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Europe’s stock market is lagging behind the US by the most in nearly 30 years — a trend that’s likely to worsen as the election of Donald Trump drives a global preference for US assets.

Europe is making a last-ditch appeal to the outgoing Biden administration to boost American support for Ukraine in order to solidify Kyiv’s position as much as possible before the presidential term ends in January.

The European Investment Bank is set to pledge €500 million in counter-guarantees to clean-tech companies to help them compete with global rivals.

ASML Holding NV, the Dutch maker of advanced chip-making machines that are critical to global supply chains, reaffirmed its long-term revenue outlook as it bets on an artificial intelligence-driven boom in semiconductor demand.

Economies in Poland and Romania stumbled as weak consumer demand was compounded by stagnation in Germany, adding to a picture of struggling growth across the European Union’s east.

The Brazilian president is looking to Beijing to help his country’s economic development. It’s a strategy that risks a run-in with Trump.

China’s economy likely gained momentum last month, with early indicators pointing to a rebound after the government began rolling out stimulus measures in late September.

He and Marco Rubio should tread strategically in Latin America, not just brandish a big stick, if they want to keep the region from getting closer to China.

Emmanuel Macron warned that Europe risks getting divided by Donald Trump’s economic policy and being thrown into a simultaneous trade war with Washington and Beijing.

Several Federal Reserve officials Wednesday reiterated their deep uncertainty over how far the central bank will need to lower interest rates, highlighting the difficulty policymakers face in trying to determine the right setting to keep the economy on an even keel.

China, which recently unveiled plans to support its ailing economy, got more than $40 billion of bids for its first dollar bond issuance since 2021.

US inflation remained firm in October, underscoring the ongoing risks Federal Reserve officials face in trying to bring price pressures fully under control.

Die schlechten Nachrichten aus der Wirtschaft reißen nicht ab: Zu den deutlich nach unten revidierten Prognosen der Ökonomen von WIFO und IHS reihen sich miserable Bilanzen heimischer Konzerne. Am Mittwoch vermeldete der einstmals verstaatlichte Stahlkonzern voestalpine zum Halbjahr einen Einbruch beim Ergebnis nach Steuern um 43 Prozent. Und der Motorradhersteller KTM kündigte einen millionenschweren Finanzbedarf samt Personalabbau an.

Three of the leading artificial intelligence companies are seeing diminishing returns from their costly efforts to develop newer models.

Donald Trump’s election win is leading some forecasters to question if the European Central Bank will need to return borrowing costs toward highly stimulative levels as his threat of trade tariffs materializes.

A second Trump administration looks like a disaster for the region. It might also—finally—shake the continent out of its torpor.

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The European Central Bank should go on cutting interest rates gradually, according to Governing Council member Martins Kazaks.

China is planning to cut taxes for home purchases as the government dials up fiscal support to revive a moribund housing market, according to people familiar with the matter.

After plowing at least $132 million into the president-elect’s campaign, the richest man in the world is about to treat the US government as if it were a money-losing social network.

European Central Bank Governing Council member Olli Rehn said a December interest-rate cut is likely and further reductions are possible, but officials should remain cautious and move step by step.

Investor confidence in Germany’s economy unexpectedly worsened in November after a spate of bad news from the country’s industry, the collapse of the three-party government and the election of Donald Trump.

Several Russian billionaires don’t share the optimism of Vladimir Putin’s government that Russia’s economy will keep growing at a pace most Western countries can only envy. And they see little prospect that incoming US President Donald Trump will lift sanctions.

Eine Woche nach der US-Präsidentschaftswahl scheint das Kabinett des republikanischen Wahlsiegers Donald Trump allmählich Form anzunehmen. So werden Hardliner und Gefolgsleute wie die Gouverneurin Kristi Noem und der Senator Marco Rubio für Topjobs gehandelt. Nationaler Sicherheitsberater wird der bisherige Abgeordnete Mike Waltz. Laut US-Medien dürften sie federführend für die Umsetzung von Trumps rigoroser Migrations- und China-Politik sein.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba pledged more than $65 billion of fresh support for the nation’s semiconductor and artificial intelligence sector as Tokyo looks to keep up with a global spending spree on cutting-edge tech.

Currency strategists are ripping up forecasts for the euro in the wake of the US election and coming up with a new call: a slide toward parity with the dollar.

Chancellor Olaf Scholz told US President-elect Donald Trump that Germany is ready to continue “decades of successful cooperation” between the two countries.