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China's exports and imports slowed in August, with growth badly missing forecasts as surging inflation hobbled overseas demand and more COVID-19 lockdowns disrupted local output.Exports climbed 7.1% in August from a year earlier, slowing from an 18.0...

Inflation in Turkey is set to climb to above 80% soon, more than 16 times the central bank’s official target. Analysts believe this will leave price expectations of Turkish consumers entrenched at elevated levels for years to come. For most of the ye...

India, the third-largest economy in Asia, saw its GDP grow by 13.5% in the April-June quarter from a year earlier. This marks the fastest pace of growth in a year and comes amid concerns of growth slowing due to increased interest rates.The increase...

When Western countries imposed a raft of sanctions on Russia earlier this year, after it invaded Ukraine, it was believed these punitive measures would have a devastating effect on the country’s economy.However, results have thus far been mixed. On o...

Germans affected by Europe’s gas crisis are scrambling to get solar panels installed in their homes and businesses.So far this year, Germany has seen a 22% jump in the installation of solar systems compared with the same period last year. These syste...

US Carmaker Ford is cutting 3,000 corporate jobs as it prepares to shift from traditional internal combustion engine vehicles to electric vehicles (EV).Announcing the news, Ford CEO Jim Farley said, “Building this future requires changing and reshapi...

Europe’s economy is facing the strain of energy rationing, record inflation, and tighter monetary policy. With a round of purchasing managers’ indexes slated to arrive this week, analysts expect to see a contraction in private-sector output for a sec...

Major US retailer Target reported a significant profit decline of 90% in the second quarter, as inflation-hit consumers pulled back on spending on all but the most essential items. Target's quarterly net income fell to $183 million, down significantl...

China's central bank cut interest rates this week for the first time since January, as the economy lost steam due to renewed COVID-19 lockdowns and a brewing property crisis.The People's Bank of China reduced the main rate at which it lends to banks...

After receiving approval from the US Congress, American President Joe Biden is preparing to sign a bill allocating $369 billion for climate and energy funding into law.Investors have not been slow to climb the bandwagon and have already sunk $425.5 m...

Spanish consumer prices have shot up at the fastest pace since September 1984, as inflation in the EU continues to break new records. Inflation in Spain reached 10.8% year-on-year for July, a jump from its level of 10.2% in June. As with most coun...

According to the Bureau of Economic Analysis, the US economy shrank for a second quarter in a row. GDP fell by 0.9% on an annualized basis from April through June.  By definition, two consecutive quarters of negative economic growth constitut...

A few months ago, a massive 75-basis-point rate hike by the US Federal Reserve was unthinkable. It has now happened twice in a row. This week, members of the US Fed unanimously agreed on an additional interest rate hike of three-quarters of a percent...

China’s real estate market is in deep trouble, with property sales slumping by 25% this year alone. A confluence of factors, including China’s “Zero COVID Cases” policy, have seen property developers run out of capital to fini...

The European Central Bank (ECB) on Thursday announced it would hike its key interest rate by a half percentage point. This is the first time since 2011 that the ECB has raised rates, taking Europe's key rate back to zero. Interest rates in the...