The latest snapshot of the US labor market affirmed what Federal Reserve officials have made clear in recent days: Interest-rate cuts are on hold for the foreseeable future.

Millions of young people are opting out of the state pension plan, putting additional pressure on a program squeezed by a record-low birth rate and an aging population.

Some European firms are sacrificing efficiency and losing their global edge as they wall off their operations in China and come under pressure to produce more locally, according to a business group whose members include many of the continent’s biggest companies.

Scientists are struggling to account for the remarkable acceleration in temperature rise.

China’s consumer inflation weakened further toward zero, decelerating for a fourth straight month in a setback for government efforts to stamp out deflation and revive demand with economic stimulus.

The European Central Bank should keep lowering borrowing costs at every meeting as long as the retreat in inflation matches its projections, according to Governing Council member Francois Villeroy de Galhau.

President Joe Biden’s administration plans one additional round of restrictions on the export of artificial intelligence chips from the likes of Nvidia Corp. just days before leaving office, a final push in his effort to keep advanced technologies out of the hands of China and Russia.

French consumer confidence unexpectedly fell in December to the lowest level in a year, adding to signals the country’s prolonged political and budget crisis is weighing on the economic outlook.

President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine triggered an economic boom in Russia built on the back of government stimulus. Almost three years on, there are gathering signs the bill is about to come due.

German factory orders dropped the most in three months, highlighting industry’s woes just weeks before Chancellor Olaf Scholz faces elections.

German inflation accelerated more than anticipated last month, backing the European Central Bank’s plans to keep cutting interest rates only gradually.

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Chinese automakers captured their smallest share of Europe’s electric-vehicle market in eight months, after new tariffs added as much as 35% to the cost of importing cars to the region.

The euro-area economy will pick up less momentum next year than previously foreseen and only expand slightly more strongly than in 2024, according to a Bloomberg survey.

One of China’s leading developers is now on authorities’ radar for default risk. A major Hong Kong builder is asking lenders to extend loans. Another industry peer is selling an iconic but largely empty mall in Beijing.

His second term doesn’t start for a month, but Donald Trump is already sending shock waves around the world.

President-elect Donald Trump warned the European Union that its exports will get hit with US tariffs if its member states don’t buy more American oil and gas.

Federal Reserve officials capped 2024 with a third-straight interest-rate cut and a strong signal that inflation concerns are back in the fore.

Chinese banks raised new mortgage costs for the first time in three years, new data from a research firm shows, as narrowing margins are dragged down by a persistent property slump and slowdown in the world’s No. 2 economy.

China ramped up support for its currency via the daily reference rate after the Federal Reserve’s caution over future interest rate cuts boosted the dollar and sent the offshore yuan to a one-year low.

The European Central Bank should keep lowering borrowing costs at the current pace as inflation is increasingly under control, according to Governing Council member Gediminas Simkus.

Central banks across Asia face a difficult decision after the Federal Reserve’s hawkish cut — stage a costly fight back against dollar strength, or stand by and watch their currencies falter.

Powell rebuffs notion that tariffs weighed on calculations for fewer cuts, but a showdown may be looming.

Federal Reserve officials are likely to lower borrowing costs for a third-straight meeting this week while also signaling fewer interest-rate cuts next year than previously projected.

China suffered the biggest outflow on record from its financial markets last month as the prospect of higher US tariffs posed more risks for the world’s second-largest economy.

A key measure of CEO confidence in China signaled pessimism for the first time since the pandemic even after the nation unleashed a raft of stimulus measures.