LONDON -Britain’s economy grew at a monthly pace of 0.5% in February, figures from the Office for National Statistics showed on Friday, well above economists’ expectations in a Reuters poll for an expansion of 0.1%. Gross domestic product in February…

BERLIN – German inflation eased to 2.3% in March, the federal statistics office said on Friday, confirming preliminary data. German consumer prices, harmonised to compare with other European Union countries, had risen by 2.6% year-on-year in February.

European stocks rose on Friday at the end of a volatile week that was dominated by erratic changes in tariffs by the United States and its major trading partners that fuelled concerns over the economic ravages of a trade war….

New York Federal Reserve President John Williams said on Friday the Trump administration’s current trade policies will accelerate inflation this year, while adding that it’s critical for the U.S. central bank to prevent longer-run expectations of price pressures from becoming…

NEW YORK -Wall Street traders and investors have been sent to the brink over the past week by President Donald Trump’s tariff policy, scrambling to figure out strategies and calming clients as trillions were wiped off stock market values. A…

SEOUL -South Korea’s top trade envoy Cheong In-kyo said on Thursday that U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff reprieve had provided room for negotiations, as the country seeks to reduce tariffs through talks. Cheong met U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer about…

European shares surged on Thursday after U.S. President Donald Trump announced an immediate 90-day pause on tariffs for many trading partners, prompting a massive relief rally following a days-long market rout. The suspension of punishing tariffs on dozens of countries…

BERLIN – German economic institutes on Thursday cut their growth forecast for this year to 0.1% from the 0.8% expected in September, taking into consideration initial U.S. tariffs on steel, aluminium and cars, confirming an earlier Reuters report. Exports-dependent Germany…

TAIPEI – Taiwan’s exports rose more than expected in March to a record level as customers placed orders ahead of expectations of U.S. tariffs, with uncertainty over global trade policy clouding the outlook. Exports jumped 18.6% from the same month…

WASHINGTON – Minutes after President Donald Trump announced a 90-day pause on a tariff plan that triggered a stock market rout and global upheaval, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent strode out of the White House to explain the abrupt turnabout….

OSLO – Norway’s $1.7 trillion sovereign wealth fund, the world’s largest, will remain calm in the face of turbulent times, upholding a long-term investment strategy that is widely agreed upon, the government said in a strategy update on Thursday. The…

KUALA LUMPUR – Planned U.S. tariffs could reduce Indonesia’s potential growth by 0.3 to 0.5 percentage points, but a 90-day pause in implementing the levies allows time to discuss solutions, Indonesia’s finance minister told Reuters on Thursday.  Minister Sri Mulyani…

NEW YORK/LONDON/PARIS – Investors are preparing to step up sales of their private credit holdings, as heightened market volatility unleashed by U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade wars forces them to find new ways to raise cash, fund managers and executives…

LONDON – U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to pause the hefty duties he had said he would impose on dozens of countries one week ago followed turmoil in financial markets that included an acute selloff in the $29 trillion Treasury…

NEW YORK -Wall Street stocks tumbled on Thursday on mounting worries over the economic impact of U.S. President Donald Trump’s multi-front tariff war. All three major U.S. stock indexes fell sharply, forfeiting much of the previous session’s gains as growing…

LONDON – As the dust settles after a bruising week eased by U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff pause, the takeaway from global investors is loud and clear: market turbulence is here to stay. In a stunning reversal on Wednesday, Trump…

Wall Street’s main indexes fell hard again on Thursday on concerns over the impact of high tariffs on the global economy, marking a U-turn from the previous session’s historic share gains when U.S. President Donald Trump moved to temporarily lower…

WASHINGTON – The U.S. government posted a $161 billion budget deficit for March, down 32% or $76 billion from a year earlier, a decline due largely to a calendar shift for benefit payments as receipts continued to grow, the Treasury…

NEW YORK – Short interest on the Nasdaq rose 0.6% in late March, the exchange said on Wednesday. As of March 31, short interest climbed to about 15.754 billion shares, compared with 15.664 billion shares as of March 14. Investors…

NEW YORK -The U.S. dollar rebounded against safe-haven currencies including the yen and Swiss franc on Wednesday after President Donald Trump announced a 90-day pause on many new tariffs on trading partners, but escalated a confrontation with Beijing by hiking…

NEW YORK – Wall Street surged after U.S. President Donald Trump announced a 90-day pause in tariffs unveiled last week that roiled markets and erased trillions of dollars from global stock markets. The policy changes also include a lowered overall…

U.S. Treasury investors were left bruised on Wednesday despite a temporary pause in U.S. tariffs, as some funds were forced to sell bonds in a dash for cash while others called into question the bonds’ status as the world’s safest…

LONDON – The tariff shock and recession fears that have sent world stocks into a tailspin over the last week are rolling into corporate funding markets, raising the cost of borrowing and disrupting financing plans even for lower-risk companies. With…

WASHINGTON -The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee voted 16-12, largely along party lines on Wednesday, to advance the Trump administration’s nominee to oversee a $42-billion government fund to bring high-speed broadband internet to unserved parts of the U.S. Arielle Roth, who…

Traton reported a 10% drop in first-quarter deliveries and said the quarter’s operating will fall short of market expectations, Volkswagen’s trucks business said on Wednesday. The company said it sold 73,100 trucks and buses in the first quarter, compared with…

BEIJING/BRUSSELS/WASHINGTON -China and the European Union announced new trade barriers on U.S. goods on Wednesday in response to steep duties imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump, escalating a global trade war that has hammered markets and raised the likelihood of…

Individual investors have been working the phones for advice in the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff announcements which have sparked fears of a recession. Among the most nervous are those approaching retirement, as the market slide wreaks…

WASHINGTON – How concerned Federal Reserve officials were over stagflation risks as they met last month may become more clear on Wednesday in a readout of a gathering held before President Donald Trump’s April 2 tariff announcement shook markets and…

BEIJING – China needs to implement more proactive macroeconomic policies and roll them out in a timely manner as “external shocks” have put pressures to China’s economic stabilisation, Premier Li Qiang said on Wednesday, according to state media. During a…

President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he told the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company it would pay a tax of up to 100 percent if it didn’t build its plants in the United States Speaking to an event at the Republican…