Japan PM Ishiba tells cabinet to compile stimulus package
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba formally instructed his ministers on Friday to compile a fresh economic package to cushion the…
Singapore charges property billionaire linked to jailed minister’s case, local media reports
A Singapore court charged a top property billionaire on Friday with obstructing justice and abetting offences by a disgraced ex-transport…
Finance firms more worried about global economy, BoE survey finds
Worries about risks to the UK financial system posed by a global economic downturn have risen sharply to their highest…
India September services growth hits 10-month low, PMI shows
Growth in India’s dominant services sector remained robust but slackened to a 10-month low in September as demand slowed, a…
ECB’s chief supervisor presses for cross-border mergers
The European Central Bank’s chief supervisor pressed her case for cross-border bank mergers on Friday as Italy’s UniCredit CRDI.MI considered…
US job growth blows past expectations, unemployment rate falls to 4.1%
U.S. job gains increased by the most in six months in September and the unemployment rate fell to 4.1%, pointing…
Surging jobs, wages, keep Fed base case of quarter point cuts on track
A surge in U.S. job growth has financial markets betting the Federal Reserve will follow last month’s half-point interest rate…
EU headed for ‘economic cold war’ with China, Hungary’s Orban says
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban warned on Friday that the European Union was headed for an “economic cold war” with…
Ukraine grain exports exceed 11 mln T so far in 2024/25, ministry says
Ukraine’s grain exports in the 2024/25 July-June season exceeded 11 million metric tons as of Oct. 4, up from around…
Spain’s crude oil imports from Venezuela hit 15-year high
Spain’s crude oil imports from Venezuela have this year reached levels not seen since 2009, according to data released on…