Economic News

By Farah Master KOROR, Palau (Reuters) - Empty hotel rooms, idle tour boats and shuttered travel agencies reveal widening fissures in the tiny Pacific nation of Palau, which is...

By Costas Pitas LONDON (Reuters) - The co-founder of fashion brand Superdry (L:SDRY) is donating a million pounds ($1.28 million) to the campaign for a referendum on the final...

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Brexit minister Dominic Raab will travel to Brussels on Tuesday in a bid to pick up the pace of Brexit talks with the EU's chief negotiator...

LONDON (Reuters) - Sudanese-born British national Salih Khater was charged with two counts of attempted murder on Saturday and will appear in court on Monday after a car careered...

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's central bank governor warned the country not to backtrack on commitments to its lenders after it exits the last of its three bailouts next week,...

ANKARA (Reuters) - A day after two major ratings agencies downgraded Turkey closer to junk status amid a currency crisis, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said he would challenge...

DUBAI (Reuters) - A top Iranian constitutional body has demanded changes to anti-money laundering measures passed by parliament, state-run media said on Saturday, as Tehran nears...

(Bloomberg) -- Who are the biggest source of trouble for the Federal Reserve? U.S. President Donald Trump for launching a trade war? Turkish President Recep Erdogan for roiling...

(Bloomberg) -- The U.S. and Mexico are resolving their differences on agricultural products covered under Nafta after the Trump administration withdrew some of its sweeping...

(Bloomberg) -- The United Nations Human Rights Committee has asked Brazil to guarantee the political rights of jailed former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, prompting a swift...

(Bloomberg) -- Saudi Arabian Oil Co., the world’s largest crude exporter, said its production last year fell from the annual record it reached in 2016 as it led OPEC and...

(Bloomberg) -- Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) Inc. plunged Friday, heading for their worst week since 2016, after Elon Musk told the New York Times that no one saw or reviewed his tweet about...

(Bloomberg) -- Rising prices and the collapse of the lira are prompting Turkey to tap international markets to secure wheat supplies and ward off food-price inflation as part of...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A top White House economic adviser said on Friday that Washington was "very, very close" to clinching a trade deal with Mexico. "I think that...

LONDON (Reuters) - London's mayor Sadiq Khan said on Friday he had asked the organisation that deals with militant attacks and disasters in the British capital to assess the...

LONDON (Reuters) - Following are five big themes likely to dominate thinking of investors and traders in the coming week and the Reuters stories related to them: 1/SE7EN The...

EDINBURGH (Reuters) - Scotland's North Ayrshire Council has become the first local authority in Britain to provide free sanitary provision in public buildings, hoping to...

LONDON (Reuters) - Cryptocurrency scams are using images of celebrities and upmarket London addresses to hoodwink consumers into parting with cash, Britain's Financial...

Investing.com - Here are the top five things you need to know in financial markets on Friday, August 17: 1. Turkish lira dives on threat of new sanctions Turkey remained in the...

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - The Turkish lira weakened 4 percent against the dollar on Friday as investors fretted about a U.S warning that Turkey should expect more economic sanctions...

By Tomo Uetake TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's central bank appears to be growing more comfortable with larger declines in the country's stock prices, a sign it may have begun...

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Euro zone banks expect demand for corporate and household loans to increase further in the third quarter with credit standards also easing, the European...

By George Georgiopoulos and Lefteris Papadimas ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece exits the last of its three bailouts on Aug. 20 and hopes to be able to borrow again in international...

By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's core consumer inflation rate likely picked up slightly in July but due mostly to rising energy costs rather than robust demand, a...

(Bloomberg) -- Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell will headline this year’s central bank gathering in Jackson Hole, Wyoming with a speech about monetary policy in a...

(Bloomberg) -- From iPhones to computers, the manufacturing powerhouses behind much of the world’s electronics are preparing to move chunks of production away from China and...

(Bloomberg) -- China’s powerful Politburo announced disciplinary action Thursday against more than 40 officials, state media said, in the latest fallout over a vaccine...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A military parade requested by U.S. President Donald Trump that had been planned for November in Washington has been postponed until at least next year, the...

By Jason Lange and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer on Thursday expressed hope a breakthrough could be made in coming days on...

By Steve Holland and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States warned Turkey on Thursday to expect more economic sanctions unless it hands over detained American pastor...

(Bloomberg) -- Argentina forced the nation’s biggest lenders to start turning over more cash to the central bank in its latest bid to shore up the peso. The move comes a day...

(Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump prodded China to offer more at the bargaining table as the two countries prepared for their first major negotiation in more than two months in...

(Bloomberg Opinion) -- A country in the crosshairs of American foreign policy has experienced a drastic decline in its ownership of Treasuries, falling off a list of “major...

(Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump prodded China to offer more at the bargaining table as the two countries prepared for their first major negotiation in more than two months in...

(Bloomberg) -- Turkey said all the right things Thursday yet offered scant evidence for how the largest Middle Eastern economy will dig out of its worst currency crisis in decades....