Economy News

Spain's economic growth edged up to 0.7% in the second ​quarter after a 0.6% expansion ‌in the previous three-month period, preliminary...

UK vehicle production fell 7.5% in the first half of 2026 amid trade uncertainty, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and ​Traders said on Thursday,...

South Korean exports likely extended robust growth in July, with the pace weakening ‌from a near-half-century high but posting the...

Japan's government cut its economic growth forecast ‌for the current fiscal year on Thursday, as higher oil prices linked to Middle East...

The U.S. economy likely maintained a steady pace of growth in the second quarter, supported by stronger consumer spending and robust business...

South Korea will introduce additional curbs on single-stock leveraged ​exchange-traded funds (ETFs), including a cap that could limit ‌an...

Major U.S. technology companies are borrowing heavily as they ramp up spending on their artificial intelligence buildout, and at steadily higher...

Sustained high crude oil prices could pressure India's fiscal ​deficit and current account balance again, ‌a finance ministry report said...

Russia's largest internet-company, Yandex , posts ​a 16% increase in ‌revenue to 386 billion roubles ($4.89 billion) for the ​second...

British households increased their borrowing at the fastest annual pace in almost eight years last month, adding ​to signs that consumers were in a...

Top South Korean policy makers apologised on Wednesday over the introduction ​of single-stock leveraged exchange-traded funds (ETFs), which have...

Chinese sales agent Winnie Zeng has taken an unusual step to protect herself from an uncertain future: she now shares her rented bed with a...

Private home prices in Hong Kong rose for the ​13th consecutive month in June but ‌the rate slowed to 0.3%, data from the Rating and Valuation...

China's central bank conducted an overnight reverse repo operation on Wednesday by setting the borrowing ​cost at 1.25%, unchanged from the...

The British public's expectations for future inflation continued to fall in July, ​according to a survey from U.S. bank Citi ‌and...

The U.S. trade deficit in goods narrowed in June amid a broad decline in imports, but the improvement was probably insufficient to prevent trade...

U.S. consumer confidence ebbed in ​July and households' perceptions ‌of the labor market remained generally weak, a ​survey showed on...

The German economy likely grew modestly in the second quarter, despite headwinds from the war in the Middle East, as its vast industrial ​sector...

Britain's new Prime Minister Andy Burnham on Tuesday outlined plans ‌to align technical education and training for young people...

Spain's unemployment rate fell back below 10% in the second quarter of 2026, reaching its lowest ​level since 2008 even as the ​labour force...

India's economic growth is ​expected to slow sharply this fiscal year from last year's robust expansion and recover only modestly the...

Irish consumer sentiment fell slightly in July ​on concerns about the ‌cost of living, a survey showed on Tuesday. The Credit Union...

Average prices at British retailers rose by an annual 0.9% this month, the ​smallest increase since December 2025, as the ‌men's soccer...

The European Union must bolster trade defence measures against aggressive competition from Chinese ‌machine tool manufacturers or risk a...

Saab ​has received an order for ‌two GlobalEye surveillance aircraft from a country in the Middle East region ​worth 10.1 billion Swedish...

Indonesia's presidential staff office has called for cooperation between government agencies, law enforcement ‌officials and industry to...

Italy's cabinet will adopt new measures to curb ‌soaring fuel prices, government officials and a senior lawmaker said on Monday, as...

A majority of U.S. companies operating in Europe now expect stable transatlantic ​trade and investment relations, a marked improvement ‌from...

Chinese optical parts maker Zhongji Innolight ​is guiding potential investors in its Hong Kong listing to a price ‌of HK$980 ($124.97) a...

Profits at China's industrial firms grew at a ‌solid, though slower, pace as resilient exports helped cushion sluggish domestic demand,...

Activity in the vast U.S. services ​sector accelerated in July, aided in part by spending around the FIFA World Cup and the Independence ‌Day...

Sales of new U.S. single-family homes snapped a two-month skid in June, but higher mortgage rates and affordability ‌challenges restrained the...

The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has denied a petition seeking ​a defect investigation into the emergency mechanical door...

The Brazilian ​government decided to extend a subsidy for ‌gasoline of 0.44 real per liter, the Finance Ministry said in a statement on...

Euro zone companies are struggling to raise prices for consumers already struggling with a rise in fuel costs, with fierce competition from China...

Euro zone inflation expectations remained broadly unchanged over the past three months and ​price growth is seen falling quickly next year...

Germany's private sector has returned to growth in July for the first time in four months, driven by a marked upturn ​in manufacturing output,...

France's private sector contraction eased in July, with services output slowing only marginally, although inflation, borrowing costs and...

British businesses expect to increase prices and wages by ​a bit less in the ‌year ahead after a ceasefire in the Iran war briefly pushed down...

British firms reported their first growth in three months in July, helped by a brief respite in the Iran war, and were the most upbeat since the...

British retail sales ​rose unexpectedly in June as shoppers increased their spending on air conditioning and clothing, official data showed on...

India's gold discounts widened to their highest level in seven ‌weeks as demand remained subdued after a price rebound earlier in the week...