As the Federal Reserve gears up for its July 29–30 policy meeting, officials appear set to maintain the benchmark federal funds rate in its current 4.25 percent–4.50 percent range, citing renewed signs of inflation, firm consumer spending and resilient labor markets. Despite vocal calls from...

Across Africa, Latin America and Asia, central banks are increasingly bypassing London’s bullion market in favour of direct purchases from domestic mines. With gold prices soaring and geopolitical uncertainty mounting, policymakers are tapping local gold production to expand reserves, support...

Deflationary forces have tightened their hold on China’s economy, as factory‑gate prices continue to slide and corporate earnings shrink. In the first half of 2025, producer prices fell by nearly 3 percent year‑on‑year, extending a record streak of factory‑price declines that now spans more than a...

Japan’s economy faces mounting uncertainty after data showed exports contracting for a second consecutive month in June. The 0.5 percent year‑on‑year decline followed May’s 1.7 percent drop, deepening concerns that the country may slip into recession. With trade accounting for nearly a quarter of...

The German central bank anticipates no growth in the country's GDP for April-June 2025 following an unanticipated recovery in the first quarter. The economy “likely stagnated” and the overall trend continues to be “weak,” according to the Bundesbank's monthly report. The central bank cautioned...

Despite a headline‑grabbing 5.2% expansion in the second quarter of 2025, China’s economy is marked by growing fissures that belie its outward strength. Exports continue to surge—buoyed by a temporary truce in the U.S.–China trade war—and factory output remains robust. Yet this export‑heavy model...

The UK government is bringing back subsidies up to £3,750 ($5,000) for electric vehicles to aid the auto industry and achieve environmental goals. The Department for Transport announced in a statement that the overall program will amount to £650 million. Financial support will be available for...

China’s economy expanded by 5.2 percent in the second quarter of 2025, down from 5.4 percent in Q1 and only slightly above analysts’ projections. Although this pace still meets Beijing’s official annual target of “around 5 percent,” a confluence of challenges—including a deepening property slump,...

As a summer deadline for U.S. tariff hikes on European goods looms, transatlantic trade negotiations have hit an impasse, with U.S. President Donald Trump insisting on deeper concessions from the European Union even as Brussels seeks to maintain a fragile truce. Both sides have extended pauses on...