Shell and Equinor Drop Out of Norway’s Blue Hydrogen Pipeline Plan
Equinor and Shell have dropped out of a key decarbonization project that would have supplied blue hydrogen to the German…
Japan Joins Allied Transit of Taiwan Strait for the First Time
For the first time in memory, Japan has dispatched a warship through the contested waters of the Taiwan Strait, drawing…
Efforts to Curtail Russian LNG Exports Grow as UK Imposes Vessel Sanctions
For the first time since the UK created the power to sanction individual vessels, the government announced efforts targeting Russia’s…
Deutsche Bank says now expects a faster ECB rate-cutting cycle
Deutsche Bank said on Thursday it now anticipated a faster European Central Bank rate-cutting cycle, with back-to-back quarter-point rate cuts…
US core capital goods orders rise in August
New orders for key U.S.-manufactured capital goods unexpectedly rose in August, though business spending on equipment appears to have lost…
‘I’m a capitalist’ says Harris in economic pitch to voters
US Vice-President Kamala Harris, seeking to sharpen her economic message, pledged to usher in new investments in domestic manufacturing across…
What impact will a slowing economy have on Chinese demand for study abroad?
The Chinese government is again reporting on youth unemployment rates after have suspending such data releases for the past several…
EU: Economy at regional level
The COVID-19 crisis had a considerable impact on the EU economy. However, vaccine rollouts, extensive stimulus programmes, the easing of…
German consumer sentiment stays at low level in October, finds GfK
German consumer sentiment is expected to stabilise at a low level going into October, with households more willing to save…
Eurozone bank lending continues to recover slowly
The pickup in bank lending in August was too small to be considered encouraging. It does mean that the largest…