Economic news

U.S. employment growth slowed more than expected in December amid job losses in the construction, retail and manufacturing sectors, but a decline...

The dollar gained on Friday after data showed slower than expected U.S. jobs growth, suggesting the Federal Reserve could leave interest rates...

Gold prices rose on Friday and were on track for a weekly gain, as investors weighed weaker-than-expected U.S. payrolls data along with broader...

Sterling steadied against the dollar on Friday after falling to the lowest level this year and was set for weekly declines as traders awaited key...

Oil prices rose on Friday on concerns about potential disruption to Iran's output and uncertainty about supply from Venezuela. Brent...

U.S. single-family homebuilding rebounded in October, but permits for future construction eased, signaling caution among builders as new housing...

The Indian rupee slipped on Friday, pressured by dollar demand linked to maturing non-deliverable forward positions and corporate hedging as global...

Euro zone retail sales rose more than expected in November and German industry continued to expand, offering further evidence that the currency...

China's car sales are expected to be flat this year, extending a downtrend, while robust electric vehicle exports in 2025 are unlikely to be...

Global stocks edged higher on Friday ahead of a crucial U.S. report, while investors awaited a Supreme Court ruling on the legality of...

Johnson & Johnson said on Thursday that it has reached an agreement with U.S. President Donald Trump's administration to cut drug...

General Motors said on Thursday it would take a $6 billion charge to unwind some electric-vehicle investments, the latest car company to pull...

TSMC, the world's largest contract chipmaker, on Friday reported a 20.45% increase in fourth-quarter revenue from a year earlier, beating the...

MiniMax Group, the second of China's so-called "AI tigers" to go public, saw its shares double in value on their first day of Hong...

Taiwan's exports closed the year with a record annual total of $640.75 billion, as the island rides a wave of high demand for its chips and...

Japan's plan to give authorities the power to order foreign investors to retroactively divest acquisitions is aimed at sheltering major...

LONDON/SYDNEY, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Rio Tinto is in early talks to buy Glencore, the companies said, in what could create the world's largest...

Japanese annual household spending unexpectedly grew in November, government data showed on Friday, rebounding from a sharp decline in October and...

Chinese automaker Xpeng said it wanted to become better known as a “physical AI” company rather than just a carmaker, as it gears...

Elon Musk's artificial intelligence startup xAI is investing more than $20 billion to build a data center in Southaven, Mississippi, state...

China's annual consumer price inflation accelerated to a 34-month high in December, but the full-year rate slumped to the lowest in 16 years...

U.S. job growth likely slowed in December amid business caution about hiring because of import tariffs and rising artificial intelligence...

U.S. wholesale inventories increased again in October, suggesting inventories could add to gross domestic product in the fourth quarter after being...

Israel's Arkia Airlines said on Thursday it signed a deal with low-cost U.S. carrier JetBlue Airways that would allow its customers to...

U.S. worker productivity grew at its fastest pace in two years in the third quarter as businesses invested heavily in artificial intelligence,...

The U.S. trade deficit contracted sharply in October, hitting the lowest level since mid-2009 as imports declined, a trend that if sustained could...

European defence stocks jumped to a record high and oil prices and the dollar both made ground on Thursday, as geopolitical developments from...

The U.S. unemployment rate was unchanged at 4.6% in December, the Chicago Federal Reserve estimated on Thursday, a figure that suggests the labor...

Sterling was set for a third consecutive decline versus a strengthening dollar on Thursday, as retreating risk appetite stripped away support for...

The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits rose moderately last week, suggesting that layoffs were relatively low at...

Frontier Group, parent company of Frontier Airlines, said on Thursday the board appointed James G. Dempsey as its Chief Executive...

Brazil's annual inflation rate likely slowed further in December, a Reuters poll showed, falling further below the upper limit of the central...

The operator of the Uniqlo clothing brand, Japan's Fast Retailing, said quarterly operating profit surged by a third and it bumped up its...

London's FTSE 100 edged lower on Thursday, pressured by weakness in oil stocks, even as defence shares surged to a record high on rising...

The Swiss National Bank's policymakers expect inflation to revive gradually, the minutes of their latest rate-setting meeting showed on...

British companies slightly lowered their still-high expectations for growth in wages and prices, according to a survey published by the Bank of...

The Indian rupee ended lower on Thursday after a choppy session as fresh, surprise intervention by the Reserve Bank of India was outweighed by...

Equinor has signed framework agreements with a group of suppliers worth 100 billion Norwegian crowns ($9.93 billion) for maintenance and...

Gold prices fell on Thursday as investors braced for futures selling tied to a commodity index reshuffle, with a stronger U.S. dollar adding...

Three newly listed Chinese technology companies ended higher on Thursday, raising a combined $1.19 billion, in a boost to Beijing's quest to...

The dollar was on track to advance on Thursday for a third straight day, though mixed U.S. economic data left markets cautious ahead of...

Euro zone consumers kept their inflation expectations unchanged in November, predicting a steady slowdown in price growth towards the European...