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The European Central Bank lowered interest rates for a third consecutive meeting, signaling more reductions next year as inflation nears 2% and the economy struggles.

China signaled more public borrowing and spending in 2025 with a shift of policy focus to consumption, in an effort to repair the economy’s weak link as looming US tariffs threaten exports.

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Während schon das heurige Jahr einen Rekord an Unternehmensinsolvenzen bringt, befürchtet der Kreditschutzverband von 1870 (KSV) im kommenden Jahr noch einmal ein Plus von bis zu 20 Prozent.

Elon Musk has become the first person to reach $400 billion in net worth, the latest milestone for the world’s richest individual.

It’s stubbornly settling above the desired 2.0%, which won’t stop a Fed cut next week but should put the Trump team on notice.

The European Central Bank is set to cut interest rates for the fourth time this year, loosening constraints on the region’s struggling economy as inflation nears 2%.

The US will raise import tariffs on Chinese solar wafers, polysilicon and some tungsten products from the beginning of next year, following a four-year review by the Biden administration.

US President-elect Donald Trump has invited Chinese President Xi Jinping to attend his inauguration next month, CBS reported, citing multiple sources.

President-elect Donald Trump said his administration would help expedite permits for any person or company that invested at least $1 billion in the US.

China got a head start on a looming trade war with the US by showcasing a new range of tools it’s prepared to use if Donald Trump makes good on his threat to punish the world’s second-biggest economy with tariffs.

A tit-for-tat trade war would hurt both Europe and the US, but internal barriers to trade and the efficient allocation of capital leave Europe ill-prepared.

China is set to begin its annual economic work meeting on Wednesday to map out policies for next year, with top leaders hinting at more forceful stimulus amid the threat of a potential trade war with the US.

The European Union gave preliminary backing to a 15th package of sanctions against Russia that includes an extension of an exemption for Slovakia to trade petroleum products derived from Russian oil through early June.

Expectations around price pressures and monetary policy have swung wildly over the past year. The numbers tell an optimistic story.

Northvolt’s cash crunch and local factories getting canceled undermine the region’s push to reduce reliance on Asia.

The argument that China is following in Japan’s three-decade old footsteps down the path to stagnation has many problems with it. For one, today’s China still has a whole lot more urbanization and development catch-up potential than its smaller neighbor did in the early 1990s.

Can pure business-owner optimism translate into economic acceleration? Next year may offer the ultimate test of that proposition in America, as Donald Trump and his aides take the reins for a second time.

Can pure business-owner optimism translate into economic acceleration? Next year may offer the ultimate test of that proposition in America, as Donald Trump and his aides take the reins for a second time.

Promised overhaul of conventional wisdom on trade, debt and security won’t happen overnight.

Promised overhaul of conventional wisdom on trade, debt and security won’t happen overnight.

European Central Bank officials agree that lower interest rates are needed to buoy the region’s shaky economy. How much they can actually help, though, is hotly contested.

Government borrowing habits pose the biggest danger to world economic stability and recent shifts in market sentiment should serve as a warning, the Bank for International Settlements said.