Economy News
France Rules Out Broad Energy Aid Despite Lower Deficit
Britain's government and the Bank of England say it is too soon to judge the economic hit from the Iran war, but the first strains are...
Spain's central bank on Friday raised its outlook for economic growth this year to 2.3%, though it trimmed its forecast for 2027 over...
Euro zone consumers were reducing their inflation expectations in the run-up to the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, before a surge in energy...
Japan's industry ministry will relax rules for one year to increase the use of coal-fired power plants in the fiscal year starting April,...
Gold demand in India saw a slight uptick this week as softer bullion prices attracted some buyers, though many remained cautious and held off...
British retail sales fell in February after the strongest growth in a year and a half in January, official figures showed on Friday, ahead of a...
Private home prices in Hong Kong rose 1.6% in February, marking a ninth consecutive month of increase, as improved sentiment supported the...
The Bank of Japan is likely to warn of possible huge swings to underlying inflation in next month's quarterly report, as the Middle East...
The Bank of Canada on Thursday predicted it would have "a tough job" tackling the structural changes that it said were set to...
Poland will slash fuel taxes, cap pump prices and may pursue a windfall tax on energy companies, the prime minister said on Thursday,...
New applications for U.S. unemployment benefits rose slightly last week, suggesting the labor market remains stable and likely giving the Federal...
The Turkish Central Bank's gold reserves fell by almost 50 tonnes to 772 tonnes last week, bank data showed, marking the largest...
Asian countries including Vietnam, Thailand, the Philippines, Indonesia and Sri Lanka are lining up to buy Russian oil as the Iran war...
Europe's retailers warned on Thursday that a prolonged Middle East conflict could push up sticker prices in Europe and dent...
Tightened supply of helium due to the Middle East conflict has started affecting some production in the global tech supply chains, leaving...
India has secured crude oil supplies for the next 60 days, ensuring stable fuel supplies in the country despite disruption in shipments from the...
Greece will raise its gross monthly minimum wage by 4.5% from April, the sixth rise in four years, it said on Thursday, as it seeks to restore...
The Hong Kong government is close to proposing changes to its carried interest regime that would make tax breaks more accessible to asset and...
The Bank of Japan said on Thursday the core consumer price index rose 2.2% excluding special factors in February, releasing the new gauge for...
Japan is weighing a controversial plan to arrest the yen's slide: stepping into oil futures markets, sources say, as long-standing policy tools...
A key gauge of Japan's service-sector inflation rose 2.7% in February from a year earlier, data showed on Thursday, reinforcing the...
U.S. import prices increased by the most in four years in February as energy costs surged in anticipation of conflict in the Middle East, adding to...
The U.S. current account deficit narrowed sharply in the fourth quarter, hitting the lowest level in nearly five years, amid a rise in primary...
British house prices rose at the slowest pace since September 2024 in the year to January, official figures showed on Wednesday, while the...
German business morale fell sharply in March, as the Iran war made companies more pessimistic and threatened the long-awaited recovery of...
Indonesia's financial regulator has approved the phased three-year implementation of free float requirements drawn up by the...
Shipments of foreign-branded mobile phones in China for February, including Apple's iPhones, fell 7.7% from the same month last...
BEIJING, March 25 (Reuters) - Shares of Pop Mart International Group, the Hong Kong-listed maker of collectible "blind box" toys -...
British consumer price inflation held at 3.0% in February, unchanged from January's rate, official figures showed on Wednesday, ahead of a...
Many Bank of Japan policymakers saw the need to keep raising interest rates, with some calling for timely action on mounting inflationary...
Hundreds of staff at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation began a one-day strike on Wednesday, the first walkout in 20 years, over pay and...
China's coal-to-chemicals stocks have risen as much as 30% since the Iran war started, as the sector cashes in on its ability to turn domestic...
Crude oil exports from Saudi Arabia's Red Sea Yanbu port rose to nearly 4 million barrels per day last week, a sharp increase from export...
China's leading state-owned banks are expected to recover this year from record-low profit margins as the repricing of nearly $8 trillion...
The head of Kenya’s independent fuel retailers told Reuters that hundreds of dealers were running short due to the Iran war, saying...
Euro zone private sector growth nearly stalled this month as inflation expectations surged and delivery times soared, adding to mounting evidence...
British retail sales have tumbled this month by the most since April 2020 when most non-food shops were closed at the start of the COVID-19...
Even before the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran began, German companies had grown more pessimistic about their business overseas because of...
Britain's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will update the market on March 30 about its plans for a multi-billion pound redress package...
Indian vegetable oil refineries are curtailing purchases of palm oil, soyoil and sunflower oil, betting that the Iran war-driven price rally...
Germany's private sector growth slowed to its weakest pace in three months in March as services lost momentum and costs surged amid...
Rising grain prices fuelled by the Iran war are lifting animal feed costs in China, the world's biggest pig market, piling pressure on...
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