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Short-dated German bonds headed for their best day in more than two months as traders ramped up wagers on additional interest-rate cuts from the European Central Bank this year.

OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman briefed US policymakers on the need to continue investing heavily in physical infrastructure to support future artificial intelligence development, days after the frenzy around Chinese upstart DeepSeek cast new doubt on AI spending.

European Union officials are rushing to strengthen their ties as concerns loom that President Donald Trump will try to divide the 27-nation bloc through tariffs.

The US economy expanded at a solid pace at the end of 2024, fueled by a generous tailwind from consumer spending that more than offset drags from a strike at Boeing Co. and much leaner inventory investment.

The EU sees a trade clash as inevitable and has prepared a list of US goods to hit with duties in retaliation.

It’s not a skip, it’s a pause — and maybe an extended one.

France’s economy contracted at the end of last year as tailwinds from the Paris Olympics faded and a government collapse bruised confidence among businesses and consumers.

The European Central Bank is set to lower interest rates for a fifth meeting as inflation that’s nearing the 2% target lets officials further loosen the shackles on the economy.

ESG fund managers are facing one of the toughest moments in the strategy’s history, as investment clients pull record amounts of money.

The Fed is expected to hold rates steady at its first committee meeting of 2025, bracing for new policies and criticism from Trump.

Trotz der Inflation sind in ganz Salzburg die Immobilienpreise innerhalb der vergangenen drei Jahre stark gesunken, in der Stadt Salzburg sogar um ein Viertel.

Traders are betting the European Central Bank will have to adopt a more aggressive approach to cutting interest rates as the risk of US tariffs and political turmoil in the region weighs on the bloc’s economy.

Several websites selling Trump-branded products have started to accept the Trump memecoin for payment, in an effort to win over more of the president’s supporters.

Die Regierung von US-Präsident Donald Trump hat mit Dienstag eine drastische Haushaltssperre verhängen wollen. Staatliche Zuschüsse und Darlehen der unterschiedlichsten Art sollten bis auf Weiteres eingestellt werden. Was im Detail davon betroffen sein würde, blieb unklar – umso größer war bei vielen die Verunsicherung. Kurz vor Inkrafttreten stoppte ein Gericht die Maßnahme zumindest für den Moment.

The European Union is proposing a phased ban on imports of Russian aluminum as part of a broad sanctions package ahead of the third anniversary of the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine, according to people familiar with the matter.

Newly released transcripts from the Federal Reserve show just how much policymakers were scrambling to keep growth intact in 2019.

Germany’s industry lobby reckons Europe’s biggest economy will shrink for a third straight year in 2025, contracting 0.1%.

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen sought to drum up support from European allies to stand up to Donald Trump’s efforts to appropriate Greenland, as she tried to project unity while avoiding antagonizing the US president.

The dollar strengthened against all of its peers on Tuesday as comments from President Donald Trump and his Treasury Secretary stoked concern about widespread US trade tariffs.

Higher valuations and subsiding volatility are laying the groundwork for a significant increase in initial public offerings in Europe this year, according to PitchBook.

President Donald Trump said he wants to enact across-the-board tariffs that are “much bigger” than 2.5%, the latest in a string of major signals Monday that he’s preparing widespread levies to reshape US supply chains.

The industry’s most powerful people were front and center at Trump’s inauguration, and each of them is hoping for something more than just an invitation to the kickoff party for the new administration.

Hong Kong, London and San Francisco are among at least half a dozen major cities where prime residential property prices are headed for a drop this year as borrowing costs weigh on sentiment, according to Savills Plc.

Mean reversion in markets is far from guaranteed in a world of economic dispersion and tech exceptionalism.

Arthur Mensch is the public face of French AI champion Mistral, but another startup’s CEO has been critical to its $6 billion valuation

Nvidia Corp.’s plunge, fueled by investor concern about Chinese artificial-intelligence startup DeepSeek, erased a record amount of stock-market value from the world’s largest company.