Economics

Analysts at Goldman Sachs drastically raised the Standard & Poor's 500 stock index prediction for 2024, going from 4700 points in November to 5100 points.

Since some Indian refiners are equipped to handle heavy crude oil, India would purchase Venezuelan oil, the country’s oil minister, Hardeep Singh Puri, announced on Friday. Following the US lifting

November saw an increase in production at American factories thanks to a spike in auto production after the strikes ended, but activity was lower abroad as manufacturers struggled with rising

Chinese leaders decided to run a 3% GDP budget deficit in 2024 at their annual meeting on the economy. A Reuters report that cited unidentified sources claimed that additional fiscal

The European Union opted to begin accession talks with the war-torn nation UKraine, but failed to reach a consensus on a financial aid package worth 50 billion euros ($54 billion),

In the third quarter of 2023, the economies of the G20 countries grew by 0.7% in comparison to the prior three months, as per an early report released by the…

As expected, the ECB maintained the benchmark interest rate at 4.5% annually.

The White House said on Thursday that the Biden administration would impose inflation penalties on hundreds of pharmaceutical companies, thereby lowering Medicare beneficiaries’ out-of-pocket expenses. A section of President Joe

The international rating agency Fitch Ratings updated its short- and medium-term pricing estimates for coal, iron ore, and base metals. These estimates are used in the agency's projections of operating…

According to the British Chamber of Commerce in China, 60% of British businesses believe that a slowing Chinese economy will pose a greater obstacle to their operations in the massive

Was 2022 the year that “broke bitcoin”? If so, 2023 has been the year of healing from trauma. Fortunately, despite low trading volumes, weak cryptocurrency prices, and challenging economic conditions,

According to the Financial Times, the National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) could soon overtake the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in terms of issuers' total capitalization and rank seventh globally.

This Christmas season, Mondelez, the owner of Cadbury and creator of Quality Street, is witnessing increasing candy sales in Britain due to budget-conscious consumers looking for less expensive presents. Analysts

The U.S. Federal Reserve is now expected to drop interest rates twice in 2019, with Goldman Sachs pushing back its prediction for the first reduction to the third quarter due

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs stated on its website that the UN has asked for $46.4 billion for its humanitarian operations in 2024 to serve an…

In November, factory-gate deflation intensified and consumer prices in China dropped for the first time in three years. This suggests that deflationary forces are intensifying as the economic recovery is

November saw a significant pick-up in U.S. employment growth as thousands of actors and autoworkers returned to the workforce following strikes; nevertheless, the underlying trend is likely to indicate a

For the first time in six months, China’s exports increased in November, indicating that manufacturers in the second-biggest economy in the world are drawing customers with low prices in an

Diverse forecasts for the stock market and currency in 2024 have been made by investment banks and asset managers, indicating a fundamental disagreement about whether the US economy will experience

On Tuesday, rating agency Moody’s issued a downgrade warning for China’s credit rating, citing financial burdens on the world’s second-biggest economy from having to support local governments, state-owned enterprises, and

At the COP28 climate summit in Dubai, there is a lot of hand-wringing over how slowly fossil fuel consumption is being reduced in order to combat climate change. Nonetheless, delegates

The global need for arms has grown dramatically, but global arms producers have not been able to keep up with the demand in 2022, shows the Stockholm Institute for Peace…

During his speech at the 28th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28) in Dubai, World Bank Chief Ajay Banga announced that the organization…

FT: A record 8.54 million borrowers in China have experienced loan default.

For the third consecutive month, euro zone inflation fell faster than anticipated in November, undermining the European Central Bank’s thesis that price increase is unyielding and encouraging betting on early

The US Air Force has placed an additional $2.3 billion contract with US aerospace giant Boeing Co. for 15 KC-46A Pegasus tanker aircrafts.

BMO Capital Markets analysts forecast that the S&P 500 index of US stocks will remain mostly unchanged until the end of 2023 and increase to 5100 points in 2024, reports…

The Rason Special Economic Zone, which was once a test of limited capitalism in North Korea, seems to be the hub of the isolated nation’s expanding cooperation with Russia, experts

It’s really advanced stuff. Buoyed by a rising crypto tide, “layer 2” cryptocurrencies, which are local to projects built on top of “layer 1” blockchains like Bitcoin and Ethereum, have

In its macroeconomic forecast, the Central Bank of Israel calculated that the conflict with the Palestinian Hamas, had cost the nation 198 billion shekels, or 53 billion dollars.

October saw profits at China’s industrial companies continue to rise for a third month, albeit more slowly. This indicates Beijing may need to provide additional policy support to maintain growth

Drugmakers are attempting to reduce their reliance on Chinese contractors that manufacture pharmaceuticals used in clinical trials and early-stage manufacturing, according to reports based on interviews with ten industry executives

According to ECB head Christine Lagarde, the bank has now reached a position where it can pause and evaluate the results of the monetary policy tightening it has already implemented.

According to an Adobe Analytics research, Black Friday e-commerce spending in the United States reached a record $9.8 billion, up 7.5% from the previous year. This suggests that consumers who

To combat the nation’s skyrocketing inflation, Turkey’s central bank increased its benchmark interest rate to 40%. The increase from the prior rate of 35% was significantly more than anticipated. However,

Data supplied with Reuters indicated that Chinese car sales in Russia appear to have peaked as domestic production recovers following the departure of Western manufacturers. However, recent market expansion may

The president of the International Energy Agency stated that the oil and gas sector needs to invest more in clean energy and get over the “illusion” that carbon capture technology

Germany’s statistics office released figures on Friday that indicated the country’s GDP dropped little in the third quarter as compared to the preceding three months. The data supported a preliminary

According to the IEA, 1% of investments in clean energy come from oil and gas corporations.

An employee was found wiping tables in an empty McDonald’s outlet on a recent evening in Cairo. In the Egyptian capital, other Western fast-food franchises seemed to be closing their

Hedge funds lost over $43 billion in a few days due to their bets on the stock market's decline despite the expansion of the U.S. and European stock markets, the…

Changpeng Zhao, the founder and CEO of Binance, made the announcement on Tuesday in the Seattle court. Zhao plans to resign and enter a guilty plea for breaking anti-money laundering…

Financial markets undervalue the UK's ability to sustain high rates of inflation, Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey stated in a legislature, according to the Finance Times.

Aiming to create jobs and maintain long-term development goals, Chinese government experts will suggest 4.5% to 5.5% economic growth targets for the upcoming year to an annual policymakers’ conference. Speaking

The European Central Bank warned on Tuesday that the collapsing commercial real estate market in the euro zone would struggle for years, endangering the banks and investors that financed it.

China's imports of Russian coal dropped to their lowest level since February in October, according to data cited by Reuters from the People's Republic of China's General Administration of Customs.China's…

European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde stated that in order to draw enough money to the region's economy to address its difficulties, the European Union needs a version of…

International businesses are swarming China’s debt markets, where they are taking advantage of historically low yuan interest rates to offset rising funding costs by issuing record numbers of bonds denominated

According to European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde, decarbonization, demographic shifts, and deglobalization are all impending and Europe is currently at a pivotal point in its history. “There are increasing

According to the chief investment officer of UBS Wealth Management, growth in China may be lower but "of probably better quality" in 2024, while the US economy will slow down…