Browsing: Economy

The U.S. economy was supposed to be teetering on the verge of recession by now. It’s not. Why not? The short answer: Consumers keep spending, helped…

(Reuters) – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Saturday urged the European Union and the Mercosur to set aside arrogance and negotiate the long-awaited…

Fox News host Jesse Watters has been tapped to anchor a show for the network’s coveted 8 p.m. TV slot once occupied by Tucker Carlson, the…

HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong plans to “fine-tune” the maximum size of mortgages available to first-time homebuyers, Financial Secretary Paul Chan said in a radio…

BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s policy interest rate remains low and further tightening will be gradual to curb inflation risks as the economy continues to recover, a…

Ever since China re-emerged last December from three years of COVID-19 restrictions that disrupted manufacturing and limited domestic consumption in the world’s second-largest economy, Wall Street…

By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s parliament on Sunday approved the government’s 2023-24 budget which was revised to meet International Monetary Fund conditions in a…

BEIJING (Reuters) – China needs to step up measures as soon as possible to bolster a faltering post-COVID recovery in the world’s second-largest economy, a senior…

“ A debate over a long-anticipated recession that hasn’t arrived.  ” The conventional thinking about the U.S. economic and stock market recovery from the 2020 lows…

MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno said he expected the central bank, of which he is a policymaker, to take a “long pause” in…