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The European Union and South American nations have spent more than a quarter of a century trying to strike a deal on free trade. The negotiations took on new urgency this year as a looming trade war between the world’s biggest trading partners — the US and China — spurred other regions to seek out new commercial partnerships to soften the blow.

The industry has long postponed recognition of falling property values. The bill is coming due. Plus: a Seussian glossary.

The Federal Reserve did what markets expected Wednesday. But that didn’t stop investors from dumping risk assets in droves.

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.

Trump’s choice to run US government finance was part of the Soros team that crashed the pound. His new reality is more complex than any exchange-rate wager.

From AstraZeneca to Vodacom, keep an eye on these global stocks this year.

Bond traders have been boosting options and futures wagers that the Federal Reserve is about to signal deeper interest-rate cuts next year than the market anticipates.

Home builders’ outlook for the next six months rose to the highest in more than 2 1/2 years on optimism that the upcoming Trump administration will help remove construction regulatory hurdles and boost sales.

As the world’s climate becomes increasingly volatile, businesses that depend on predictable weather are turning to financial products that compensate them when there’s a heat wave, a drought or an unusually persistent bout of rain.

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.

Germany will reduce federal debt sales by 13% next year as the government scales back despite a sputtering economy and pressure to support Ukraine’s defense against Russia.

German business expectations sank in December, highlighting the challenges for Europe’s top economy with snap elections likely to bring a change of government.

Treasury 10-year yields may climb to 6% for the first time in more than two decades as US fiscal woes worsen and Donald Trump’s policies help keep inflation elevated, according to T. Rowe Price.

Eastern Europe is sidestepping a wave of monetary easing that’s spreading across major economies in anticipation of potential turmoil as Donald Trump returns to the White House.

European Central Bank interest rates will continue to head lower as inflation starts to stabilize around the 2% goal, according to its Governing Council member Olli Rehn.

Chinese leaders plan to set an annual growth goal of about 5% for next year and raise the budget deficit to 4% of gross domestic product, Reuters reported, citing two people it didn’t identify.

President-elect Donald Trump and SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son announced Monday morning at Mar-a-Lago that the company is expected to invest $100 billion in US projects over the next four years with a goal of creating 100,000 new jobs, according to two people familiar with the announcement.

US stocks declined as traders braced for the Federal Reserve’s widely anticipated rate decision and its forecast for next year.

Weeks before Donald Trump returns to the White House, China’s factories are expanding production abroad and growing their customer base outside the US as they gird for new levies from the self-proclaimed “tariff man.”

Argentina emerged from a brutal recession in the third quarter, boosting the odds that President Javier Milei heads into next year’s mid-term elections with growth on the rebound alongside cooling inflation.

Deutschlands Kanzler Olaf Scholz (SPD) hat am Montag wie erwartet die Vertrauensabstimmung im Bundestag verloren. Damit ist der Weg für die Auflösung des Bundestages und eine Neuwahl frei. 394 Abgeordnete votierten gegen ihn, 207 sprachen ihm das Vertrauen aus, 116 enthielten sich.

Investor bets on how much lower the European Central Bank’s interest rates will have to fall are relatively consistent with policymakers’ own assessments, according to Governing Council member Pierre Wunsch.

Cocoa futures reached a fresh record in New York as the market grapples with renewed supply concerns, increasing the chances that the high costs already plaguing chocolatiers and consumers will worsen.

Österreich wird in den kommende Jahren Löcher im Staatshaushalt zu stopfen haben. Grund ist die schwache Konjunktur bei gleichzeitig steigenden öffentlichen Ausgaben. In seinem am Montag veröffentlichen Jahresbericht warnt der Fiskalrat eindringlich vor wachsenden Staatsschulden, sollte nicht gegengesteuert werden. Die Empfehlung lautet: „Konsolidierung ohne Tabus“ – aber mit Bedacht.

China’s retail sales growth unexpectedly weakened in November, highlighting the urgency for Beijing to further encourage residents to spend.

China’s top leaders have signaled stronger stimulus to help fill a hole in consumer demand. That doesn’t mean Beijing will roll out a “bazooka” package just yet, or abandon its factory focus.