Economic News

By Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) - From inflation allowances to the reskilling of workers, firms in Japan are stepping up efforts to help employees fight rising prices and a...

By Julie Zhu (Reuters) - Asian shares edged down and bonds nursed small losses on Tuesday as investors braced for an eventful week that will include central bank meetings, a slew...

By Tom Westbrook SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The dollar was eyeing a fourth monthly loss on Tuesday as investors reckon a peak in U.S. interest rates could swing into view as soon as...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Shares of Nissan Motor Corp rose in Tokyo on Tuesday, after the Japanese automaker and its French partner Renault SA (EPA:RENA) announced a sweeping overhaul of...

By David Lawder and Xinghui Kok SINGAPORE/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday raised its 2023 global growth outlook slightly due to "surprisingly...

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is the only Group of Seven nation to have suffered a cut to its 2023 economic growth outlook in International Monetary Fund forecasts published on...

PARIS (Reuters) - A second nationwide strike on Tuesday will disrupt French public transport amid protests across the country, in a backlash against the government's plans to make...

PARIS (Reuters) - President Emmanuel Macron's plan to reform France's costly pension system, including raising the retirement age, has infuriated trade unions who are calling for...

By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK (Reuters) - A gauge of global stocks retreated on Monday after six sessions of gains while U.S. Treasury yields rose ahead of central bank policy...

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - France and the Netherlands are aligned when it comes to the ways the European Union could deal with the "unintended consequences" of the U.S. Inflation...

(Bloomberg) -- US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said persistently weak inflation is likely to return as a long-term challenge for the economy and policymakers once pandemic-era...

By Jan Strupczewski BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission will not propose any new joint EU borrowing on Wednesday when it presents ideas on how to support Europe's green...

By Chris Thomas and Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Most Adani Group shares fell sharply on Monday as the Indian conglomerate's rebuttal of a U.S. short-seller's criticism...

(Bloomberg) -- Nobel laureate Paul Krugman said he’s concerned investors have put inflation risk in the rear-view mirror too soon, and that easing financial conditions could spark...

By Ankika Biswas and Amruta Khandekar (Reuters) - European shares slipped on Monday as hotter-than-expected inflation data from Spain added to market jitters as investors brace...

By Rachna Uppal ABU DHABI (Reuters) - France and the United Arab Emirates are working to strengthen their economic relationship with "concrete outcomes" expected in the near...

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's finance minister expressed his doubts on Monday about European Commission proposals to overhaul the European Union's economic governance, as Berlin...

ROME (Reuters) -Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Monday that the European Union should be cautious when it comes to relaxing its rules on state aid for businesses....

BERLIN/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Crucial euro zone inflation data due a day before the European Central Bank's Thursday meeting will only include an estimate for Germany after the...

(Bloomberg) -- Jerome Powell and Wall Street are headed for another face-off this week as the Federal Reserve seeks to slow its inflation-fighting campaign without signaling a...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Euro zone economic sentiment rose to a seven-month high in January on more optimism across all sectors except construction, with inflation expectations among...

By Joice Alves LONDON (Reuters) - Sterling edged lower against the U.S. dollar on Monday ahead of a number of central bank meetings this week including the Bank of England's,...

By Elizabeth Howcroft LONDON (Reuters) - The Premier League is partnering with French fantasy sports platform Sorare to sell non-fungible tokens (NFTs), a sign that the sporting...

By Geoffrey Smith Investing.com -- The dollar drifts and bond yields move higher at the start of a big week for central banks. A drop in German GDP in the fourth quarter makes the...

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Denmark's government proposes to spend 2.3 billion Danish crowns ($337 million) on an economic aid package aimed at softening the blow from high inflation,...

By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Britain said on Monday it will launch a public consultation on new rules requiring higher disclosure standards from private pensions schemes to give...

By Harry Robertson and Nell Mackenzie LONDON (Reuters) - Investors have amassed the biggest bet against German government bonds since 2015, as the country issues large amounts of...

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain should not put taxes up any further, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Monday in response to a question about public sector pay. The government is...

By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON, New Zealand (Reuters) - More than 30 years ago, some relatively youthful central bank and Treasury economists in New Zealand were grappling with how to...

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -Media company RTL Netherlands' planned acquisition of rival Talpa has been blocked by the Dutch competition watchdog, which said the combination would be too...

BEIJING (Reuters) - Air France said on its official social media account in China on Monday that it will gradually increase flights to China. Air France said it has been...

By John O'Donnell, Lawrence White and Tom Sims LONDON/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Rising borrowing costs are giving a long-awaited lift to Europe's beleaguered banks, but they come with...

By Dhara Ranasinghe and Stefano Rebaudo LONDON (Reuters) - The European Central Bank looks set on Thursday to deliver another large interest rate rise to curb inflation. What it...

A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Tom Westbrook Markets are holding their breath for a week where central banks may start to take divergent paths....

By Howard Schneider, Balazs Koranyi and William Schomberg WASHINGTON/FRANKFURT/LONDON (Reuters) - Top central bankers, who credit the use of a 2% inflation target with anchoring...