World Economy

Germany’s annual inflation rate rose further in February, hitting its highest level in four-and-a-half years, led by energy and fresh food prices.

The UAE’s non-oil exports during the first nine months of 2016 rose to Dh128.7 billion ($35 billion), up 5.6% over Dh121.8 billion the previous year.

The value of national non-oil commodity…

Japan’s core machinery orders unexpectedly fell in January from the previous month and dipped the most in five months, adding to worries about whether recent signs of economic recovery will be…

Many advanced countries need structural reforms to make their economies more productive and raise long-term living standards. Our new research shows that provided countries can afford it, fiscal…

A civil war has broken out within the White House over trade, leading to what one official called "a fiery meeting" in the Oval Office pitting economic nationalists close to Donald Trump against…

Georgia’s external trade grew by 18% this year, reports the National Statistics Office of Georgia or Geostat. External merchandise trade (excluding non-declared trade) of Georgia amounted to $1.4…

Turkey’s current account deficit stood at $2.76 billion in January, up by almost $561 million year-on-year, a Turkish Central Bank report showed on March 13. The figure was largely in line with…

Bangladesh needs to reform its financial sector through upgrading macroeconomic policy-making practices and institutions including modernizing the financial and tax system so that the country can…

Brazil’s economic rout deepened in the fourth quarter as investors and consumers remained on the sidelines amid government austerity measures that marked a disastrous year of corruption and…

Popularly known as the “tax on social parasites”, President Alexander Lukashenko sought to tax the underemployed. Even though he backed down on the tax, protests have continued, with some calling…

Asian shares rose on Monday, taking their cue from gains on Wall Street after strong US job data, though the mood was cautious as oil prices plunged to 3 1/2-month lows on fresh worries of…

Oman hopes to attract investments worth RO17 billion ($44.16 billion) in nearly 100 projects covering three key economic sectors under a new program, a senior official has said, TradeArabia…

Malaysia’s industrial output rose 3.5% in January from a year ago, underpinned by gains especially in the manufacturing sector, which was below Bloomberg’s survey of a 5.3% increase. The…

The Bank of Japan is expected to keep monetary policy steady on Thursday and stress that inflation is nowhere near levels that justify talk of withdrawing massive stimulus, as weak consumer…

When global banking regulators met in secret in a London conference room to try to clinch a deal on capital rules, European industry lobbyists were nowhere in sight. They didn’t have to be.

Desperately needed airports and trains are part of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s envisioned “golden age of infrastructure,” but graft, red tape and other perennial problems threaten the $…

Treasurer Scott Morrison has declared record low wage growth the “biggest challenge” facing the Australian economy.

Scottish manufacturers ramped up production at the fastest rate in more than three years in February as private sector output hit a 19-month high.

Publishing its latest regional purchasing…

Business confidence in Russia has risen to a level not seen since June 2013, the Markit Economics research organization said Monday citing results of its survey.

Remember when emerging-market debt investors used to fret about Federal Reserve interest-rate hikes? Apparently, they don’t care anymore, or at least not very much.

The US Federal Reserve this week is poised to raise its benchmark interest rate amid burgeoning job growth and a surge of market optimism since President Donald Trump took office, France24…

The Head of Bundestrat, the upper chamber of the German Parliament, Malu Dreyer, has pledged Germany’s support to Nigeria in its economic recovery effort. Dreyer, who spoke at the weekend while…

Sudan’s annual rate of inflation rose to 33.53% in February from 32.86% the previous month, as food and energy prices kept rising after subsidies were cut in early November, the Central Statistics…

Stock markets in the (Persian) Gulf Cooperation Council countries (Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, and Oman) look set to start the week on a soft footing after…

In spite of a backdrop of global uncertainty, the New Zealand economy has enjoyed an extended period of above-trend growth, with domestic GDP growth running at 3.4% in 2016. Whilst this is…