Economy News

European bond investors are coming to terms with the fact that this year’s deep losses may run into 2023. After suffering a torrid year, European bonds are enduring a ruthless sell-off, the worst in months, after the eurozone’s central bankers ...

The US Federal Reserve hiked interest rates by half a percentage point on Wednesday and projected another three quarters of a percentage point increase by the end of 2023.The central bank’s projection of the key interest rate rising to 5.1% ...

China has initiated a suit at the World Trade Organization (WTO) against the US over what it views as punitive chip export control measures.Saying it was simply defending its legitimate interests, China’s commerce ministry accused the US of threatening global ...

November wholesale prices in the US fell to 7.4% from a year earlier, a fifth successive easing and another early signal that inflationary pressures are easing. The latest yearly figure was lower than October’s 8% level and down from an ...

The Bank of Canada on Wednesday lifted its benchmark interest rate by 50 basis points, the highest level in almost 15 years. The central bank has raised rates at a record pace of 400 basis points in nine months to ...

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) on Tuesday raised its benchmark rate by 25 basis points to 3.1%. RBA Governor Philip Lowe cited persistently high inflation of 6.9% as the main reason for the hike. The central bank’s target inflation ...

US consumer spending rose strongly in October while inflation settled, giving the economy a lift at the start of the fourth quarter as it squares up to headwinds from the Federal Reserve’s decisive monetary policy tightening. Meanwhile, the labor market ...

India has posted annual economic growth of 6.3% in its July-September quarter, less than half the 13.5% growth in the previous three months, as the economy takes its post-pandemic shape.GDP growth for the full fiscal year, which ends on March ...

China’s factory activity slid in November for a second consecutive month, underlining the economic toll of the country’s punitive “Zero COVID” policies that have sparked mass protests in the country.China’s Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) dropped to 48 compared with 49.2 ...

UK finance minister Jeremy Hunt presented his much-awaited budget plan aimed at saving £55 billion. Taxes are set to rise for everybody. The definition of who qualifies as a top earner has been widened to include more taxpayers. It will ...

Retail investors are flooding the debt markets, hoping to take advantage of some of the highest bond yields in more than a decade. The US Federal Reserve’s decisive monetary tightening has caused the 10-year treasury bond yield to hover around ...

Wholesale prices in the US climbed 8% in October from last year, the fourth straight decline and another sign that inflation pressures are waning from previously high levels.The annual wholesale inflation figure is a reduction from the 8.4% in September. ...

The London bourse has surrendered its post as Europe's most-valuable stock market, with France supplanting it. A weak pound and worries of recession in the UK are thought to be some of the factors behind the development.It is the first ...

The US Federal Reserve’s battle with out-of-control inflation has pushed up the average credit card APR (annual percentage rate) for Americans to 19.04% as of November 9.The information comes from bankrate.com and is the highest rate on its database since ...

China’s exports and imports unexpectedly fell in October, the first drop in both measures since May 2020, as soaring inflation and surging interest rates buffeted global demand.Grim trade figures released in October highlight the challenge for policymakers in China as ...