World Economy

In Spain’s small cured meat southern village of Jabugo, uncertainty over who will govern next in Madrid is a remote concern for investors keen to produce more of the Andalusian delicacy.

Indonesia’s economy is expected to grow by between 5.2 and 5.6% next year, the central bank governor said on Monday.

Agus Martowardojo told a parliamentary hearing that government spending…

Russia’s central bank will cut its main policy rate for the first time in almost a year when it meets on Friday, a Reuters poll predicted on Monday. The bank has held its key rate at 11% since…

The odds are stacked against Nigeria as it looks to raise debt on the international markets for the first time in almost three years.

Just when Portugal thought things couldn’t look any worse for its bond market, they did.

The pound slumped to a three-week low after polls showed more Britons favor exiting the European Union, reviving concern a June 23 referendum will throw global markets into turmoil and…

The cost of France’s worst flooding in decades could reach an estimated €2 billion ($2.2 billion). French insurance companies are expecting to have to pay out at least hundreds of millions of…

Saudi Arabia’s plans to bolster its finances are taking on a new sense of urgency as lower oil prices put the economy under more strain than at any other time in the past decade.

Business economists are giving a more pessimistic outlook about US economic growth this year for the third consecutive month and uncertainty over the November presidential election has proven to…

When Fumiko Kasai returned to work a decade ago she found Japan’s job market was very different to the one she had left in the 1980s to raise her four children.

The cost of an average mortgage in the UK could rise by nearly £1,000 ($1,451) a year if Britain leaves the European Union, Prime Minister David Cameron has warned.

Uncertainty caused by…

Italy’s economy minister says the country’s public debt would start falling this year as a share of domestic output after the central bank warned earlier this week the government may fail to meet…

Swiss voters rejected by a wide margin a proposal to introduce a guaranteed basic income for everyone living in the wealthy country, projections by the GFS polling group for Swiss broadcaster SRF…

For Mauricio Macri, there may be a silver lining to the Panama Papers scandal that has dogged Argentina’s new president since he was accused of ties with offshore shell companies earlier this year…

Turkey’s annual core inflation registered the biggest fall in over a year, giving more encouragement to monetary policy makers who began cutting borrowing costs in March.

The core rate,…

The US and China have made progress on their exchange-rate debate over the years while the Asian nation’s ability to control excess capacity will be central for expanding its economy, US Treasury…

The higher use of electronic payments helped consumption grow 0.22% in Vietnam in 2011-15, which translated to an addition of $880 million to its gross domestic product over the years, according…

With retail inflation showing signs of hardening, Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan may maintain the status quo in the bi-monthly monetary policy review on Tuesday and wait for the…

The Ghana Chamber of Mines says mineral revenue of producing members fell nearly 14% to $ 3.39 billion in 2015 down from $3.94 billion the previous year.

The drop in the mineral revenue is…

Entrepreneurship has taken on great global significance for governments looking to boost growth and employment since the global financial crisis. It is also seen as a remedy for socio-economic…

Kuwait’s Health Ministry is likely to increase health fees for expats in the private sector by between 15 to 20% before the end of 2016, Undersecretary Khaled Al-Sahlawi said, Arabian Business…

As Claver Gatete, the Rwandan finance minister, heads to parliament next week to read the national budget for 2016/17, he is faced with the task of crafting new fiscal and monetary interventions…

Lebanon is in a state of economic paralysis. Crippled by political stalemate (the country has been without a president for two years), an inundation of refugees combined with a region-wide…

France’s economy expanded faster than initially thought in the first quarter, as strong contributions from consumer spending and business investment propelled the eurozone’s second largest economy…

China has promised to implement measures to improve laws and government services for businesses in response to slowing private investment growth, state media reported.

China is…