Economic news

The pound held steady on Friday, ahead ​of monthly U.S. employment data that could be key in setting the pace for the dollar ‌over the coming...

World shares pushed higher ahead of U.S. jobs data on Friday, while bond markets got some much-needed relief after a top Federal ​Reserve...

Sept 4 (Reuters) - European shares ticked lower on Friday ahead of closely watched U.S. ‌jobs data, while Volkswagen's shares rallied...

Britain's construction sector marked its 20th month of contraction in August, dragged down by a severe ​downturn in the housebuilding sector, a...

British businesses expect to increase their prices slightly ​less quickly in the year ‌ahead, according to a survey published by the Bank of...

Germany's tilt towards a deal with UniCredit's CEO Andrea Orcel to take over Commerzbank, after years of his...

Just six weeks after hitting a four-decade low against the dollar, the tide appears to be turning for the battered yen as a host of factors finally...

Abrupt departures from some of India's top private banks in recent months have exposed a need for better succession planning, prompting...

Gold prices ​were steady on Friday and poised for a modest weekly gain, as ‌traders' attention turned to key U.S. payrolls data for clues...

Humanoid robots working on factory floors, AI models challenging global rivals and electric-vehicle plants churning out cars at...

Japanese household spending fell in July at the fastest annual pace in 2-1/2 ​years, government data showed on Friday, highlighting lacklustre...

Nvidia will buy popular developer platform Hugging Face for $12.93 billion, using its growing AI war chest to expand its influence in ‌the...

UK registrations of battery electric vehicles rose ‌about 30% in August from a year earlier, making it the single biggest fuel type in the...

Indian lenders proposed using foreign exchange sell/buy swaps to gradually withdraw excess rupee liquidity from the banking system ​at a meeting...

The Indian rupee climbed to a two-month ​high on Thursday after a much larger-than-expected $136.4 billion raised through one-off...

The UK's ​main stock indexes recovered on Thursday as a ​rally in global bonds ahead of a U.S. jobs ⁠report lifted risk sentiment, while firmer...

Generous credit ratings are baking risks into China's booming bond market as Beijing attracts foreign issuers, S&P Global Ratings'...

Beijing-based startup Moonshot has confidentially filed for a Hong Kong initial public offering, said three people ‌with knowledge of the...

European luxury stocks fell on Thursday, extending recent losses as investors grew increasingly cautious about the ​sector's recovery...

Microsoft on Wednesday reported sales from its Azure cloud computing unit on a quarterly basis for the first time, providing a direct...

German companies are increasingly feeling competitive pressure from ‌Chinese rivals, but most are responding with innovation, cost cuts and...

Activity in Britain's dominant services sector grew for the second month in a row in August and confidence ​rose, according to a survey on...

Global stocks and bonds rallied on Thursday, while the yen rose ahead of U.S. data and central ​banker comments that could reinforce investor...

The Swiss economy grew by 1.5% in the second quarter of 2026, the government said on Thursday, its fastest growth ​rate in nearly five...

France's services sector contracted more than expected in August, as weaker demand and extreme heat weighed on sales and ​inflationary pressure...

China's meal-delivery subsidy war may have ebbed but its biggest legacy could be a shift in consumer expectations, as electronics, flowers and...

Oil prices edged lower on Thursday as investors weighed the uncertainty of renewed military strikes between the U.S. and Iran that risk ​disrupting...

Vietnamese electric taxi operator Green and Smart Mobility (GSM), a partner of VinFast, the country's largest carmaker, plans to expand into...

Olympus-backed data center infrastructure firm Accelevation filed for a U.S. initial public offering ​on Wednesday, seeking to tap into the...

Wall Street advanced on Wednesday, notching a partial rebound from a ​three-day losing streak as investors searched for deals among stocks and...

Japan's services sector expanded at its fastest pace in five months in August, as stronger domestic demand ​lifted business activity and new...

Elliott Investment Management has built a stake in Deutsche Telekom, a person with knowledge of ​the matter said on Wednesday. The exact size...

Hewlett Packard Enterprise raised its annual forecasts on Wednesday after reporting quarterly results that beat Wall Street ​expectations, as...

Broadcom on Wednesday forecast strong AI chip sales for the next two years, offering fresh evidence that Big Tech's appetite for AI...

Chinese AI chipmaker Shanghai Enflame Technology, backed ‌by Tencent, drew investor orders worth 6,109 times the shares available in the...

The Japanese yen gained sharply against the U.S. dollar on Wednesday after having retraced approximately half of the increases made following a...

U.S. private payrolls increased less than expected in August as strength in the education and health services sector was offset by ​job losses in...

Southwest Airlines on Wednesday unveiled plans to open its first-ever airport lounges, as the carrier steps up efforts to attract...

Uber Technologies will lay off ​about 3,300 employees, or 10% of staff, in its largest cuts since the COVID-19 pandemic, to better navigate...

Mexican Economy Minister Marcelo Ebrard ​met U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick ‌on Wednesday as Mexico pushed for progress on U.S....

Gold prices fell to their lowest ​in more than three weeks on Wednesday, pressured by a stronger dollar ‌as the biggest exchange of fire...

Tesla's China-made electric vehicle sales slowed to a gain of 3.6% year-on-year in August, ​down sharply from the prior month, as...