Economic news

Cruise operator Carnival Corp forecast strong bookings for 2025 ahead of the busy summer travel season, riding the wave of strong spending on...

Canada's retail sales in October were marginally lower than expected as a jump in new car sales offset consumers' reduced purchases at...

The Russian central bank kept its key interest rate on hold at 21% on Friday, surprising the market, which had expected a 2 percentage point...

Sterling held up against the dollar on Friday but was set to end the week lower after coming under pressure from divided Bank of England...

High prices are the cause for demand slowdown in India, and aligning inflation to the central bank's 4% target is key to ensuring sustained...

Investors pulled a net $50.2 billion from U.S. equity funds in the week ending Dec. 18, according to LSEG Lipper data, the biggest net outflow...

Demand for U.S. natural gas to produce liquefied natural gas (LNG) for export this year is headed for its first decline since the country started...

UK's competition watchdog said on Friday chip design software maker Synopsys' $35 billion acquisition of Ansys could reduce...

Hungary's parliament approved Prime Minister Viktor Orban's 2025 budget on Friday, shrugging off concerns by the Fiscal Council that the...

Britain ran a smaller-than-expected budget deficit last month as a past lull in inflation pushed down interest paid on government bonds, giving a...

British retailers reported a weak run-up to the Christmas holidays with sales falling again and businesses worrying about higher costs in 2025, the...

Greece's current account deficit narrowed sharply in October from a year earlier to 383 million euros ($397.59 million), helped by robust...

Indian shares plunged on Friday, with the benchmarks logging their first weekly decline in five weeks, as sentiment soured after the Federal...

Gold prices gained on Friday as the dollar pulled back from highs ahead of the U.S. Personal Consumption Expenditure data due later in the day,...

UK's FTSE 100 touched an over one-month low on Friday, led by declines in personal goods and bank shares, with the main stock index on track...

European shares were on course to post their worst week in three months on Friday, as U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's comments about...

Global stocks slid on Friday ahead of a possible U.S. government shutdown, while European shares came under fire after Donald Trump...

The business climate index in Germany's retail sector fell slightly in normally consumer spending-heavy December, as retailers assess their...

Taiwan export orders grew more slowly than expected in November as weaker shipment for smartphones offset strong demand for artificial intelligence...

Boeing has secured a firm order from Turkish low-cost carrier Pegasus Airlines for a hundred 737 MAX 10 jetliners, winning back a major...

Oil prices fell on Friday on worries about demand growth in 2025, especially in top crude importer China, putting global oil benchmarks on track to...

Credit Agricole agreed to buy a 30.5% stake from Spain's Santander in custody and asset servicing entity Caceis, the banks said on...

South Korea's financial authorities said on Friday they would loosen foreign exchange regulations and allow more corporate borrowings abroad,...

Nike offered a muted forecast on Thursday, reversing gains in its shares made earlier in the day after the embattled sportswear seller's...

FedEx announced the much-anticipated spinoff of its freight trucking division on Thursday, as it restructures operations to focus on...

Amazon.com workers at seven U.S. facilities walked off the job early on Thursday during the holiday shopping rush as workers protest what they...

U.S. stocks ended little changed on Thursday, giving up an initial rebound from a sharp drop in the prior session after the Federal Reserve...

Top Japanese finance officials said on Friday the government is "alarmed" by recent foreign exchange moves and is ready to intervene if...

China left its benchmark lending rates unchanged as expected at the monthly fixing on Friday. WHY IT'S IMPORTANT Persistent...

Singapore-headquartered insurance technology firm bolttech has raised more than $100 million in its latest funding round, led by Dragon Fund,...

Germany's federal and state governments' tax revenue rose 9.0% in November compared with the same month last year, the finance ministry...

The dollar on Thursday edged back from a two-year peak hit the prior session after the Federal Reserve signaled a much slower pace of...

Italy's government on Thursday called a vote of confidence in parliament on its deficit-cutting 2025 budget, a way of speeding up its approval...

European stocks tumbled on Thursday, on course for their biggest percentage drop in five weeks, as investors fled riskier assets including equities...

The number of Americans filing new applications for jobless benefits fell more than expected last week, reversing the prior week's jump and...

The U.S. economy grew faster than previously estimated in the third quarter, driven by robust consumer spending. Gross domestic product...

A dovish message from the Bank of England on Thursday dented the outlook for sterling, one of the year's best performing major currencies...

Poland still expects 2.8-2.9% economic growth in the fourth quarter, Finance Minister Andrzej Domanski said on Thursday. "This will be a...

Indian telecom carrier Bharti Airtel has made an early payment of 36.26 billion rupees ($426.4 million) to the Indian government, the company...

Retailers including Target and Walmart are stocking shelves with more toys and gifts such as Barbies that cost less than $10 this holiday...

Indian state governments must have clear and time-bound glide paths for fiscal consolidation with transparent and uniform reporting of liabilities,...

The Indian rupee weakened past 85 per dollar on Thursday, hitting an all-time low as the Federal Reserve's scaling back of its rate cut...