world economy

by hellenicshippingnews… on 9 January 2026 at 10:00 pm

Exports see a slight miss in December but close out the year strong nonetheless Taiwan’s December exports grew by 43.4% year-on-year, down from November’s 56.0% YoY growth. While December’s growth rate came in slightly lower than market forecasts, it remained a very impressive reading nonetheless. Overall, exports grew by 34.9% YoY in 2025, for a …

by hellenicshippingnews… on 9 January 2026 at 10:00 pm

Sainsbury’s SBRY, Britain’s second largest supermarket group after Tesco TSCO, expects food inflation to continue to fall in 2026, its boss said on Friday. Industry data published on Tuesday showed UK grocery inflation was 4.3% in the four weeks to December 28, easing from the 4.7% level recorded in the previous four week period. “We’ve …

by hellenicshippingnews… on 9 January 2026 at 10:00 pm

Greek industrial output rose by 2.6% year-on-year in November, after a 6.4% increase in October, data from statistics service ELSTAT showed on Friday. A breakdown of index components showed manufacturing production rose 7.0% from the same month in 2024. Electricity output dropped by 11.9% year-on-year, and mining production was up by 2.3%. Compared to the …

by hellenicshippingnews… on 9 January 2026 at 10:00 pm

U.S. single-family homebuilding rebounded in October, but permits for future construction eased, signaling caution among builders as new housing inventory remains high and demand soft. Single-family housing starts, which account for the bulk of homebuilding, increased 5.4% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 874,000 units in October, the Commerce Department’s Census Bureau said on …

by hellenicshippingnews… on 9 January 2026 at 10:00 pm

The latest headlines about the US’s increasing determination to acquire parts of Greenland – potentially with military intervention – have not generated meaningful market reactions. That aligns with the market’s mix of difficulty and reluctance in pricing Trump’s geopolitical positions. Still, direct tensions between the US and Denmark have drawn attention to the Danish krone …

by hellenicshippingnews… on 9 January 2026 at 10:00 pm

China is pushing industrial parks to use more of their green power on-site instead of sending it into the grid, according to an official document on Friday, in a new policy roadmap aimed at greening manufacturing while boosting grid flexibility. Industrial parks with newly built wind and solar generation should use at least 60% of …

by hellenicshippingnews… on 9 January 2026 at 10:00 pm

German industrial production increased by 0.8% month-on-month in November, from an upwardly revised 2.0% MoM in October. The November improvement was mainly driven by activity in the automotive industry. On the year, industrial production rose by 0.8%. It’s the first time since the post-lockdown surge in 2021 that German industrial production increased for three consecutive …

by hellenicshippingnews… on 9 January 2026 at 10:00 pm

Will tariffs fall in 2026? Sometime soon, the Supreme Court will rule on President Trump’s use of emergency powers to impose country‑level tariffs – and betting markets put the odds of him losing at 70–80%. Comments from the White House suggest it’s bracing itself for that too. If the Court strikes down the policy, “reciprocal” …

by hellenicshippingnews… on 9 January 2026 at 10:00 pm

British lawmakers are calling for the Bank of England to be handed new powers to gather data on private credit if a landmark stress test fails to shed enough light on risks posed by the fast-growing but opaque market. In a report published on Friday entitled “Private markets: Unknown Unknowns”, the cross-party House of Lords …

by hellenicshippingnews… on 9 January 2026 at 10:00 pm

China’s annual consumer price inflation accelerated to a 34-month high in December, but the full-year rate slumped to the lowest in 16 years while producer deflation persisted, backing market expectations for more stimulus to shore up soft demand. Imbalances in the $19 trillion economy have worsened over the past year even as growth is on …

by hellenicshippingnews… on 9 January 2026 at 10:00 pm

Euro zone retail sales rose more than expected in November and German industry continued to expand, offering further evidence that the currency bloc ended a turbulent year with stable – if modest – growth, a string of data showed on Friday. The euro zone economy grew quicker than most forecasts in 2025, indicating that firms …

by hellenicshippingnews… on 9 January 2026 at 10:00 pm

Turkey is committed to carrying on its tight economic policies in order to cool inflation, and though it may fine-tune the programme it will not change course, Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz said in comments embargoed to Friday. “There is no plan to pause our programme,” Yilmaz said at a briefing with reporters in Istanbul on …

by hellenicshippingnews… on 9 January 2026 at 10:00 pm

U.S. job growth slowed more than expected in December amid business caution about hiring because of import tariffs and rising artificial intelligence investment, but the unemployment rate dipped to 4.4%, supporting expectations the Federal Reserve would leave interest rates unchanged this month. Nonfarm payrolls increased by 50,000 jobs last month after rising by a downwardly …

by hellenicshippingnews… on 9 January 2026 at 10:00 pm

China’s cabinet held a meeting on Friday about implementing a package of fiscal and financial policies to boost domestic demand, including initiatives to spur household consumption, state broadcaster CCTV reported. Policymakers have pledged to step up support to ensure the economy gets off to a solid start in 2026. The cabinet, chaired by Premier Li …

by hellenicshippingnews… on 9 January 2026 at 10:00 pm

German exports unexpectedly fell while industrial output ticked up in November, official data showed on Friday, highlighting both the challenges Europe’s biggest economy faces globally and moderate improvement at home. German exports fell by 2.5% in November compared with the previous month, dragged down by declines in shipments to other European Union countries and the …

by hellenicshippingnews… on 9 January 2026 at 10:00 pm

India’s trade pact with the United States was delayed because Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not make a telephone call to President Donald Trump to close a deal they were negotiating, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said on Friday. The trade talks fell apart last year and Trump doubled tariffs on Indian goods in August to …

by hellenicshippingnews… on 9 January 2026 at 6:00 pm

EU ambassadors gave provisional approval on Friday to the signing of the bloc’s largest ever free trade accord with South American group Mercosur, over 25 years since negotiations began and after months of wrangling to secure key member states’ backing, according to three EU diplomats and sources. The European Commission, which concluded negotiations a year …

by hellenicshippingnews… on 9 January 2026 at 6:00 pm

Americans grew more worried about the job market in December even as anxieties over personal finances faded, while near-term inflation expectations increased, a report from the New York Federal Reserve showed. Respondents in the regional Fed bank’s latest Survey of Consumer Expectations said the prospect of finding a job if unemployed was the worst since …

by hellenicshippingnews… on 9 January 2026 at 6:00 pm

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he is ordering his representatives to buy $200 billion in mortgage bonds to bring down housing costs. “Because I chose not to sell and in my First Term … it is now worth many times that amount — AN ABSOLUTE FORTUNE — and has $200 BILLION DOLLARS IN …

by hellenicshippingnews… on 9 January 2026 at 11:00 am

EU nations are expected on Friday to approve the signing of the bloc’s largest ever free trade accord with South American group Mercosur, over 25 years since negotiations began and after months of wrangling to secure key member states’ backing. The European Commission, which concluded negotiations a year ago, and countries such as Germany and …