World Economy

European stocks broke a three-day losing streak on Tuesday, building on gains in other markets boosted by signs of a global economic recovery and rising commodity prices.

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Copper hit a three-year high and nickel touched its strongest in eight months on Tuesday as mostly technical signals prompted speculators and funds to pour more cash into base metals.

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Both Brussels and Washington are taking steps to force China to tackle obstacles to foreign investment and the long-standing issue of intellectual property theft.

Chile’s streak of bad news seems set to continue until the end of the year. With teetering copper prices and a weak recovery, the economy has underperformed throughout 2017. Moreover, a recent…

Indonesia’s central bank cut its outlook for 2017 loan growth by banks to 8-10% from an initial forecast of 10-12% after weak lending growth in June, Reuters reported. In June, loan growth fell…

Exports from Switzerland rose year on year by a real, work-day adjusted 0.6% in July to 19.1 billion Swiss francs ($19.8 billion), the Federal Customs Office said on Tuesday, Reuters reported.…

Foreign direct investment into India grew by 37% to $10.4 billion during the first quarter of the current fiscal, DIPP said Tuesday, PTI reported. According to the figures of the Department of…

Credit rater S&P Global Ratings maintained its growth forecast for the Philippines, noting that the second-quarter expansion is in line with its expectation, PNA reported. “The gross…

Stock markets have spent the year rising on bets of a resurgence in inflation, while central bankers trying to manage the global economy have spent the same time repeatedly reassuring everyone…

Thailand’s economy continued its recovery in the second quarter of 2017, mainly supported by momentum in exports growth and rebound in private investment.

World stocks struggled at a 5-1/2-week low on Monday, though metals dazzled with zinc at its highest in a decade, copper hitting a nearly three-year high and iron ore’s gains in the last two…

The South Korean economy will face some downside risks going forward due to possible labor strikes at local carmakers and a cooldown in the local property market, a vice finance minister said…

Greece’s current account surplus shrank in June compared to the same month a year earlier due to a wider trade gap and a deficit in the primary income balance, the Bank of Greece said on Monday…

The emissions scandal ensnaring German carmakers is a risk to Europe’s largest economy, the finance ministry said on Monday, adding that it was impossible at the moment to quantify its impact.…

Robert Yuksel Yildirim had barely been at the family’s construction-materials business a year before the company won its first international contract. Now, it’s a conglomerate with interests in…

The Venezuelan government’s toughest challenge is fighting skyrocketing inflation, President Nicolas Maduro said, Xinhua reported. In a televised in-depth interview conducted at the presidential…

Russia may regain leadership in terms of wheat export in 2017-2018 agricultural year, Agriculture Minister Alexander Tkachev said in an interview aired by the Rossiya-24 TV news channel, Tass…

Gold prices edged up and moved closer to the $1,300 level on Monday, boosted by a flight to perceived safer assets as the war of words between the US and North Korea returned to the fore,…

Oman’s economy has achieved a robust 12.9% growth at OMR6,438.9 million ($16.7 billion) in the first quarter of 2017, against OMR5,703.2 million for the same period of last year.

Corporate debt in China has soared to $18 trillion, or 169% of the gross domestic product, the largest pile of corporate debt in the world, according to the Bank for International Settlements.…

Less than a year since completing the last review of its inflation-targeting mandate, the Bank of Canada is starting to prepare for the next one in 2021.

Confidence at Japanese manufacturers rose in August to its highest level in a decade led by producers of industrial materials, a Reuters poll showed, in a further sign of broadening economic…

Economies in most of the European Union’s eastern wing exceeded expectations as consumer spending and resurgent investment kept growth ahead of the richer west.

The strength of the Australian economy has been impressive of late, as iron ore has fared well and China has performed admirably or at least appears to be back on track after some high profile…

Qatar is telling its banks to tap international investors to raise financing, instead of mainly relying on government funding, people familiar with the matter said, as the impact of the ongoing…