World Economy

  • The government is looking to persuade more British companies to enter Indonesia’s manufacturing sector, such as the machinery, pharmaceutical and oil refinery industries.

  • Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe looks set to win a rare second consecutive term but economists predict he won’t use that victory to push through bold reforms such as labor market changes that…

  • French President Francois Hollande pledged a new round of tax cuts next year worth €2 billion ($2.23 billion) as he battles to cut high unemployment and win back voters ahead of a 2017…

  • The Philippine central bank on Monday released preliminary data on gross international reserves at the end of August: The decline in foreign reserves was due mainly to the central bank’s foreign…

  • Despite volatile markets and a deceptively tepid recovery, the Federal Reserve looks unequivocally committed to raising interest rate.

    Kim Chase, research analyst at BBVA, notes that the US…

  • Thousands of farmers, driving hundreds of tractors through Brussels, protested outside European Union headquarters to demand more aid and higher prices for their milk and meat.

    From across…

  • Tesco Plc agreed to sell its South Korean business to a group led by private-equity firm MBK Partners Ltd. for £4 billion ($6.1 billion), the UK grocer’s first major disposal as it seeks to ease…

  • Saudi Arabia will ease restrictions on foreign investors to let them own 100% of retail and wholesale businesses, the government said on Sunday as the world’s top oil exporter embarks on a new…

  • German industrial production increased in July, signaling that Europe’s largest economy is weathering the headwinds of slowing global growth. Output, adjusted for seasonal swings and…

  • Following late night talks in Berlin, the coalition government has agreed to a budget of €6 billion ($6.7 billion) to fund the care of migrants coming into Germany. Thousands more refugees reached…

  • A majority of the UAE residents have a positive outlook on the future of the country’s economy, as well as their own financial future despite many saying that their savings have decreased this…

  • Asian stocks sagged on Monday, with risk sentiment dampened as Shanghai shares wobbled after the Chinese markets resumed trading following a four-day long weekend.

    MSCI’s broadest index of…

  • Gold held near its lowest level in more than two weeks after the US unemployment rate dropped to a seven-year low, adding to the case for the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates this…

  • The prospect of a hike in the cost of borrowing will continue to distract investors this week as the focus shifts to the Bank of England following China’s recent stock market collapse and Friday’s…

  • International Monetary Fund's chief Christine Lagarde said on Sunday that India's gross domestic product can grow by a massive 27% if the level of female workforce becomes equal to that of male in…

  • With oil prices collapsing more than twofold in the space of one year, Saudi Arabia will be forced to cut “unnecessary expenses” to plug a budget hole estimated at $120 billion. The announcement…

  • Europe’s biggest stock exchange, which built its market share in an era of speedy, sliced-up equity trading, is targeting blocks for the first time.

  • At an average of $2.44 a gallon, nationally, Americans are paying the cheapest price for gasoline over a Labor Day holiday weekend since 2004, according to separate forecasts from the US Energy…

  • The Chinese currency will continue depreciating in the next 12 months, trading at 6.52 to the US dollar by the end of February, according to a poll conducted by Reuters. The yuan could recover to…

  • Dubai stocks led a decline in most Middle Eastern equities after the US jobless rate dropped to a level the Federal Reserve considers to be full employment, bolstering the case for an interest…

  • Islamic finance has become increasingly important in the global economy and needs to be better integrated and incorporated in the international financial system, said German Finance Minister…

  • A compromise deal on reforms to give emerging markets greater influence at the International Monetary Fund is increasingly likely, a key official said, weeks before a deadline for US action…

  • Speaking on the sidelines of the European House-Ambrosetti Forum on Sunday, Italy’s Finance Minister Pier Carlo Padoan said his country was at the start of a positive economic cycle just as…

  • The latest US jobs data for the month of August shows unemployment at its lowest level for nearly seven and a half years, but the rate of job creation appears to be slowing,…

  • Kuwaiti banks will remain insulated from the drop in oil prices as the country looks to continue boosting capital spending, ratings agency Fitch has said.