Economy

Inflation in China rose to its highest level in more than a year in May driven by surges in pork and fruit prices caused by the African swine fever epidemic and bad weather,...

The US economy created far fewer jobs than expected last month and wages also rose less than forecast. Some 75,000 jobs were created in May rather than the 185,000 expected by analysts, the Bureau...

India has lost its spot as the world’s fastest-growing economy after it grew more slowly than expected in the first three months of 2019. Official data showed the economy grew 5.8%, which is...

Brazil’s jobless rate fell in the latest three-month period, data showed on Friday, but the number of people who gave up looking for work hit a record high as the economy totters on...

Ukraine in terms of GDP per capita remains of the poorest countries in Europe, along with Moldova, Armenia and Georgia. This is according to a World Bank special report titled “Tapping Ukraine’s growth...

Worries that the United States and China were digging in for a longer, costlier trade war weighed on financial markets on Monday as Beijing accused Washington of harboring “extravagant expectations” for a deal...

The US is to return close to $200m (£152.4m) to Malaysia in funds recovered from asset seizures tied to scandal-hit state fund 1MDB. US authorities have so far transferred $57m tied to a...

Bangladesh is among the top five fastest growing global economies thanks to export-oriented industry-led stable macroeconomic growth while the country needs more private sector investment alongside technological and human resources development to attain...

U.S. private employers added 129,000 jobs in March, below economists’ expectations and the lowest since September 2017, a report by a payrolls processor showed on Wednesday. Economists surveyed by Reuters had forecast the...

The US economy created the lowest number of jobs for a year-and-a-half in February, well below forecasts. Just 20,000 new jobs were created last month against expectations of a 180,000 increase, official figures...