, the Hong Kong-listed maker of collectible "blind ‌box" toys -...

General Motors, which received a South Korea government rescue package in ​2018 to stay in the Asian country, said on ‌Wednesday it plans to...

Currency markets took a breather on Wednesday, ​with traders cautious over U.S. President Donald Trump's efforts to bring an end to...

British consumer price inflation held at 3.0% in February, unchanged from January's rate, official figures showed on Wednesday, ahead of a...

Stocks rose and oil fell on Wednesday on reports the U.S. is seeking a month-long ceasefire in its war on ​Iran and had sent a 15-point plan to...

Many Bank of Japan policymakers saw the need to keep raising interest rates, with some calling for timely ‌action on mounting inflationary...

Pharmaceutical company ​Merck is nearing a roughly $6 billion ‌all-cash deal to acquire biotech firm Terns Pharma, the Financial Times...

Hundreds of staff at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation began a one-day strike on Wednesday, the first walkout in 20 years, over pay and...

China's coal-to-chemicals stocks have risen as much as 30% ​since the Iran war started, as the sector cashes in on its ability to turn domestic...

Crude oil exports from Saudi Arabia's Red Sea Yanbu port rose to nearly 4 million barrels per day last week, a sharp increase from export...

China's leading state-owned banks are expected to recover this year from record-low profit margins as the repricing of ​nearly $8 trillion...

Swiss construction chemicals maker Sika's annual results could trend towards the ‌lower end of its outlook due to turbulence linked to the...

The head of Kenya’s independent fuel retailers told Reuters that hundreds of dealers were running short due to the Iran war, saying...

Gulf markets ended mixed on Tuesday, with Qatar extending losses while other bourses steadied as ​investors parsed conflicting signals on...

Shell and ​Equinor's UK North Sea oil and ‌gas joint venture on Tuesday secured a $3 billion reserve-based lending facility, its...

Euro zone private sector growth nearly stalled this month as inflation ​expectations surged and delivery times soared, adding to mounting evidence...

Oil rose on Tuesday as the world's ‌biggest supply disruption persisted and as Iran denied it had talks with the U.S. to end the...

The British pound fell against the dollar on Tuesday, ​reversing some of its rise from the day before, as the Middle East war continues ‌to...

The FTSE 100 ticked lower in choppy trading on Tuesday, as mixed signals from the Middle ​East conflict lifted oil prices and curbed risk appetite,...

Indian shares joined a global rally on Tuesday, after U.S. President Donald Trump postponed ​the bombing of Iran's power grid amid conflicting...

British retail sales have tumbled this month by the most since April 2020 when most ​non-food shops were closed at the start of ‌the COVID-19...

Even before the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran began, German companies had grown more pessimistic about their business overseas because of...

Xiaomi Corp's quarterly profit fell for the first time in three years at the end of last year as the Chinese smartphone and ​electric...

Britain's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will update the ​market on March 30 about ‌its plans for a multi-billion pound redress package...

Indian vegetable oil refineries are curtailing purchases of palm oil, soyoil and sunflower oil, betting that the Iran war-driven price rally...

Fever-Tree Drinks reported a 16% drop in annual profit on Tuesday after booking a one-off 2.8-million-pound ($3.76 million) charge over a...

Gold prices pared ​some losses after dropping more than 2% earlier on Tuesday, as ‌investors remained wary about the Middle East conflict amid...

Japan's Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group is working on plans for a possible takeover of Jefferies, the Financial ​Times reported on...