World Economy

Only 67% of small businesses feel represented by politicians in their respective country’s decision-making process, said a research report issued by Sage Middle East.

Investors around the world have dumped bonds in favor of equities in recent months on expectations that inflation will rise, but in Australia that trade is facing a first reality check when…

Beijing will be watching closely amid fears a trade war could break out between the world's top two economies, USA and China, after Donald Trump took office as the 45th president of the United…

Inflation will smash past the British government’s limit and hit 3.1% by the end of March, according to EY ITEM Club think tank.

Gold demand slowed in India this week as buyers postponed purchases on expectation of a cut in import duty and after a rebound in prices, while it was tepid across other major trading centers in…

The trade war has already begun. Anger is growing in Mexico, as is resistance to the new economic protectionist policy announced by US President Donald Trump, DW reported. “Trump’s motto has…

Underlying inflation in the eurozone will remain weak for years to come, a survey showed, suggesting that the European Central Bank is still far from scaling back its unprecedented stimulus…

Turkey’s central bank faces a major credibility test when it meets on Tuesday, with investors hoping for a significant interest rate hike after attempts to defend the lira with liquidity measures…

As the Trump era officially began on Friday, dealing with US-led trade protectionism and economic uncertainties is becoming the main focus of the South Korean economy.

Russia’s Agriculture Ministry expects farming production growth in 2017 to be at the level of the previous years, i.e. 2.5-4%, Minister of Agriculture Alexander Tkachev said on Sunday, Tass…

Egypt’s growth rate during the first quarter of fiscal year 2016/17 has seen a 3.4% improvement, said Planning Minister Ashraf al-Araby, NewsNow reported. During a press conference on Sunday,…

Algeria recorded slower third-quarter growth last year despite a significantly better performance from the energy sector, as non-hydrocarbon growth slackened, the government said on Sunday,…

Saudi Basic Industries Corp. agreed to buy out Royal Dutch Shell Plc’s 50% stake in a petrochemical joint venture for $820 million, marking the third project with Saudi Arabia’s largest companies…

Iraq announced the sale of $1 billion in bonds guaranteed by the United States, paying an interest of 2.1%, far below the 9% yield on the country’s non-guaranteed debt.

The US-guaranteed…

Venezuelan consumer prices rose 800% in 2016 while the economy shrank 18.6%, according to preliminary central bank figures seen by Reuters, the sharpest economic contraction in 13 years and the…

Foxconn, the world’s largest contract electronics maker, is considering setting up a display-making plant in the United States in an investment that would exceed $7 billion, company chairman and…

Japanese business leaders are warning that US President Donald Trump’s protectionist trade policies threaten to undermine a global economy shored up by free trade and investment.

The dollar ended down while US stock indexes rose in the last day of a choppy trading week, as investors reacted to President Donald Trump’s inaugural speech.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel vowed on Saturday to seek compromises on issues like trade and military spending with US President Donald Trump, adding she would work on preserving the important…

The head of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde, has said that one of the biggest risks to the global economy in 2017 was “a race to the bottom” on taxes, regulations and trade, in…

Despite significant deficit-reduction efforts under way since 2015 in the backdrop of plunging oil revenues, all Persian Gulf Cooperation Council countries are projected to record fiscal deficits…

Fitch Ratings has affirmed Armenia’s Long-Term Foreign and Local Currency Issuer Default Ratings at ‘B+’ with stable outlook, Panorama reported. According to the release issued by the statistical…

Mexico’s beleaguered peso slid to a record low over 21 pesos per dollar, then bounced back to around 20.72 in a volatile session, still pressured by Donald Trump’s shock US election win, TVC News…

The European Union has granted about $69 million to Zambia to expand electricity supply as the East-African nation faces a power deficit, AllAfrica reported. According to the EU, the grant would…

India’s foreign exchange reserves rose by $687.9 million to $359.842 billion in the week to January 13 helped by increase in the foreign currency assets, the Reserve Bank of India said Saturday,…