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The Bank of Japan (BOJ) has been acting as a lone dove this year as other major global central banks aggressively hike rates to contain surging inflation.Continuing on a long-held monetary policy course, the BOJ steered clear of intervening to ...

Ties between China and Russia are deepening, with Chinese trade providing Moscow with an economic lifeline as it faces international isolation over its war in Ukraine.China imported 8.54 million tons of Russian coal in August amid increasing energy demand driven ...

Following the end of pandemic-era support measures, the number of companies in the UK that declared insolvency last month was 42% higher than before the advent of COVID-19.Insolvencies dropped markedly during the pandemic, as the British government underwrote some $91 ...

The British pound plunged to a 37-year low this past Friday after new data showed consumers haveslowed spending, raising fears that the economy may already be in a recession.The currency fell below $1.14, a level not seen since 1985. Retail ...

An increasing number of analysts are predicting that persistently high inflation will force the Federal Reserve to resort to the biggest increase in a key US interest rate in more than 40 years.At the last two meetings, the US Fed ...

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 ...

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 one ...

Power prices in Europe are breaking records, solidifying the sense of crisis in the region, and spreading fears about possible power shortages as winter looms.Power prices in Germany, which usually represent the benchmark for the remainder of the continent, leapt ...

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. ...

Economic activity in Europe tumbled for a second consecutive month in August, as high inflation fueled by Russia’s war in Ukraine sours the outlook.The S&P Global Flash Eurozone Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) slumped to its lowest level in 18 months. ...

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 reshaping virtually all aspects ...

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 second month, ...

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 significantly from ...

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 ...

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 ...