Chinese stocks rallied for the second time this week with traders pointing to expectations for greater economic support at a key policy meeting in December.

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South Africa has long struggled with its reputation as a volatile and risky emerging market, but is now becoming a favorite among investors seeking to navigate a world with Donald Trump as the US president.

When Donald Trump first entered the White House in 2017, Cyrus Razzaghi was running an Iranian business consultancy, advising US, Japanese and European companies about how to grab opportunities in a market emerging from years of economic isolation.

Prince Mohammed offered to boost trade with the Islamic Republic just as he seeks to nail down a strategic agreement with Washington.

The race to secure goods from China before tariffs are imposed has taken off, with international cargo flights out of the Asian nation increasing to new records in the weeks since Donald Trump won the US election.

The euro is on track to cap its worst month in over a year, blighted by the prospect that US trade tariffs will hit the region’s already battered economy.

The European Central Bank should steadily lower borrowing costs to 2% or thereabouts, according to Governing Council member Mario Centeno.

Inflation expectations of consumers in the euro area edged higher in October, according to the European Central Bank — supporting policymakers arguing in favor of a cautious approach to lowering interest rates.

The Federal Reserve’s preferred measure of underlying inflation accelerated in October from a year ago, helping explain policymakers’ more cautious approach to lowering interest rates.

Euro-area inflation climbed above the European Central Bank’s 2% target, though officials are unlikely to be deterred from continuing to lower interest rates next month and beyond.

Turkey entered a technical recession in the third quarter as industrial production plunged, providing more evidence to the central bank as it ponders whether to start cutting interest rates next month.

US hiring probably jumped in November after hurricanes and a major strike undercut job growth a month earlier, consistent with a labor market that’s healthy yet gradually cooling.

Markets have fully priced in a 25 basis point interest rate cut from the ECB in December, which would mark its fourth cut of the year.

Norway is on the cusp of completing a transition away from combustion cars thanks to targeted incentives that made electrics an easy choice

Chinese carmakers’ push into the European electric-vehicle market continued to meet resistance, with their share of deliveries to the region slipping during October in the run-up to new tariffs.

Die französische Minderheitsregierung unter Michel Barnier steht nach knapp drei Monaten vor ihrem möglichen Aus. Bis Jahresende muss der Haushaltsentwurf für 2025 verabschiedet werden, der durch Steuererhöhungen und Ausgabenkürzungen insgesamt Einsparungen von 60 Milliarden Euro vorsieht. Die Opposition will nicht mitmachen, der Premier warnt vor einem „Sturm auf den internationalen Finanzmärkten“.

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Auf die Insolvenz der KTM AG und die Schließung des Schaeffler-Werkes folgt diese Woche bereits die dritte Hiobsbotschaft: Siemens schließt bis Ende 2026 sein Wiener Werk für industrielle Stromversorgung. Gewerkschaft und Industrie geraten darüber in Streit.

The European Central Bank doesn’t need to constrain the economy any longer and may even have to take interest rates to levels that promote growth, according to Governing Council member Francois Villeroy de Galhau.

German inflation unexpectedly remained unchanged in November, backing arguments for the European Central Bank to continue lowering interest rates.

The US economy expanded at a solid pace in the third quarter, largely powered by a broad-based advance in consumer spending and steady business investment.

Spanish inflation quickened to the fastest pace since August, though the acceleration was driven by base effects and is unlikely to scupper plans for the European Central Bank to continue lowering interest rates.

Earlier this year, the Czech Republic’s central bank chief flew to London to have a look at a swelling stack of gold bars stored in the Bank of England’s concrete-encased vaults beneath Threadneedle Street.

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde suggested European Union might be in a better position if it talks with the US about potential trade tariffs instead of immediately imposing countermeasures.

The Biden administration is weighing additional curbs on sales of semiconductor equipment and AI memory chips to China that would escalate the US crackdown on Beijing’s tech ambitions but stop short of some stricter measures previously considered, according to people familiar with the matter.