Bracing for a Slow-Moving, Self-Inflicted Economic Storm
It is in a president’s interest to ensure that the economy and the stock market are strong. Yet the Trump administration has been doing just the opposite. The mood in the markets has been…
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Oil prices settle up on weaker US dollar, mixed economic news
Oil prices edged up on Thursday (Apr 24) as investors weighed a weaker US dollar, potential Opec+ output increase, mixed economic news, conflicting US tariff signals and news from the…
The economic case for saving human jobs
Few periods in modern history have been as unsettled and uncertain as the one that we are living through now. The established geopolitical order is facing its greatest challenges in…
L’Oréal Q1 Sales Rise 4.4% Amid Mounting Economic and Geopolitical Tensions
PARIS — L’Oréal’s first-quarter 2025 sales growth beat expectations amid a volatile market buffeted by economic and geopolitical pressures. A mixed effect was noted in the three months…
Netflix Q1 Earnings Preview: Wall Street Expects Solid Results, Sees Stock as Safe Haven Amid Potential Economic Downturn
Netflix, which financial analysts have crowned the undisputed subscription-streaming leader, kicks off the media and entertainment sector’s Q1 earnings this week. Wall Street anticipates…
Gold hits record high on economic growth concerns
Gold prices raced to an all-time high on Wednesday (Apr 16), driven by a weaker US dollar, trade war tensions and concerns over global economic growth due to US President Donald Trump’s…
Why paying for shipping is an effective form of economic resistance
I couldn’t tell you what my very first purchase from Amazon was—although I know it was a book and that I purchased it on my 7-pound laptop using a dial-up modem that took several minutes…
How foreign workers helped spur Spain’s rapid economic growth
Inside a cavernous production plant in Spain, people from 62 nationalities work side by side to keep a food company humming as millions of legs of ham travel on hooks along conveyor belts.…
What to know about the 24-hour ‘economic blackout’
A grassroots organization is encouraging U.S. residents not to spend any money Friday as an act of “economic resistance” to protest what the group’s founder sees as the malign influence of…
Analysis-India budget opts for economic sugar rush over reform
By Aftab Ahmed and Ira Dugal MUMBAI (Reuters) - India's annual budget announcement was a bigger deal than usual this year: As the first full budget of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's third…
US: Wall St opens muted as investors assess data, Trump economic emergency report
Wall Street’s main indexes opened subdued on Wednesday (Jan 8), as investors digested softer-than-expected jobs data and took stock of a report that said President-elect Donald Trump was…
Oil prices ease as weak economic data offsets higher US winter storm heating demand
OIL prices eased in volatile trade on Monday (Jan 6) as some bearish economic news from the United States and Germany offset bullish support from a weaker US dollar and forecasts for…
Gold steady as investors await US economic data
Gold prices held steady on Monday (Jan 6) as investors awaited a slew of US economic data due out this week for guidance on the US Federal Reserve’s interest rate stance. Spot gold was…
Thai economic uncertainty has increased, central bank minutes say
UNCERTAINTY around the Thai economy has significantly increased primarily due to the unclear impact of possible US economic policies, minutes of the Bank of Thailand’s (BOT) Dec 18…
Oil drops as dour economic outlook adds to oversupply concerns
OIL prices fell on Thursday (Dec 19) after central bankers in the US and Europe signalled caution over further easing of monetary policy, fanning concerns that weak economic activity could…
Germany needs 'reliable economic policy decisions,' institute urges
A billboard of the ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich e. V. Dresden branch. Arno Burgi/ZB/dpa Germany needs "reliable economic policy…
Housing crisis, economic woes and Trump: How Canada turned against immigrants
TORONTO — Canada long sold itself as a beacon for immigrants, who were widely viewed as key to economic growth in a vast nation with a small and rapidly aging workforce. “Study, work and…
Germany's Steinmeier praises Nigerian economic reforms in Abuja talks
Nigeria's doors are wide open to business, President Bola Tinubu told his German counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier in the capital Abuja on Wednesday. On the first day of Steinmeier's…
Germany's Scholz to speak on economic relations with Ukraine
The German-Ukrainian Economic Forum is set to take place in Berlin on Wednesday, with the focus on Ukraine's economic resilience after nearly three years of a full-scale Russian invasion.…
Polls open in general election in Ghana overshadowed by the worst economic crisis in a generation
ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — Polls opened in presidential and legislative elections in Ghana Saturday, poised to be a litmus test for democracy in a region shaken by extremist violence and coups.…
Ghana chooses new president amid hopes for economic revival
Ghana elects a new president on Saturday, with citizens hoping that a new leader will be able to pull the West African nation out of an economic crisis. The youth vote is seen as crucial…
Ghanaians go to the polls with the backdrop of the worst economic crisis in a generation
ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — Voters in the west African nation of Ghana will cast their ballots Saturday in a general election poised to be a litmus test for democracy in a region shaken by…
What Trump's nominations say about where trade and other economic policies might go
WASHINGTON — Some of President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominations have raised hopes that his trade and other economic actions will not be wildly disruptive or bring back inflation.…
Ford to cut 4,000 European jobs amid economic and EV challenges
Ford Motor Co. will reduce its European workforce by 4,000 employees by the end of 2027, citing economic pressures, weaker-than-expected electric vehicle (EV) sales, and growing…