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Germany is suffering a mild recession and output across the whole of 2024 will be flat, according to a Bloomberg survey — underscoring the malaise in Europe’s largest economy.

The economic challenges that are dragging down the European economy have been building up for years but officials have been slow to catch on.

China’s highly anticipated Finance Ministry briefing on Saturday lacked the firepower that equity investors had hoped for, indicating that the volatility that’s gripped the market following a world-beating rally will likely extend.

China promised new measures to support the property sector and hinted at greater government borrowing to shore up the economy, as authorities seek to put a floor under the country’s growth slowdown.

The United States expanded sanctions against Iran's petroleum and petrochemical sectors on Friday in response to an Iranian missile attack on Israel, the administration of President Joe Biden said.

Russia is proposing changes to cross-border payments conducted among BRICS countries aimed at circumventing the global financial system, as the heavily penalized country seeks to sanctions-proof its own economy.

India has surged to become the second-biggest supplier of restricted critical technologies to Russia, US and European officials said, highlighting the challenge in efforts to choke off exports fueling President Vladimir Putin’s war machine.

Hedge funds fled bearish bets against Brent crude prices at the fastest pace in nearly eight years as war risks ratcheted up.

Investors and analysts are expecting China to deploy as much as 2 trillion yuan ($283 billion) in fresh fiscal stimulus as Beijing seeks to shore up the world’s second-biggest economy and boost confidence.

Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Austan Goolsbee said he doesn’t see convincing evidence that the economy is overheating despite a gangbusters September jobs report.

Während viele EU-Länder vor allem Maßnahmen zur Eindämmung von Migration setzen, will Spanien einen ganz anderen Weg gehen. Premierminister Pedro Sanchez kündigte am Mittwoch Maßnahmen an, die es Einwanderinnen und Einwanderern erleichtern sollen, sich in Spanien niederzulassen. Gleichzeitig sollen Integrationsmaßnahmen verstärkt werden. Hintergrund ist die boomende spanische Wirtschaft.

The European Central Bank will speed up interest-rate cuts over the months ahead to bolster the economy — taking borrowing costs to levels that no longer restrict demand by the end of 2025, according to a Bloomberg survey.

The consumers powering US economic growth are increasingly those who are higher up the income ladder, and likely enjoying a wealth effect from asset-price gains, according to research by Federal Reserve economists.

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Three Federal Reserve policymakers on Thursday were unfazed by a higher-than-forecast September inflation report, suggesting the US central bank can continue lowering interest rates, but a fourth hinted he may favor a pause at their next meeting.

European Central Bank officials were keen to maintain flexibility on the speed of interest-rate reductions with inflation not fully defeated and risks to the euro-zone economy building, an account of their last policy decision showed.

China has asked its financial institutions to beef up monitoring of the nation’s wealth management products, people familiar with the matter said, after investors pulled some $149 billion to chase a rally in stocks.

Underlying US inflation rose more than forecast in September, representing a pause in the recent progress toward moderating price pressures.

Wages offered to new hires in China declined after two straight quarters of gains, in a sign of a weakening labor market that’s exacerbating persisting deflation and weighing on economic growth.

Economists anticipate that key measures of inflation decelerated in September, in spite of price pressures in some categories of goods including used cars.

The European Union and China must continue talks to avoid an escalation of protectionist measures that would lead to a “lose-lose” situation for both economies, Spain’s top economic official said.

China’s central bank has set up a swap facility to provide liquidity to institutional investors to buy stocks, part of a broad stimulus package announced earlier that ignited a rally in equities.

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The consumer price index was expected to show a 0.1% increase in September and a 2.3% gain from a year ago, according to Dow Jones consensus estimates.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is unlikely to win another big interest-rate cut from his policy committee so long as the labor market holds up.

European Central Bank Governing Council member Peter Kazimir offered the only real resistance so far to a third cut of the year in interest rates next week — despite that outcome looking more and more assured.