Analysts expect that when inflation and interest rates decline in 2024, U.S. business earnings will rise more quickly; nonetheless, concerns about a faltering economy remain.   According to projections compiled by LSEG, S&P 500 earnings are predicted to rise 11.1% overall in 2024 after...

According to a survey, factory activity in the euro zone concluded 2023 weakly, declining in December for the 18th consecutive month. The survey also showed few indications of an impending robust recovery in what is probably a recessionary economy.   The final HCOB euro zone manufacturing...

Investors seem to be convinced that the main Western central banks are about to make the long-awaited shift from raising to lowering interest rates. As a result, markets rose, but as the globe gets used to an economic system where money is not easily obtained, 2024 may surprise us.   In...

Declining for the third consecutive month and weakening more than anticipated, China's manufacturing activity cast doubt on the country's prospects for economic recovery and strengthened the case for additional stimulus measures in the coming year.   In order to support the weak...

Argentina has backed out of its intended admission into the growing Brics club of nations, as announced by its new president, Javier Milei. Milei claimed in a letter to the presidents of South Africa, Brazil, Russia, India, and China that decisions made by the previous administration had been...

According to data analysed by healthcare research firm 3 Axis Advisors, drugmakers such as Pfizer, Sanofi, and Takeda Pharmaceutical plan to hike prices in the United States on over 500 medications in early January.   The research indicated that the costs of more than 140 prescription...

Prices for cocoa and iron ore increased in 2023, but those for coal and natural gas fell. Due to supply shortages and dry weather, most agricultural items are predicted to do better in the New Year than energy and industrial metals.   Following interest rate hikes that slowed global economy...

There isn't much time to recover from the New Year's celebrations because the most anticipated U.S. economic report and significant inflation data for the euro area are scheduled for the coming week, indicating a hectic start to 2024.   Ebullient financial markets may soon be put to the test...

China will work to boost stable growth, guarantee a swift economic recovery, and increase domestic demand, the parliament said in an interim report on the country's 14th five-year plan released on Wednesday.   According to Zheng Shanjie, the president of the official economic planning...