Tepid growth across British businesses edged up at the start of 2025 but employment and optimism contracted again and price ...

The move comes in line with expectations from CNBC’s survey, where an overwhelming majority of economists predicted a hike.

The Bank of Japan is expected to raise rates by 25 basis points later in the day as it concludes its monetary policy meeting.

Corporate earnings are coming in strong. Investors are also seeing the Trump administration take a less aggressive approach ...

For a start, firms usually pass on tariffs by raising prices. During Mr Trump’s last sortie against Chinese manufacturing in ...

As US inflation reached 9.1% in 2022, its highest level since 1981 ... In the United Kingdom, a nation that saw inflation peak at 11.1% in October 2022 along with interest rate hikes to 5.25% in the ...

Many countries have ... nearly 4.9% on Monday, its highest level for 17 years. Meanwhile, by Tuesday afternoon the 30-year gilt yield stood at 5.44%, below Monday's peak of 5.46%.

Chhattisgarh recorded the highest inflation in the country at 7.63 per cent, followed by Bihar (7.36 per cent), Odisha (6.96 per cent), Kerala (6.36 per cent), Uttar Pradesh (6.26 per cent ...

Finland also has one of the highest capital gains taxes, and unlike other countries where short-term visitors are usually exempt from full taxation, Finland considers anyone who has stayed longer ...

with 100 per cent profit on average, equivalent to an average cash gain of £243,000. In 2024 this had dropped to an average profit of 44 per cent, or £172,400.

Sudan is expected to have the highest inflation rate on the continent, with consumer prices projected to rise by 118.9% annually. The economic challenges in the country, including currency devaluation ...

Earth's average land and ocean surface temperature in 2024 was 2.32°F (1.29°C) above the 20th-century average—the highest global ... America (tied with 2023) had their warmest year on record.