3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (307+ words) LONDON, Sept 11 (Reuters) – Britain’s economy grew by a much stronger than expected 0.4% in July, extending the strong performance seen in the first half of the ​year despite headwinds from the U.S.-Iran war, figures from ‌the Office for National…...

4+ day, 39+ min ago   (365+ words) PARIS, Sept 10 (Reuters) – The French economy will grow markedly less this year than the government has anticipated as declining purchasing power weighs on consumer spending and firms rein in investment, the ​national statistics office forecast on Thursday, cutting its outlook....

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (374+ words) TOKYO, Sept 10 (Reuters) – Fitch Ratings will scrutinise Japan’s budget for the next fiscal year for clues on whether Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi can balance her growth-focused spending agenda with fiscal ​discipline, a senior analyst said. “We need to look at…...

6+ day, 3+ hour ago   (522+ words) LONDON, Sept 8 (Reuters) – Britain sold £4.25 billion ($5.75 billion) of 30-year bonds on Tuesday with the highest yield since comparable records began in 1998, as rising global borrowing costs cast a shadow over new finance minister John Healey’s plans for his first budget....

6+ day, 6+ hour ago   (140+ words) PRETORIA, Sept 8 (Reuters) - South Africa's economy contracted ​0.2% ‌in the second quarter of 2026 in seasonally ‌adjusted ​quarter-on-quarter ⁠terms, statistics agency ⁠data showed on Tuesday. Economists polled by Reuters ​had forecast that gross ⁠do... PRETORIA, Sept 8 (Reuters) – South Africa’s economy…...

6+ day, 15+ hour ago   (362+ words) TOKYO, Sept 8 (Reuters) – Japan’s economy grew faster than initially estimated in the April-June quarter from the previous three months, supported by capital expenditures which were less weak than initially estimated, ​revised data showed on Tuesday. The figure released by the…...

1+ week, 11+ hour ago   (687+ words) By Dhara Ranasinghe and Stefano Rebaudo LONDON, Sept 7 (Reuters) – The European Central Bank is widely expected to hike interest rates on Thursday, erring on the side of caution as the U.S.-Iran war drags on, keeping oil prices high and…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (227+ words) LONDON, Sept 4 (Reuters) – Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey said on Friday that weak productivity and shocks such as COVID-19 ​were behind a climb in public debt ‌across advanced economies, which in turn was pushing up borrowing costs. “There are…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (155+ words) WASHINGTON, Sept 3 (Reuters) – U.S. worker productivity growth picked up in the second quarter, ​the government confirmed on ‌Thursday, helping to keep labor costs in check. Nonfarm productivity, which measures hourly output per worker, increased at an ‌unrevised ​1.4% annualized rate ⁠last…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (628+ words) NEW DELHI, Sept 3 (Reuters) – India’s unexpectedly strong economic growth has sparked a debate after an ex-bureaucrat and a former central bank chief questioned whether the expansion was overstated and the government defended its numbers. The world’s fifth-biggest economy grew 7.8% in…...