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President Vladimir Putin’s top economic officials openly argued over the state of Russia’s economy during a session at a flagship forum, with one government minister issuing his starkest warning yet that the country may be teetering on the edge of a recession.

There are a lot of unknowns about the outlook for the economy and interest rates, but Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell signaled at least one thing seems certain: Higher prices are coming.

Momentum built around sleek showrooms, bold pricing and a dealer push that worries entrenched rivals.

Applications for US unemployment benefits ticked down last week, stabilizing near the highest levels in eight months.

The euro-zone’s economic prospects face “substantial” dangers that officials are struggling to assess, according to European Central Bank Governing Council member Fabio Panetta.

Federal Reserve officials left interest rates unchanged and continued to pencil in two rate cuts in 2025, saying uncertainty over the economic outlook was still high but had diminished.

Saddled with the most loss-making industrial companies since 2001, Xi Jinping is trying to clean up his economy without triggering mass layoffs.

The threat of inflation falling short of the European Central Bank’s 2% target is contained, Vice President Luis de Guindos told Reuters.

Economists still expect the European Central Bank to lower interest rates one more time this year, even after policymakers signaled they’re in no rush to ease further.

It will take months yet before the Federal Reserve can get a clear idea of how Trump administration policy changes will shape the US economy, making officials unlikely to consider a change to interest rates before September, according to economists surveyed by Bloomberg News.

The president’s economic agenda is dragging down the dollar and making it more difficult for the US to finance its deficits.

Governments’ obsession with factories is built on myths—and will be self-defeating

With the costs of the trade war abundantly clear, officials seek to restore their truce

Do not make the mistakes of the first Gilded Age

America is trapped by its industrial fantasies

A growing chorus of advisers inside and outside the Trump administration are pushing another name to serve as the next chair of the Federal Reserve: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.

Inflation was tame in May but President Trump's tariff policy may cause consumer prices to rise noticeably heading into summer, economists said.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent refrained from arguing that the tax legislation Republicans are working to finalize in Congress will avoid adding to the debt burden.

The World Bank on Tuesday cut its forecast for global growth this year and warned that the 2020s are on track for the weakest performance for any decade since the first Apollo moon landing because of trade tensions and policy uncertainty.

The World Bank on Tuesday cut its forecast for global growth this year and warned that the 2020s are on track for the weakest performance for any decade since the first Apollo moon landing because of trade tensions and policy uncertainty.

The European Central Bank should wait until at least September to have an in-depth discussion about an interest-rate move, according to Governing Council member Boris Vujcic.