The Bank of Japan kept interest rates steady on Friday, but declared victory in a nearly 14-year battle to hit its price target and
October 29, 2026Singapore's retrenchment rate in the third quarter of 2026 hit its highest level since the height of the COVID pandemic in late 2020, driven by business reorganisations,
October 30, 2026Major central banks took a break from interest rate rises this week, but they are by no means done, with energy prices near multi-
October 29, 2026The U.S. economy posted strong growth in the July-September quarter yet inflation remained stubbornly high last month, government reports showed Thursday, painting a mixed picture less than a week before midterm elections in which the uncomfortably high cost of living has become a central issue
October 29, 2026The Federal Reserve kept interest rates steady on Wednesday as expected, but it was not able to comfort bond investors
October 29, 2026Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh on Wednesday said he is "honored" to lead the central bank's policymakers and said politics
October 28, 2026The US dollar fell against major currencies on Wednesday after the Fed delivered a rate decision in line with expectations, while the New Zealand dollar
October 27, 2026The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Wednesday, awaiting further data on the path of inflation, and said it would reduce its policy-meeting schedule starting
October 28, 2026The Bank of Canada on Wednesday hiked its key policy rate for the first time in more than three years and said further increases
October 28, 2026What to expect from the Fed today
October 28, 2026Iranian families are cutting back on food, housing and education as the eight-month-old war with the United States fuels one of the country's worst inflation
October 28, 2026The Bank of Canada is widely expected to increase its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points to 2.5% on Wednesday, in a move seen by most economists
October 28, 2026Thailand's central bank kept its key interest rate unchanged for a fourth straight meeting on Wednesday, as widely expected.
October 28, 2026AI stocks led Wall Street higher
October 27, 2026American consumers say the rising cost of living is a top concern — one that's changed how they shop.
October 27, 2026Workers are getting a shrinking slice of America’s economic pie
October 27, 2026China's industrial profits grew at a faster pace in September, though a deepening divergence across the economy weighed on business earnings.
October 27, 2026Brazilian stocks and the real currency posted their sharpest losses in years on Monday after the surprise
October 26, 2026Serbia's student-led protest movement won a historic
October 26, 2026The markets are starting to act seriously weird. Blame AI
October 26, 2026One week before midterm elections, President Donald Trump is struggling to deliver on his promise to bring down costs
October 26, 2026China's domestic passenger vehicle market is set to stage a modest recovery in 2027 after a steeper-than-expected downturn this year, a senior industry executive said on
October 26, 2026Far-right leader Marine Le Pen, the frontrunner in next year's French presidential election, formally launched her campaign on
October 25, 2026Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who faces re-election this week, is drawing criticism from economists and political rivals after suggesting Israel
October 25, 2026With the two leading AI powers, the United States and China, forming their own AI blocs, other countries are maneuvering to harness the strengths of both groupings without alienating either and risking losing out
October 25, 2026Rick Jackson wants to be Georgia's governor and the Republican billionaire is promising to fight for working-class voters
October 24, 2026Protests against war and rising living costs took place in major Italian cities on Saturday, with some incidents of violence, a week after unrest erupted across the country.
October 24, 2026Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators marched in France on Saturday, with largely peaceful rallies giving way to
October 24, 2026Albanian riot police used tear gas, water cannons and rubber bullets to disperse protesters who threw rocks at officers and started a fire at the door of the agriculture
October 24, 2026US consumer sentiment edged down to near a record low in October as rising prices because of the Middle East conflict soured households' views of the economy on the
October 23, 2026Moody's spared France a credit rating downgrade on Friday, easing pressure on a government struggling to contain social unrest and shore
October 23, 2026Gustavo Raul Perez furrows his brow over a notebook at the hardware shop he has run for six
October 23, 2026(Corrects to fix typographical error in paragraph 5) A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Wayne Cole.
October 23, 2026Japan has yet to meet the conditions for officially declaring victory over deflation, Economy Minister Minoru Kiuchi said on Friday, exposing a divide with
October 22, 2026The tab for the next round of the AI buildout came due on Thursday.
October 22, 2026With host communities across the U.S. turning against their gargantuan data centers, America’s technology giants are promising to take fewer taxpayer handouts, keep fewer secrets or shower more money onto the communities willing to allow the server warehouses
October 21, 2026Peru on Thursday unveiled a package of economic measures aimed at cushioning a potential slowdown from the El Niño weather phenomenon.
October 22, 2026The yen was on track for its strongest daily gain in almost a month on Thursday, as investors sought safety amid fragile equity markets, elevated crude
October 22, 2026The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits dropped to near 57-year lows last week amid low layoffs, suggesting a modest pickup
October 22, 2026Britain's FTSE 100 fell on Thursday, pressured by banks and mining stocks as investors weighed more corporate results against a backdrop of elevated oil prices and persistent
October 22, 2026Major Japanese banks are seeing increased demand for funds among corporate borrowers compared with three months ago, a central bank survey showed on Thursday,
October 21, 2026President Emmanuel Macron vowed on Wednesday to prevent a repeat of last weekend's violence at protests planned in the coming days,
October 21, 2026Trump’s approval rating hits a new low as midterms enter final stretch: CNN poll
October 21, 2026France is known for its vibrant protest culture, where activism is seen as a social duty and part of the national identity
October 21, 2026Japan's economy is seeing price rises driven by higher import costs and on the cusp of shifting to a period of sustained inflation driven by rising wages,
October 20, 2026The Bank of Japan will raise interest rates in December to 1.50%, following June and September increases, according to a majority of economists in a
October 20, 2026Democrats fear slippage with Black voters makes Michigan Senate race feel ‘far closer than it should’
October 20, 2026'Be patient at the pumps': Nebraska drivers face rising gas prices as fuel supply tightens
October 20, 2026US single-family homebuilding fell sharply in September and permits for future construction tumbled to a 3-1/2-year low as higher mortgage rates
October 20, 2026After a week of street riots and protests in France, the country's stocks and bonds are on edge, even as curfews in parts of Paris overnight appear to have restored
October 20, 2026The artificial intelligence boom, increasingly acknowledged at the Federal Reserve as helping drive inflation, has left central bankers faced with
October 19, 2026Indonesian stocks suffered the deepest two-day sell-off recorded, while authorities in Jakarta demanded an explanation
October 18, 2026German industry has shed nearly half a million jobs since 2019, an Ifo study showed on Monday, as manufacturers grapple with mounting competitive pressure.
October 19, 2026Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Senator Flávio Bolsonaro have faced off for the first time in a debate, only days before their Oct. 25 runoff election for the country’s top job
October 19, 2026A new AP-NORC/AAPI data poll finds that Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islander adults have become more disillusioned with President Donald Trump and Republicans as the midterm elections approach
October 19, 2026Asking prices for British homes rose in October but there were signs that rising mortgage rates caused by the war in Iran were starting to weigh on affordability and more
October 18, 2026Milan police clashed on Sunday with protesters throwing stones and looting shops during demonstrations against poor services and the rising cost of living, a day after
October 18, 2026The path to a House majority on Capitol Hill runs through heavily Latino districts in states such as Arizona, Colorado and Texas
October 18, 2026Thousands of Tunisians joined the largest protest against President Kais Saied in years in the capital on Saturday, accusing him of undermining democracy and
October 17, 2026The Bank of Japan is "doing the right thing" by normalising monetary policy and may need to raise interest rates faster if inflation rises more than
October 17, 2026Mexico said on Friday that a new five-year tariff break for imported car parts will apply only to automakers that already have production facilities in the country.
October 16, 2026The cost of shipping oil on the largest tankers fell this week from record highs as demand eased following a wave of attacks on vessels in the Middle East
October 16, 2026Qatar is stepping in to help Lebanon revive its struggling economy
October 16, 2026Hello Morning Bid readers! Are we reaching an inflection point?
October 16, 2026High gas prices are intensifying inflation and vacuuming up more of Americans’ dollars, yet consumers are still digging deep to spend, powering the economy, at least for now
October 15, 2026The FBI and Postal Service are investigating “potentially hazardous” letters with “suspicious substances” mailed to congressional and election offices across the nation
October 15, 2026US holiday sales growth is expected to accelerate to 4.2% this year, the National Retail Federation said on Thursday, betting that consumers would remain resilient even as major
October 15, 2026More than 3 million Medicare Advantage enrollees need to find new plans for 2027 in third year of turmoil
October 15, 2026US retail sales increased more than expected in September, boosted by higher gasoline prices, but spending elsewhere was moderate, which could temper economists'
October 15, 2026Cash-strapped US consumers are facing a squeeze in their shopping budgets this holiday season, hit by the double whammy of tariffs and high energy costs.
October 15, 2026A new AP-NORC poll finds that a strong majority of voters believe President Donald Trump is falling short at home and abroad, and they want major change in the upcoming midterm elections
October 15, 2026UBS Global Wealth Management expects the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates for a third time in March 2027, extending its tightening cycle into next year after stronger-than-
October 15, 2026Britain's economy beat forecasts in August as a further jump in the computer programming sector offered fresh evidence that AI is boosting growth,
October 15, 2026A decade after Republican Donald Trump peeled away working-class and union voters who had long been a cornerstone of Democratic support in Ohio,
October 14, 2026U.S. inflation accelerated last month as gas, clothes, and air fares got more expensive, evidence that rising prices remain an economic challenge just a few weeks before the midterm elections
October 14, 2026Bank of England Chief Economist Huw Pill, who has voted for a quarter-point interest rate hike in recent months, said on Wednesday he was more sceptical about market pricing of four
October 14, 2026A selloff in AI supplier shares on Tuesday is the strongest sign to date that the mood on the trade of the decade is shifting, with growing worries that
October 13, 2026Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Austan Goolsbee said on Tuesday that inflation is starting to feel like "aggregate overheating" fueled by spillovers from the artificial
October 13, 2026US investors are favourably reassessing the traditional 60% stock, 40% bond portfolio strategy as a selloff in government debt lifts yields to levels
October 13, 2026German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Tuesday he was ready to sacrifice his popularity in opinion polls to push through long-overdue welfare system reforms that
October 13, 2026China's exports are expected to have expanded at a slightly faster pace in September, sustaining robust momentum despite pressure from some trading partners and remaining
October 13, 2026Japan's wholesale prices rose 6.8% in the year to September, according to data released on Tuesday, slowing from the previous month but highlighting mounting
October 13, 2026Victor Martinez runs a Spanish-language radio station in Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley and talks about voters' frustration with everyday realities like higher fuel prices and inflation ahead of next month’s midterm election
October 12, 2026The rally that has driven the S&P 500 up 14% this year to record highs is masking the fact that more than 4 in 10 stocks in the index are lower in 2026, as the
October 12, 2026Fed officials are warning of more pain. Many Americans are already feeling it
October 12, 2026German automaker Volkswagen reported a 14.3% decline in global deliveries in the third quarter on Monday, its sharpest drop in more than four years, as weakness in China, its
October 12, 2026The U.S. stock market finished its record-setting week with gains, even as other financial markets remained indecisive
October 09, 2026Republican nominees for Senate, the U.S. House and governor’s offices across the country are sidestepping President Trump or openly distancing themselves as they debate Democratic opponents before Election Day
October 09, 2026Lawyers for Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook said on Friday that if a planned White House hearing on allegations against her is "anything close to objective," it will demonstrate
October 09, 2026With midterms approaching, Americans’ confidence in the economy is in a tailspin
October 09, 2026Russian strikes have killed three people and wounded at least eight across Ukraine as the country struggles to counter escalating Russian bombardments that have killed more than 50 people over the past three days
October 09, 2026Some 78% of Americans blame President Donald Trump's policies for rising prices that are outpacing their earnings,
October 09, 2026Ekniti Nitithanprapas was a young graduate student in the United States when Thailand devalued the baht in 1997, setting off the Asian financial crisis.
October 09, 2026The benchmark 10-year US Treasury yield could rise to 6% for the first time since 2000 as high oil prices fuel inflation concerns and worries over the country's growing public debt,
October 09, 2026President Donald Trump bought as much as $1.6 million and sold as much as $1 million in Nvidia stock in August, according to his latest financial
October 08, 2026Stock markets finally stalled on Wednesday and early Thursday as the bond crunch ground on, with the latest Federal Reserve minutes showing most policymakers in
October 08, 2026Australia's AI investment boom is likely to boost inflation in the near term as productivity benefits take longer to emerge, leaving the central bank with limited
October 08, 2026China, the world's second-largest economy, has boosted funding of multilateral development institutions tenfold since 2010, but its voting power and
October 08, 2026German exports fell unexpectedly in August due to a sharp decline in shipments to the United States, showing that momentum in the euro zone's largest economy is
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