Economy News

German inflation slowed more than expected in December, dipping to 2.0% year on year, preliminary data from the federal statistics office showed on...

China's central bank said on Tuesday it will cut the reserve requirement ratio and interest rates in 2026 to keep liquidity ample, and continue...

Sterling hit its highest in nearly four months against both the dollar and euro on Tuesday, buoyed by improved global investor sentiment, easing...

The euro zone economy expanded at a slower pace last month but ended 2025 with its strongest quarterly growth in more than two years as solid...

A business lobby representing small and midsize firms urged the government to address inflation, including the yen's weakness, saying this...

German carmaker BMW reported a 3.4% decline in sales in the United States in the fourth quarter of 2025 as demand for electric vehicles...

India's services sector expansion slowed to its weakest pace in 11 months in December as new business growth eased and hiring stalled, a survey...

British store chains raised their prices more quickly last month and they might struggle to avoid further increases in 2026 due to higher costs,...

Japan's monetary base, or cash in circulation, declined for the first time in 18 years in 2025 as the central bank weaned off massive policy...

Jan 5 (Reuters) - U.S. manufacturing activity contracted more than expected in December, extending its slump to 10 straight months as new orders...

Mobileye said on Monday it has secured a major U.S. automaker as a customer for its next-generation chip, lifting production outlook, with its...

White House and State Department officials have told U.S. oil executives in recent weeks that they would need to return to Venezuela quickly and...

China's top financial regulator asked its policy banks and other major lenders to report their lending exposure to Venezuela after the U.S....

British consumer borrowing rose by the most in two years in November, Bank of England data showed on Monday, suggesting household demand remained...

Sales of new cars in the United States rose about 2% in 2025, analysts estimate, defying a year of extraordinary disruption for an industry where...

Global stock markets, riding high on AI euphoria at the start of 2026 may be disregarding one of the biggest threats that could spoil the...

Japan's manufacturing activity stalled in December as demand declined at a slower pace from the previous month, a private-sector survey showed,...

Global investors are facing a fresh surge in geopolitical risk after the U.S. capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, a move that...

China's services activity expanded at its slowest pace in six months in December, as growth in new business softened and foreign demand...

India's markets regulator SEBI on Friday proposed a phased rollout of a new net worth requirement for existing merchant bankers, stepping up...

India's leading carmakers reported a strong rise in December sales to dealers on Thursday, with tax cuts from earlier in the year fuelling...

French manufacturing activity grew at the fastest rate in 3-1/2 years in December thanks to robust exports, although political uncertainty may...

Germany's manufacturing sector faced a deepening downturn at the end of 2025, with output declining for the first time in 10 months in December...

The Indian rupee ended lower on Friday, breaking below the critical 90-per-dollar mark and logging a second straight weekly decline amid persistent...

Hong Kong's annual retail sales rose 6.5% in November in value terms for a seventh month of gains, boosted by a sustained recovery in momentum,...

British house prices unexpectedly fell by 0.4% in December to finish 2025 just 0.6% higher than the year before, the weakest annual growth since...

German exporters should prepare for continued weakness in 2026 in their two largest markets, the United States and China, with little prospect of...

South Korea's factory activity expanded in December, after two months of contraction, on a rebound in export demand, a private-sector survey...

China will impose an added 55% tariff on beef imports that exceed quota levels from key suppliers including Brazil, Australia and the U.S. in a...

India's fiscal deficit in April-November was 9.8 trillion rupees ($109.09 billion) or 62.3% of the estimate for the financial year ending...

China will adjust the weightings of its CFETS yuan basket in 2026, the country's foreign exchange trade platform said on Wednesday. From...

South Korea's foreign exchange authorities sold a net $1.745 billion in currency market intervention transactions in the third quarter, more...

China's factory activity unexpectedly grew in December, snapping a record eight straight months of decline, lifted by a rise in pre-holiday...

U.S. home prices rose in October at the slowest annual rate in more than 13 years, government data showed on Tuesday, in a sign of improving...

In the hinterlands of Australia's historic goldfields, Vicki Plumridge jumps for joy when she digs a small golden nugget out of the...

Russia's pipeline gas exports to Europe sank by 44% in 2025 to their lowest since the mid-1970s, following the closure of the Ukrainian route...

UK shares edged higher in quiet trading on Tuesday, the penultimate session of 2025, with mining shares gaining some ground as metal prices...

China on Tuesday named the companies that will be able to export tungsten, antimony and silver during the 2026 and 2027 period, metals Beijing...

South Korea's factory output was weaker than expected in November, data showed on Tuesday. The industrial output index rose 0.6% from a...

Bulgarian banks, businesses and shoppers were preparing this week to say goodbye to the lev currency ahead of a move to adopt the euro on January...

China's top foundry SMIC said on Monday that it plans to acquire the remaining 49% stake in unit SMNC for 40.6 billion yuan ($5.79...

Contracts to purchase previously owned U.S. homes unexpectedly shot to the highest in nearly three years in November, as improving affordability...