Economy
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Italy's Services PMI: What the Next Reading Signals for the Eurozone's Third-Largest Economy
The Italian services PMI is a closely watched gauge of activity in a sector that drives roughly half of Italy's output. ...
Eurozone Inflation Surges to 3.8% Amid Energy Price Hike
The inflation rate in the Eurozone has risen to 3.8% in September, driven by high energy prices. This is the highest rat...
Rising Food Prices Expected in Japan This October
Japan is bracing for a surge in food prices this October, with inflation expected to rise to 3.05% from 2.8% in Septembe...
The Complexity of Brazil's Public Debt
Brazil's public debt has increased significantly, and the explanation cannot be simplified or politicized. The governmen...
Tokyo Inflation Surges in September, Cementing BOJ Rate Hike Expectations
Tokyo's core inflation rate accelerated in September, exceeding forecasts and solidifying market expectations that the B...
Australia-ASEAN Forum Told to Convert Trust Into Commercial Deal Flow
Leaders at the Adelaide forum say Australia's $200bn ASEAN trade relationship must move from strategy to financed projec...
Japan Finance Minister Backs BOJ Rate Hike to 1.25% as Trump Raises Weak-Yen Concern
Katsunobu Katayama deferred to the Bank of Japan on policy but confirmed U.S. concern over the weak yen, while JGB yield...
Russia Lowers 2026 Investment Outlook to a 5.4% Drop as Rate Drag Deepens
The Economy Ministry now expects fixed capital investment to fall 5.4% this year, citing uncertainty, infrastructure ris...
China's high-tech sales rise 15.7%, AI chips up 67.7% in tax data
Official tax data show China's high-tech industries gained momentum in January-August, with AI-related integrated circui...
Slovak Fiscal Watchdog Says Government Failed to Prove Budget-Balance Exception
The Council for Budget Responsibility warns the cabinet's plan for a non-balanced budget lacks legal support and risks a...
Bureaucracy Is the Biggest Drag on German Competitiveness, Ifo Finds
Half of German firms name regulation as their top competitive problem—far ahead of energy and labour costs—with larger e...
Treasury's 1.2% Productivity Bet Under Fire as Economists Warn of a $20,000 Income Gap
Treasurer Jim Chalmers' Intergenerational Report relies on productivity jumping from 0.3% to 1.2%, but a lower 0.8% path...
The 'Gen Z Stare' Is a Signal From a Squeezed Service Workforce
A former McDonald's worker and labor research suggest flat wages, lean staffing and automation have made emotional labor...
Canton Fair's 140th Edition to Host 32,000 Exhibitors, Spotlighting AI and Green Exports
The 140th Canton Fair in Guangzhou runs Oct 15–Nov 4 with record AI and green product shares, 32,000-plus exhibitors and...
Federal Reserve Raises Key Rate to 3.75%-4% as Oil-Driven Inflation Persists
The central bank's first hike in three years moves the target range to 3.75%-4.0%. Chair Kevin Warsh says inflation is s...
Fed Raises Rates by a Quarter Point and Signals More Tightening as Underlying Inflation Stalls
The Federal Reserve lifted its benchmark rate by 25 basis points and pencilled in another hike this year, with officials...
Are Markets Pricing Too Many Fed Rate Hikes?
Rising US producer prices, driven by energy, have cemented bets on a 25bp Fed hike this week. But a Middle East de-escal...
South Korea Opens Direct Overseas Won Settlement in Currency Globalization Push
Foreign financial institutions can now settle won payments abroad through a new RFI-K licence, removing a longstanding h...
Hong Kong’s First Five-Year Plan Targets 196,000 Homes, 650,000 Jobs and Deeper Mainland Financial Ties
The plan pairs a large public housing push and Northern Metropolis job target with gold clearing, CBDC settlement and li...
Brazil’s Tax-Exempt Bond Volume ‘Completely Absurd,’ BTG’s Esteves Says
BTG Pactual chairman André Esteves says Brazil’s fiscal adjustment is politically easy, calls the volume of tax-exempt s...
India Gains Wider EU Steel Quota Under FTA, but Carbon Levy Stays
The India-EU FTA raises India's preferential steel quota to 1.64 million tonnes, covering 68.4% of 2025 exports, but a s...
Toronto's Global Capital Push: Carney Courts Investors With $500B Target
As the first Canada Investment Summit overlaps with TIFF and a Milken Toronto debut, Prime Minister Carney is pitching f...
ECB's Schnabel Speech Feed Contains Only a Risk Disclaimer
A Hebrew-language financial page listed an ECB board member named Schnabel but offered only a generic trading-risk discl...
Spain's Ghost Job Problem: How Many Online Listings Are Real Vacancies?
From Eurostat to InfoJobs, the data show a gap between job ads and real hiring. In Spain, where vacancies are scarce and...
US CPI Day: Why August Inflation Could Reprice Fed Bets, the Dollar and Gold
The August CPI print is expected at 0.4% m/m headline and 0.2% core. The surprise against those forecasts—not the level—...
France Cuts 2026 Growth Forecast to 0.5% as Household Demand Falters
The French government reduced its 2026 GDP outlook from 0.7% to 0.5% while INSEE sees just 0.4%, with weak consumption, ...
Egypt Weighs Raising Tax Exemption to EGP 100,000 in Third Relief Package
Senate economic committee secretary proposes higher income and VAT thresholds, sukuk and charity incentives as Egypt sta...
Kazakh PM: Work Exists for Those Who Want It Amid 845,000 Vacancies
Official data point to a paradox: hundreds of thousands of unfilled vacancies and about 300,000 foreign workers a year, ...
France’s Strong First-Half Tax Take Gives Government a Fiscal Breather
Bercy collected €275bn in H1 2026 tax revenue, up 3.7% from a year earlier and well above 1.9% nominal GDP growth. The s...
China's August Exports Jump 25% as Trade Surplus Widens, Raising US and EU Tensions
Exports rose 25% and imports 28.2% in August, pushing the year-to-date surplus to $805.5bn amid tariff truce talks with ...