The 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
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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
October 08, 2026Trade unions in Spain on Wednesday announced a nationwide general strike over housing issues for November 11, a protest that will take place
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October 07, 2026British 30-year bond yields rose to a 28-year high on Wednesday as a global bond selloff pushed equivalent US borrowing costs to their highest since 2002,
October 07, 2026The euro tumbled on Wednesday as French bonds came under renewed pressure on fiscal concerns, while the dollar held gains following the minutes from
October 07, 2026The interest rate on the most common US home loan jumped last week to its highest in almost three years, worsening affordability for buyers four weeks before elections
October 07, 2026As the US third-quarter earnings season gets set to kick off, Wall Street's S&P 500 joined the Nasdaq in setting a new record high on Tuesday - its first in about six
October 07, 2026European shares closed sharply lower on Wednesday after three straight sessions of gains, as higher oil prices and a rise in bond yields sapped
October 07, 2026Wall Street is booming. Surging yields could shake things up
October 06, 2026Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said on Tuesday it was becoming more important to anchor underlying inflation around the central bank's 2% target, signalling
October 06, 2026Thailand's headline consumer price index rose 2.82% in September from a year earlier, after a 2.53% annual increase in the previous month, driven by higher fuel and food
October 06, 2026Spain's snap election will revolve around an issue which has topped voters' list of concerns for three years straight but, until a fortnight ago, failed
October 06, 2026President Donald Trump has taken his Republican midterm rescue mission to Nebraska
October 05, 2026Spain's Socialist prime minister, Pedro Sanchez, on Monday lived up to his reputation as a political gambler by calling a snap
October 05, 2026Brazil's benchmark stock index Bovespa gained more than 8% in early Monday trading, exceeding 205,000 points after right-wing Senator Flavio Bolsonaro led leftist
October 05, 2026Investor morale in the euro zone fell to 2.7 in October, as easing expectations cast doubt on a possible economic upturn, a survey showed on Monday.
October 05, 2026South Africa's private sector contracted in September at its fastest pace since December as new orders fell sharply and supply bottlenecks and fuel-driven cost
October 05, 2026France's dominant services sector grew in September for the first time since the end of last year, helped by a rebound in output after businesses had been impacted in August by an
October 05, 2026Italy's service sector grew in September at the slowest pace in three months, a survey showed on Monday, as cost pressures intensified once again, driven by turmoil in the
October 05, 2026Investors have loaded up on bets that the Reserve Bank of India will raise rates this week, warning that it risks falling behind the curve as inflation
October 05, 2026Many college students today are feeling anxious about their future
October 04, 2026President Donald Trump is defending data centers powering AI projects during a campaign rally in Ohio
October 04, 2026President Donald Trump is hitting the campaign trail in heavily Republican areas to shore up lagging enthusiasm in their party ahead of next month’s midterm elections
October 01, 2026The US central bank will need to raise short-term borrowing costs by at least another half of a percentage point to turn monetary policy "modestly restrictive" and get
October 02, 2026Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook said on Thursday that she sees AI, and its inflationary push, as a top risk for 2027, and noted that increasingly frequent supply shocks have had
October 02, 20268 in 10 Americans disapprove of Trump on inflation. That’s extremely rare for a president
October 02, 2026How are higher interest rates and rising prices affecting you?
October 02, 2026Americans are increasingly using buy now, pay later plans for everyday expenses like groceries and bills
October 01, 2026British manufacturing cost pressures increased for the first time in four months in September, even as output grew at its slowest pace since March, according to purchasing
October 01, 2026Bond market bust: The 10-year Treasury yield hit its highest level since 2002
October 01, 2026A new AP-NORC poll finds that most Americans blame President Donald Trump for persistently high prices, while only about 2 in 10 approve of his handling of the cost of living
October 01, 2026A massive year for corporate profit growth is driving US stock market gains, but investors' hesitancy that the good times will roll on without a hitch is
October 01, 2026Borrowing costs from the US to France, Britain and Japan hit their highest in decades on Thursday, squeezing already pressured government finances, and threatening stocks,
October 01, 2026Germany's manufacturing sector sustained its upturn in September as production levels and new orders once again registered strong growth despite renewed inflationary
October 01, 2026Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said the administration's efforts to boost the country's economic competitiveness will help ensure market confidence in
October 01, 2026A Federal Reserve rate hike next month looked less likely Wednesday after fresh government data showed inflation rose less than expected in August, easing pressure on
September 30, 2026Stock market investors might have been expected to run for the hills in the face of an extraordinary surge in global borrowing costs, currency interventions,
September 30, 2026Inflation slowed a bit last month as Americans ramped up their spending, though price gains remained elevated and are a challenge for many voters as the midterm elections approach
September 30, 2026The Bank of Japan expects interest rate increases to happen faster and more regularly in future as it pre-empts risks of an inflation overshoot, sources said
September 30, 2026(Adds missing word, paragraph 6) By Olesya Astakhova and Ahmad Ghaddar LONDON, Sept 30 - OPEC+ oil-producing countries are likely to keep their oil production targets steady for November when they
September 30, 2026Britain's economy grew more quickly than previously thought in the second quarter, consolidating its position as the fastest-growing Group
September 30, 2026French consumer prices rose more than expected in September, preliminary data from the INSEE statistics agency showed on Wednesday.
September 30, 2026Federal Reserve Governor Michael Barr on Tuesday made a renewed case for further interest rate hikes, noting that high energy prices and a surge in AI-related
September 29, 2026The case for raising interest rates will remain weak until high energy prices translate into clearer signs of inflation spreading across the broader economy, Bank of
September 29, 2026French high school students blockaded dozens of schools and public sector workers went on strike on Tuesday, voicing discontent
September 29, 2026Britain’s PM is on a ‘Burnham bounce.’ When will he fall to earth?
September 29, 2026Brazil's share of debt linked to the benchmark Selic rate jumped to 52.7% in August from 51.1% in July, Treasury data showed on Monday, extending a deterioration in the
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September 28, 2026Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook said on Monday she expects continued inflationary pressure in coming months stemming from AI-related demand and higher oil
September 28, 2026By Darya Korsunskaya MOSCOW, Sept 28 - Russia plans to spend 17.1 trillion roubles ($202.58 billion) on defence in 2027, around 27% more than the 13.5 trillion roubles originally budgeted and the
September 28, 2026China's cabinet pledged on Monday to step up counter-cyclical policy support to address rising economic strains, signalling greater urgency to shore up growth and keep the
September 28, 2026Nervy bond markets face another test this week as they navigate the ends of both the month and the third quarter on Wednesday, with the September US employment report
September 28, 2026Why the AI boom makes inflation harder to tame
September 28, 2026A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Wayne Cole. It's been a bit of a random walk in Asia so far, with oil and yields up, stocks mixed, gold down and the dollar flat.
September 28, 2026Many Bank of Japan policymakers saw the need to focus on mounting inflation risks, with some calling for faster interest rate increases, minutes of their
September 28, 2026Wall Street has a busy week ahead with important updates on inflation, the jobs market and consumer confidence
September 24, 2026Americans still feel worse about the economy than at almost any point in modern history
September 25, 2026Brazil's mid-September inflation accelerated more than expected, official data showed on Friday, adding to concerns about persistent price pressures as voters head into
September 25, 2026With midterm elections just over a month away, Republican heavyweights have been jetting across the country to campaign and outside groups have
September 25, 2026Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey said on Friday that persistently high energy prices would make it harder for the central bank to leave interest rates on hold, underlining a
September 25, 2026Singapore's population rose 1.6% in June compared to a year ago, hitting a new high of 6.21 million, government statistics released on Friday showed.
September 25, 2026US President Donald Trump welcomed Chinese President Xi Jinping to the White House on Thursday for a lavish summit that was
September 24, 2026Despite increasing political anxiety over Iran war, senators narrowly rejected a war powers resolution
September 24, 2026The US current account deficit widened sharply in the second quarter amid a surge in imports of goods, government data showed on Thursday.
September 24, 2026Canadian monthly retail sales fell by 0.7% in July, marginally better than an average of analysts' expectations, primarily led by declines at general
September 24, 2026The dollar hit a fresh two-month high on Thursday as Treasury yields rose and expectations of further Federal Reserve interest rate hikes
September 24, 2026Mortgage rates top 7%, dealing a further blow to the frozen housing market
September 24, 2026US Federal Reserve officials, who have begun hiking interest rates to tame high inflation, believe they can do so
September 24, 2026The Bank of Japan is expected to raise interest rates roughly once every three months and push them up to 2% by around June next year to
September 24, 2026For decades, whenever house prices in Australia fell, the central bank rode to the rescue with rate cuts to shore up economic demand and keep households
September 24, 2026US bond yields soared on Wednesday, in many cases to the highest since 2007, and expectations of an interest rate hike next month surged, after
September 24, 2026Microsoft is planning to invest more than $10 billion across the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Kuwait between now and 2030, including in
September 23, 2026Brazil's central bank monetary policy director Nilton David said on Wednesday that the best response to the current uncertainty was to pursue smooth and predictable
September 23, 2026Morocco's interior ministry reported a lower turnout of 38.02% in the country's parliamentary election on Wednesday, down from 50% in the last vote in
September 23, 2026South Texas unfurls in long stretches of highways across flat landscapes
September 23, 2026China's central bank said on Wednesday that it would inject up to 1 trillion yuan ($149 billion) per day via short-term liquidity tools around the turn of the month as
September 23, 2026Bank of America Global Research became the latest brokerage to expect the Bank of England to raise interest rates twice over the next six months, as higher energy prices raise the
September 23, 2026A new survey points to economic frustration among a key group that has largely backed Donald Trump and other Republicans in recent elections
September 23, 2026Pakistan curbed access on Wednesday to its capital, Islamabad, ahead of a march planned by supporters of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan,
September 23, 2026The International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday that Sri Lanka's economy continues to show resilience amid successive shocks but is still facing risks tilted to the downside, as
September 23, 2026A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Wayne Cole.
September 23, 2026US economic conditions "are, if anything, firming," with continued consumer spending and strength beyond the boom in artificial intelligence keeping
September 22, 2026New Zealand's top central banker said on Tuesday if recent gains in oil prices persist it would lead to "somewhat" higher inflation than previously forecast, adding that
September 22, 2026Qatar's sovereign wealth fund QIA and JP Morgan Asset Management plan to launch a $20 billion strategic partnership across public and private markets in
September 21, 2026Suggestions that the Federal Reserve could lower borrowing costs to help the US government finance its current debt and deficits are the very reason
September 21, 2026A rally in heavyweight banks and technology stocks lifted European shares on Monday, while oil prices slumped for the fourth consecutive
September 21, 2026Minneapolis Federal Reserve President Neel Kashkari said on Sunday that inflation is too high across all sectors of the US economy, not just in rising oil prices.
September 20, 2026President Donald Trump has renewed his attacks on the Federal Reserve after it hiked its benchmark interest rate Wednesday, but the Fed matters less than broader economic trends when it comes to longer-term borrowing costs, economists say
September 20, 2026Voters across the nation say skyrocketing gas prices are causing financial hardships for their families
September 20, 2026Trump’s sanctions, inflation and a collapsing economy leaves Iran’s sick exposed
September 20, 2026China kept its benchmark lending rates unchanged for the 16th straight month on Sunday, in line with market expectations.
September 20, 2026The Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate Wednesday for the first time since 2023 in an effort to quell stubbornly high inflation, and the central bank signaled another rate hike could occur later this year
September 18, 2026Munich's Oktoberfest has kicked off with the city's mayor tapping the first beer keg, marking the start of the 191st edition of the festival
September 19, 2026Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has returned from Europe and cast Canada as moving quickly beyond its historic reliance on the United States
September 19, 2026The premium France pays to borrow on the bond markets compared to Germany rose to more than a whole percentage point on Friday for
September 18, 2026The dollar jumped against the yen on Friday after two policymakers at the Bank of Japan dissented from a widely expected decision
September 18, 2026The cost of servicing Italy's public debt is rising at "an alarming rate" in the wake of geopolitical tensions, Economy Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti said on
September 18, 2026Cross-border investment into commercial property globally jumped 56% to $71.8 billion in the first half of this year, driven by more deals in Asia and
September 18, 2026Thailand will extend its consumer subsidy programme using 40 billion baht ($1.20 billion) remaining from the first phase, Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said on Friday
September 18, 2026Russians began voting on Friday in a three-day parliamentary election which President Vladimir Putin has said will show that millions of people back his
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