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Japan’s Sanae Takaichi is poised to become the nation’s first female prime minister, taking on the challenges of quelling discontent over the cost of living, dealing with the Trump administration and reviving the fortunes of a ruling party that has lost its dominance at the ballot box.

Die chinesischen Wirtschaftsdaten sind für Präsident Xi Jiping nicht gerade erfreulich. So verlangsamten sich das Wirtschaftswachstum und der heimische Konsum, auch die Immobilienpreise sind erneut gefallen. Der von US-Präsident Donald Trump vom Zaun gebrochene Handelskrieg verschärft die Lage weiter. Die jüngsten Daten dürften den Druck auf Peking erhöhen, neue Konjunkturimpulse zu setzen. Alle Augen sind nun auf den kommenden Fünfjahresplan gerichtet.

Germany needs immigrants to maintain economic momentum and make up for demographic decline, according to Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel.

Chancellor Friedrich Merz doubled down on controversial remarks made last week that suggested Germany has too many migrants, as the conservative politician seeks to regain the initiative over the far right.

President Donald Trump listed rare earths, fentanyl and soybeans as the US’s top issues with China just before the two sides return to the negotiating table and as a fragile trade truce nears expiration.

European Central Bank Executive Board member Isabel Schnabel reiterated that the international role of the euro should be enhanced.

China said the economy is still on track to reach this year’s expansion goal even after reporting the weakest growth in a year, with a boost from booming exports undermined by weak spending and investment.

Der Kreditschutzverband 1870 verzeichnet in Tirol in diesem Jahr einen starken Anstieg von Bauträgerinsolvenzen. Österreichweit gibt es ein Plus von 60 Prozent im Vergleich zum Vorjahr. Gründe seien unter anderem gestiegene Zinsen und eine sinkende Nachfrage und auch eine Marktbereinigung nach dem Immobilienboom.

European Central Bank Governing Council member Martin Kocher sees an equal chance for lowering or raising interest rates as the next move, while for the time being it’s reasonable to keep borrowing costs unchanged.

The Federal Reserve is ready to cut interest rates again this month, because right now a weakening job market outweighs inflation fears. But that balance may not hold for very long.

The International Monetary Fund sees “significant downside risks” to global growth due to renewed frictions between the US and China, the fund’s Director of the Asia and Pacific Department Krishna Srinivasan said on Friday.

A brutal rout in regional bank stocks is highlighting a view that is taking hold among jittery traders: Sell now, ask questions later.

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent dangled the possibility of extending a pause of import duties on Chinese goods for longer than three months if China halts its plan for strict new export controls on rare-earth elements.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent predicted a coordinated response to China’s move to control the global supply of rare earths from the US and a number of its allies and partners.

The International Monetary Fund said that global public debt is on track to exceed 100% of GDP by the end of this decade, its highest level since 1948, in the aftermath of World War II.

Die CO2-Konzentration in der Erdatmosphäre hat im vergangenen Jahr um einen Rekordwert zugenommen. Laut der Weltorganisation für Meteorologie (WMO) handelt es sich um den höchsten innerhalb eines Jahres registrierten Anstieg seit Beginn der Aufzeichnungen im Jahr 1957.

US President Donald Trump said he might stop trade in cooking oil with China, injecting fresh tensions into the trade relationship between the world’s two largest economies.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell signaled the US central bank is on track to deliver another quarter-point interest-rate cut later this month, even as a government shutdown significantly reduces its read on the economy.

The European Central Bank is more likely to lower interest rates than raise them as its next move, according to Governing Council member Francois Villeroy de Galhau.

The International Monetary Fund warned that the global economy is showing signs of strains from sweeping US tariffs and protectionism — even though it so far has held up better than expected.

America’s trading partners are rushing to seal new trade deals to blunt the hit from Trump’s protectionism.

In June, French president Emmanuel Macron held an exclusive dinner at the Élysée Palace with a special guest: Nvidia’s Jensen Huang. Wine glasses clinked in honor of a deal his company had just unveiled with Mistral, the leading French artificial intelligence startup, to develop France’s largest data centers.

Alle noch lebenden 20 israelischen Geiseln sind frei und sicher nach Israel zurückgekehrt. Die Geiseln wurden in zwei Schritten – zunächst sieben, dann 13 – von der Hamas an das Rote Kreuz und von diesem an die israelische Armee übergeben. Im Gegenzug kommen fast 2.000 palästinensische Häftlinge frei. Auf Israels Straßen herrscht ausgelassene Feierstimmung. US-Präsident Donald Trump verkündete in Jerusalem das Ende des Gaza-Krieges.

President Donald Trump pressed world leaders gathered at a summit on Gaza’s future to ensure the US-led truce between Israel and Hamas turns into a lasting peace, hailing the agreement as a “new beginning” for the war-torn region.

Unabhängig von der noch nicht absehbaren Schneelage rechnet die heimische Tourismusbranche heuer wieder mit einer starken Nachfrage nach Winterurlaub in Österreich. Laut der Winterpotenzialstudie der Österreich Werbung (ÖW) ist die Hoffnung groß, es ist sogar mit einem leichten Plus zu rechnen, wie es am Montag hieß. Bei den Skipässen sind neue Rekordpreise zu erwarten, und manche Regionen hätten mit dem Klimawandel – sprich Schneemangel – zu kämpfen.

European Union lawmakers agreed to move ahead with major cuts to a set of sustainability directives, after intense pressure from the bloc’s biggest member states.

Vice President JD Vance called on Beijing to “choose the path of reason” in the latest spiraling trade fight between the US and China, claiming that President Donald Trump has more leverage.

Most major cryptocurrencies rebounded from steep losses suffered over a brutal weekend selloff, as President Donald Trump sought to quell concerns over trade between the US and China.