Economy News

Chime shares climbed 7% ‌in morning trading on Wednesday after the fintech firm agreed to buy Stride for $590 million, gaining a...

A fight over major cryptocurrency legislation has spilled into the congressional summer recess, with the crypto industry and the banking sector...

The rate on the most popular U.S. home loan rose last week to its highest in more than 14 months, as escalating ​hostilities in the Middle East...

British food price inflation is likely to climb to nearly 4% by the end of the year and exceed 6% by the middle ​of 2027 due to the ongoing impact...

The S&P 500 ended lower on Tuesday, with Salesforce and other software makers losing ground, while hostilities in the Middle ​East lifted oil...

Business confidence among big Japanese manufacturers climbed in September to its ‌highest level since December 2021, buoyed by robust...

China's factory-gate inflation gathered pace in August and consumer price growth quickened, ​driven largely by elevated energy costs tied to...

Australia said on Wednesday it sees no risk to its relationship with the United States after reports that the Trump administration criticised...

Sept 8 (Reuters) - Prediction market startup Kalshi said on Tuesday monthly commodities trading volume on its platform was four times that of...

China's export growth quickened last month, buoyed by strong overseas ​appetite for high-tech and AI-related products, providing vital support...

Japan's real wages rose 2.4% in July from a year earlier, marking the biggest increase since May 2021 ​and the seventh consecutive month of...

British retailers said on Tuesday that they would seek to create 100,000 jobs for young people not ​in employment or education by the time of next...

France is likely to produce one ‌of the lowest amounts of wine in the last three decades, with champagne output set to halve this year, after...

Novo Nordisk said ​on Monday that in a late-stage trial, 40.4% ‌of children aged 6 to under 12 treated with semaglutide, the active...

German industrial production ​fell unexpectedly in July, dragged down by a sharp drop in car manufacturing, and economists do not expect the...

British house prices recorded their first annual fall in nearly three years in August as ​some buyers have held back on purchases due to higher...

China's exports likely grew at a faster pace in August, ​a Reuters poll showed, indicating that the world's second-largest economy will...

China, the world's largest manufacturer of batteries for energy storage, has temporarily suspended approvals ​for new factories, Chinese...

OPEC+ kept its oil output policy unchanged for ‌October at a meeting on Sunday, it said in a statement, as the producer group needs to agree...

Argentine President Javier Milei's ​push for sanctions on oil companies drilling offshore in the British-controlled Falkland Islands has put...

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...

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

Britain's new car sales rose nearly 14% from a year ago in ​August, marking the ninth consecutive month of growth, ‌industry data showed...

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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...

The Swiss government on Wednesday named Christoph ​Ammann as the new president of ‌the Swiss National Bank's Bank Council, the body which...

Taiwanese companies are planning another $20 billion of investments in the U.S. driven by demand for AI applications, the island's economy...

China ​is expected to allow refiners to export steady volumes of refined fuel this month versus August, enabling ‌them to profit from higher...

The licensing practices of U.S. cloud computing company Oracle ​are on the radar of EU antitrust ‌regulators, a person familiar with the...

South Korea's consumer inflation quickened in August due to low-base effects from the ​previous comparable period a year ago, data showed on...