Economics

The Chinese authorities are putting on hold refining of imported oil due to fears of a glut of the domestic fuel market. World oil prices fell by 1.9% after this…

While it was unclear whether they would stimulate a surge in investment and job creation in return, the general agreement was that U.S. businesses would reap a windfall if President

Donald Trump will not terminate the NAFTA treaty at this stage, but will move quickly to begin renegotiating it with them, the U.S. President told the leaders of Canada and

The Minister of Commerce in Donald Trump’s administration Wilbur Ross said that his department will begin an investigation of aluminum imports in the United States. "The president will sign a…

Based on renewed hope that U.S. regulators could approve a key trading product for the cryptocurrency, bitcoin has risen around 2 percent in the past day, pushing towards its all-time

Singapore is creating a fund of 1 billion Singapore dollars ($ 718 million) to help innovative companies grow their business and expand their activities abroad as the country’s government wants…

After centrist Emmanuel Macron won the first round of the presidential elections in France, markets may stop considering the risks of Frexit and focus on other problems facing Europe, say…

President Donald Trump has ordered an administration review of Obama-era tax rules written to discourage U.S. companies from relocating overseas to cut their tax bills and has also promised that

As President Donald Trump began a probe into whether imports of foreign-made steel are a national security risk, the U.S. steel stocks rallied on the market. The investigation was a

After the People's Bank of China checked cryptocurrency exchanges and introduced restrictions on withdrawals, bitcoin received support in other countries such as Japan and South Korea. India, the country heavily…

In order to try and nudge his still-evolving policies away from protectionism and show broad support for open trade and global integration, world finance leaders are gathering on U.S. President

Giving rise to concerns that emerging economies such as China and Thailand could see growth stall before they transition into high-income status, economists said that Asian populations will grow old

Depending on which candidates make it to the final leg of the race, the first round of French presidential election on Sunday could bring on intense market volatility as it

International Business Machines (IBM) reported a drop in revenue above market expectations. Demand in the company's largest business – services - fell for the first time in five quarters, Reuters…

Arctic territories are becoming incredibly attractive for world oil companies. Opposition from environmentalists and the presidential oil drilling ban did not scare oil companies away, the more so a study…

A lengthening list of uncertainties for investors already on edge over tensions simmering from North Korea to France was further added another uncertainty by a snap general election call in

Saudi Arabia will transfer the country's airports to the National Welfare Fund by mid-2018 as part of nationwide privatization. The campaign is expected to diversify the economy due to the…

As higher government infrastructure spending and a gravity-defying property boom helped boost industrial output by the most in over two years, China’s economy expanded faster than expected in the first

Big new bets on the resurgence of the U.S. shale industry are being put by investors who took a hit last year when dozens of U.S. shale producers filed for

Michael Power, a strategist at Investec Asset Management, which manages $115 billion on behalf of third party clients thinks about gravity a lot. And ‘Go east, young investor” are the

The world is gripped by an export crisis. Stagnation of world consumption and decline in commodity prices have led to increased instability and a decrease in security in countries that…

Role of trade as a driver of global growth is threatened by slowing of trade reforms since the early 2000s and growth of protectionism after the financial crisis, says a…

After Greece exits its third bailout program, new measures worth of 2 percent of gross domestic product by the end of the decade has been agreed to be put in

According to economists at Citi, as any lingering concerns of an impending economic collapse diminish for the global economy, by the end of the year it is expected that global

This year the Mexican peso became the hottest currency, and now hedge funds gave this rally a new impetus.

In the first quarter of this year, volume of mergers and acquisitions in Europe exceeded $ 215 billion, thus having increased by 16% compared to the previous year. European companies…

Poised to end the first quarter as the best-performing sector and having come up trumps in Europe this year is technology stocks and not banking or mining shares. Dwarfed in

Trump’s administration will present an infrastructure plan worth $ 1 trillion this year, said Transport Minister Elaine Chao. However, she did not provide details of project financing, Reuters reports.

Probability of weaker production of various raw materials, from aluminum to coal, are causing price fluctuations in the global market and are increasing investor concerns.

According to a recent survey conducted b a firm on economists, the immediate reaction in the euro is similar to that seen in the pound following the U.K.’s Brexit vote

Shares of Beaten-down healthcare companies, retailers and emerging-market stocks are offer a greater chance for outsized gains, say Lipper Award-winning equity fund managers and they are being pushed towards these

Spanish Finance Minister Cristobal Montoro expressed his conviction that the center-right minority government will receive sufficient parliamentary support from opposition parties to approve a deferred budget plan for this year,…

The euro will fall to a 15-year low if Marin Le Pen becomes president of France. The currency’s reaction will be immediate and similar to that demonstrated by the pound…

Chinese mobile handset manufacturing company Huawei, which has been expanding across the globe with its smartphone business, and Alibaba, who listed in the U.S. in 2014, became a well-known name

As China promised world and business leaders that it will keep its doors open even as the world’s second-largest economy undertakes its own market and financial reform, it sought to

For the global IPO of Saudi Aramco — widely predicted to be the biggest initial public offering in history, the New York Stock Exchange has emerged as the front-runner. But

Evan Spiegel officially lost the status of the youngest billionaire in the world. His place was taken by Irishman John Collison, co-founder of e-payment service Stripe.