Economy News

By Elena Fabrichnaya and Alexander Marrow MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's central bank held its key interest rate at 16% for the third meeting running on Friday, but raised its...

(Reuters) - Aon (NYSE:AON) reported a rise in first-quarter profit on Friday, powered by increases in interest earned from investments as well as funds held in a fiduciary...

By Satoshi Sugiyama and Makiko Yamazaki TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan is concerned about negative effects of the weak yen, finance minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Friday, in a fresh...

By Joice Alves LONDON (Reuters) - The yen fell on Friday and was trading around its weakest level in three decades, having briefly spiked against the dollar, with markets on edge...

By Alexandra Ulmer and Jason Lange (Reuters) - A handful of mega-rich donors have emerged as key backers of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, collectively donating...

By Mike Dolan LONDON (Reuters) -The slightly alarming sight of a French leader calling on the European Central Bank to nuance its focus on inflation may be less dramatic than it...

(Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures advanced on Friday as megacap growth shares rebounded on the back of robust quarterly results from Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) and Microsoft...

By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) -The Bank of Japan kept interest rates around zero on Friday and highlighted a growing conviction that inflation was on track to durably hit its...

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Euro zone lending continued to stagnate in March and consumers trimmed their inflation expectations as record-high borrowing costs kept putting the brakes on...

By Naomi Rovnick and Rae Wee LONDON/SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Global stocks were teetering on Friday towards their worst month since September, although futures markets predicted...

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Euro zone consumers lowered their expectation for inflation over the next 12 months in March but continued to see price growth above the European Central...

(Reuters) - A U.S. Federal Reserve meeting and Apple and Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) reporting results will keep investors' focus in the days ahead on the global rates outlook and on...

Investing.com -- U.S. stock futures point up heading into the final trading session of the week, with earnings from Google-owner Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) and software titan...

By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Pakistan's economic indicators are showing positive signs, with an agenda of painful reforms and privatization on track, Prime Minister...

(Reuters) - The Bank of Japan kept interest rates around zero on Friday and highlighted a growing conviction that inflation was on track to durably hit 2% in coming years,...

By Greg Bensinger and Akash Sriram (Reuters) - Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) announced its first-ever dividend on Thursday and a $70 billion stock buyback, cheering investors who sent...

By Yuvraj Malik, Anna Tong and Stephen Nellis (Reuters) -Microsoft beat Wall Street estimates for third-quarter revenue and profit on Thursday, driven by gains from adoption of...

By David Randall NEW YORK (Reuters) - As U.S. inflation worries grow, some investors are preparing for the 10-year U.S. Treasury yield to breach a 16-year high of 5% hit last...

A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Rae Wee The Bank of Japan's (BOJ) decision to keep interest rates around zero didn't come as a surprise, and focus now...

By Brendan O'Boyle and Raul Cortes MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexico's Senate approved the creation of a new pension fund on Thursday aimed at boosting payouts to the lowest-earning...

(Reuters) - The Bank of Japan kept its short-term rates steady on Friday while removing a reference to the amount of government bonds it has roughly committed to buying each...

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's private home prices reversed a 10-month falling streak in March, climbing 1.1% from February, after the financial city lifted curbs to boost the...

Investing.com-- The Bank of Japan kept interest rates unchanged as expected on Friday, and forecast softer economic growth and higher inflation in the coming years on the back of...

TOKYO (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan kept interest rates unchanged on Friday and issued fresh estimates projecting inflation to stay near its 2% target in the next three years,...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China on Friday passed a law leaving its biggest trade partners in no doubt that it can hit back should they put tariffs on the exports of the world's No.2...

By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) -Core inflation in Japan's capital slowed much more than expected in April and fell below the central bank's 2% target, data showed on Friday,...

By Ariba Shahid KARACHI (Reuters) - Pakistan's central bank is widely expected to hold its key interest rate at a record 22% for the seventh straight policy meeting on Monday as...

By Hari Kishan BENGALURU (Reuters) - The global economy is likely to carry its solid momentum for the rest of the year and into 2025, defying earlier expectations of a slowdown,...

By Jihoon Lee SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's public finances are no longer a strength for its sovereign credit rating but are now a neutral factor requiring near-term efforts to...

(Reuters) -Roku warned that a push by streaming rivals towards ad-supported offerings could weigh on its growth this year, taking the shine off its strong quarterly results and...

By Max A. Cherney and Arsheeya Bajwa (Reuters) -Intel forecast second-quarter revenue and profit below market estimates on Thursday, sending its shares tumbling roughly 8% as it...

By Brigid Riley TOKYO (Reuters) - As the yen plumbs three-decade lows and pressure grows on Japan to intervene or make monetary policy changes, traders figure there is not much...

(Reuters) - Capital One Financial (NYSE:COF)'s first-quarter profit rose 35% as customers paid more on the company's credit-card loans amid higher interest rates. Net interest...

By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) - A look at the day ahead in Asian markets. Asia's market spotlight on Friday falls on the Bank of Japan's policy announcement, as the cat-and-mouse...

By Sheila Dang (Reuters) -Snap beat Wall Street's expectations for quarterly revenue and user growth on Thursday, as improvements to its advertising system delivered results...