21+ hour, 38+ min ago  (406+ words) Canada's annual inflation rate fell to 1.8% "in February, driven by base year effect as prices in the same period a year ago had risen sharply after the government's sales tax relief ended, Statistics Canada said today. Excluding the effect of…...

23+ hour, 11+ min ago  (153+ words) New figures from the Central Statistics Office show that households saved 12.4%, or "1 in "8, of their disposable income in the fourth quarter of 2025. This was below the 13% average since the start of 2023 and marked the lowest seasonally adjusted household saving rate…...

1+ day, 6+ min ago  (768+ words) The European Central Bank meets on Thursday, with traders betting that surging oil prices could push it to hike interest rates as early as this year. War in the Middle East has rekindled fears of an energy-driven inflation shock at…...

23+ hour, 46+ min ago  (503+ words) Soaring energy prices caused by the war in Iran means a UK interest rate cut next week "makes no sense", with future reductions also hanging in the balance, economists have said. Economists have changed their opinion on what will happen…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (612+ words) Activity in China's retail and industrial sectors picked up pace in the first two months of the year, official data showed today, as Beijing seeks to revive spending and navigate looming challenges overseas. Leaders in the world's second-largest economy are…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago  (302+ words) The UK economy stagnated unexpectedly in January and expanded only weakly in preceding months, underlining investor concerns about its vulnerability to the economic fallout from the war in Iran, official data showed today. The figures mean British gross domestic product…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago  (155+ words) The US economy grew at a significantly slower pace than initially estimated for the final months of 2025, government data showed today, due to cooler than expected consumer and government spending, among other factors. US GDP rose at an annual rate…...

6+ day, 19+ hour ago  (937+ words) A representative body for one-parent families in Ireland has called on the Government to extend the fuel allowance for a number of weeks due to the increase in energy prices. One Family has expressed concern over the "rapid rise" in…...

6+ day, 22+ hour ago  (276+ words) British consumer spending grew slowly in February as households grew more pessimistic about the outlook for the economy with the Middle East conflict raising concerns about a fresh rise in inflation, surveys showed today. Barclays said consumer confidence in the…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago  (205+ words) The Japanese economy grew more than initially thought in the fourth quarter of 2025 on strong corporate investment, revised data showed today. The world's fourth-largest economy grew 0.3% in the three months to December, slightly up from the preliminary figure of 0.1%, according…...