Economy News

Mexico's economy contracted in ​May from April, official ‌data showed on Thursday, fueling caution about the country's situation ​as...

British manufacturing orders continued to deteriorate in July at the joint-fastest ​rate since September 2020, during the ‌COVID-19 pandemic,...

The Bank of Japan will raise its interest rate again by end-December and possibly as soon as October, according to a majority of economists in a...

South Korea's economy ‌grew faster than expectations in the second quarter, driven by a semiconductor export boom that offset a decline in...

Australian employment surged past all ​expectations in June, data showed on Thursday, in a sign of economic resilience that had markets...

India's Eternal expects its grocery delivery unit Blinkit's profitability to hit the higher end of its previous forecast ​range, the...

Early indicators of hiring demand are showing signs of improvement, Randstad executives said on Wednesday, suggesting ​a labour-market downturn...

British inflation cooled by more than expected last month as a brief de-escalation in the Iran ‌war reduced fuel prices, but the...

India's edible oil imports are set to climb between July and October as slower soybean and rapeseed crushing erodes domestic supplies, ahead of...

China's fiscal revenue rose 4.7% in the first half of 2026 from a year earlier, ​the finance ministry said on Wednesday, an acceleration from...

Private equity firms seeking to buy European insurers must show they ​can support policyholders for the long term rather than pursuing a quick...

India's oil imports from Russia and Latin America surged in the April to June quarter while those from the Middle East fell due to restricted...

The surprise decision by Britain's new Prime Minister Andy Burnham to make John Healey his finance minister is adding to...

Crude oil exports from Saudi Arabia fell for a third straight month in May to a record low, data ​from the Joint Organizations Data Initiative...

Britain's jobs market appears to have stabilised at weak levels with official data showing annual ‌wage growth and unemployment steady in...

A wave of foreign currency inflows drawn by rupee-support measures the central bank introduced ‌just over a month ago is adding to confidence...

Tempus AI said ​on Monday it would buy Personalis in a deal valued at about $1.5 billion, ‌adding a cancer test to the AI-enabled...

Euro zone firms expect selling prices to rise more moderately and see a slowdown in wage growth, an ​ECB survey showed on Monday, adding to...

Financial firms in Britain are sharpening their focus on employee conduct, with some weeding out staff suspected of misconduct such as harassment...

China's exports of fuel oil, mainly for marine fuel bunkering, climbed 55% month-on-month in June, customs data showed on Monday, ​reaching the...

Asking prices for newly advertised British houses and apartments recorded an ​unusually large fall in the four ‌weeks to July 11, as the...

China's securities watchdog will meet market participants on Monday to discuss market stability, official media said, as state-backed investors...

Contracts to purchase previously owned U.S. homes fell more ​than expected in June as ‌higher mortgages and house prices pushed prospective...

Global hedge funds bet heavily against manufacturing stocks in June, data from Hazeltree ‌shows, as investors grew more concerned about...

Germany's industrial order backlog rose to a record high in May, the statistics office said on Friday, highlighting ​strong demand for a...

The parabolic rally in AI chipmakers has run into turbulence amid concern about valuations and the sustainability of their bumper revenues, with...

The European Central Bank will hold interest rates on July 23 but will hike for the second time this year in September as a renewed energy price...

China can stabilise economic growth this year by accelerating already-budgeted national infrastructure investment projects, economists and one...

A team of South Korean and U.S. researchers has unveiled a robotic technology that allows a person to suit up without using their ​hands or aid...

U.S. retail sales rose slightly in June as lower gasoline prices weighed on receipts at service stations, but motor vehicle purchases accelerated...

Germany's chemical industry expects production, including pharmaceuticals, to fall ​1.5% in 2026, its main lobby group VCI said on Thursday,...

Britain's economy eked out minimal growth in May as the services industry expanded but other sectors shrank, suggesting fragile confidence...

Nearly half of Japanese firms are experiencing negative business impact from the Bank of Japan's interest rate hikes, with higher ​borrowing...

The Port of Los Angeles, the busiest U.S. container seaport, said on Wednesday it ​set a June cargo record as shippers ranging from ‌retailers...

Spain's European Union-harmonised 12-month inflation rate rose to 3.6% ​in June, unchanged from ‌the period through May, final data...

China's economy expanded at its slowest pace in over three years in the second quarter, with weak household consumption ​clouding strong...

Japanese manufacturers' ​sentiment remained relatively upbeat in July, supported by solid semiconductor demand, while confidence ‌among...

China's new home prices contracted ‌at a slower pace in June, but the modest improvement is unlikely to result in a broad recovery as...

China's economy likely cooled in the ​second quarter, with growth drifting toward the lower end of Beijing's annual target as an entrenched...

U.S. consumer inflation slowed more than expected in June as energy prices retreated, but the moderation was insufficient to convince financial...

Citigroup (C.N), opens new tab beat Wall Street estimates for second-quarter profit after reporting its highest quarterly revenue in a...

India has prohibited the ​import of goods produced using forced ‌labour, the trade ministry said on Tuesday, in a move that could help avert...