Economy News

U.S. single-family house prices edged up in March, but further increases are unlikely as the war ​with Iran pushes mortgage rates higher, dampening...

India's position as the fifth-largest global market by capitalisation is under threat as Taiwan closes in on the South Asian nation's spot,...

British retailers reported lower sales in May against a backdrop of weak demand, but not the record downturn they had reported a month earlier,...

The Reserve Bank of India's three-year dollar/rupee buy-sell swap drew strong demand on Tuesday, with the auction receiving ​bids of nearly $10...

British shop price inflation sped up in May on the back of disruption and ​higher energy costs caused by the Iran ‌war, according to a retail...

Spanish industrial prices rose 8.3% in ​the 12 months through ‌April following a revised 3.1% increase in the ​12 months through ​March, the...

India's statistics ministry has proposed changes to the way it calculates the monthly industrial output, including expanding sector coverage...

South Korea's central bank will keep ​its key policy rate unchanged at a review on Thursday, according to economists ‌in a Reuters poll,...

Sri Lanka ​is in talks to buy Russian crude and refined fuels from Russia ‌and China, the energy minister said on Monday, as the...

President Donald Trump's resolve on Iran is being tested by a force largely beyond his control: the bond market. As yields rose rapidly...

Chinese coking coal prices soared on Monday to their highest in nearly two weeks, ​as a wave of stringent safety checks at coal mines following a...

Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman urged the country on Monday to focus ​on fuel, fertiliser and foreign exchange and underlined...

China announced a major crackdown on cross-border investment on Friday and said it would punish ​brokers it accused of illegally moving money to...

Indonesia's plan to route coal exports through a state firm has rattled traders and miners in the world's largest exporter over its...

The war in the Middle East is squeezing two pillars of Indian employment, forcing Gulf-based workers home and crushing demand for the country's...

Investment bank JPMorgan said on ​Friday that Turkey's central ‌bank was likely to hike its key ​interest rate to ​40% and could even ⁠do...

Indonesia booked a current account ‌deficit of $4 billion in the first quarter of 2026, equal to 1.09% of gross domestic ​product, Bank...

China's powerful state planner ​said on Friday the government has never required ‌Chinese technology companies to reject foreign...

Japan's annual core inflation slowed to a four-year low ​in April due to the effect of subsidies on fuel and education, data showed on Friday,...

France ​faces mounting public finance risks as budget-tightening lags and ‌debt remains high, the International Monetary Fund said on...

WASHINGTON, May 21 (Reuters) - A group of six Democratic senators have expressed serious concerns about planned foreign ownership interests,...

Captain Chris Welch of Kennebunk, Maine, is catching fewer lobsters this spring because spiking diesel prices have made it too costly to take out...

Economic activity in the euro zone shrank at its sharpest rate in more than two-and-a-half years in ​May as a war-driven surge in living costs...

FRANKFURT, May 21 (Reuters) - Inflation in Germany is trending upwards and economic growth will likely ​be flat during the second quarter,...

British factory orders contracted this month at the fastest rate since September 2020 and ​expectations for selling prices surged, according to...

The euro zone's combined current ​account surplus narrowed ‌sharply in March on a big drop in ​the trade surplus, ​likely caused by higher...

British companies are suffering their most widespread drop in activity in over a year due to the economic fallout from the Iran war and political...

France's private sector economy contracted in May at its sharpest pace in five-and-a-half years, reflecting an accelerated ​decline in services...

Germany's private sector activity contracted for a second consecutive month in May as the Iran war put the brakes on the country's economic...

Australian employment unexpectedly fell in April while the jobless rate jumped to the highest level since ‌late 2021, a possible sign the...

Australia plans to introduce biofuel blending mandates to incentivise local production and increase its energy security, a government spokesperson...

Twenty-five more banks, including lenders ‌ABN Amro and Sabadell, have joined a European consortium planning to launch a euro-pegged...

China remained Germany's biggest trading partner in the first quarter of 2026, but only narrowly ahead ​of the United States as German exports...

British inflation cooled by more than expected in April but the slowdown did little to mask ‌a tough outlook for households, with global costs...

British employers lowered their pay deals in the three months to April back to levels last ​seen in mid-2025, according to figures released on...

About 10 companies from countries including Indonesia, South Korea and Singapore ​have filed for Hong Kong listings this year and some others are...

Japanese factory managers' mood improved slightly in May as commodity-related industries recovered from the Iran ​war-induced sharp drop a...

Forty major food and agriculture groups, ​including Carlsberg, Diageo, Nestle and ‌Mondelez, have signed a joint declaration to advance...

Canada's annual inflation rate accelerated to 2.8% in April from 2.4% in March, driven largely ​by a surge in gasoline prices after the Iran...

South Africa has set higher import duties on certain steel products, ranging from 10% to 30%, to defend the struggling industry in the face ​of...

Britain's employers ​reined in their hiring and posted fewer job vacancies in April, according to data on Tuesday which showed the impact...

Sterling dipped on Tuesday after data showed that Britain's employers reined in their hiring and posted fewer job vacancies in April. The...