Economy News

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...

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,...

French business confidence ​rose to a four-month high in July despite a new flare-up ‌in the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran and record heatwaves at...

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...