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Die schlechten Nachrichten aus der Wirtschaft reißen nicht ab: Zu den deutlich nach unten revidierten Prognosen der Ökonomen von WIFO und IHS reihen sich miserable Bilanzen heimischer Konzerne. Am Mittwoch vermeldete der einstmals verstaatlichte Stahlkonzern voestalpine zum Halbjahr einen Einbruch beim Ergebnis nach Steuern um 43 Prozent. Und der Motorradhersteller KTM kündigte einen millionenschweren Finanzbedarf samt Personalabbau an.

China is planning to cut taxes for home purchases as the government dials up fiscal support to revive a moribund housing market, according to people familiar with the matter.

Investor confidence in Germany’s economy unexpectedly worsened in November after a spate of bad news from the country’s industry, the collapse of the three-party government and the election of Donald Trump.

European Central Bank Governing Council member Olli Rehn said a December interest-rate cut is likely and further reductions are possible, but officials should remain cautious and move step by step.

Follow exit polls from the 2024 general election. Explore key insights, voter demographics and trends that may shape the outcomes of key 2024 election races.

The European Central Bank plans to demand more information from banks about their exposure to geopolitical risks as supervision head Claudia Buch puts her stamp on the institution.

Currency strategists are ripping up forecasts for the euro in the wake of the US election and coming up with a new call: a slide toward parity with the dollar.

Chaotic policymaking may delay the arrival of new import taxes.

China may embrace greater stimulus, bolster manufacturing, and allow the yuan to weaken to offset the negative effects of a second Trump presidency on the Chinese economy, analysts said.

He’s said Powell wouldn’t get another term as chair.

China’s credit expansion slowed more than expected in October, as a surge in government bond sales far exceeded growth in lending during a traditionally slow month for financing activity.

China slashed the daily reference rate for its currency to a level unseen since late 2023, a sign the central bank is allowing depreciation under the threat of trade tensions with the US under a Donald Trump presidency.

Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s fractious coalition struggled to stem a massive capital drain, which threatens to accelerate after Donald Trump’s re-election.

The green investing revolution never stood a chance in the US once ensnared by the culture wars, but that wasn’t the only cause of death

Catch up: Trump’s cabinet picks; a North Korea-Russia mutual defence pact

Tesla Inc. fans have been reinvigorated by Donald Trump’s presidential triumph. The stock’s climb has been seemingly unstoppable as investors pile into the shares, confident that a second Trump term will bring windfalls to the Elon Musk-led electric vehicle maker.

Stocks grab all the headlines, but bond and currency markets show where trouble might be brewing.

Bitcoin’s record-breaking rally took the digital asset past $89,000 and lifted the overall value of the crypto market above its pandemic-era peak as traders bet on a boom under President-elect Donald Trump.

The European Union sees very limited progress in negotiations with China aimed at finding an alternative to tariffs on electric vehicles and the bloc currently sees little prospect of a quick deal, according to people familiar with the matter.

US inflation probably moved sideways at best in October, highlighting the uneven path of easing price pressures in the home stretch toward the Federal Reserve’s target.

Die am Montag gestartete 29. UNO-Weltklimakonferenz (COP29) steht im Schatten des Wahlsieges von Donald Trump. Der designierte US-Präsident hatte bereits zuvor angekündigt, eine Kehrtwende beim Klimaschutz einleiten zu wollen. Viele Staaten zeigten sich deshalb in vorangegangenen Verhandlungen abwartend. Der aktuelle US-Klimachef John Podesta stellte in Aussicht, den Kampf gegen den Klimawandel dennoch fortsetzen zu wollen. Zugleich nahm er aber auch China stärker in die Pflicht.

Agreement seals deepening security cooperation between two nations and comes weeks after Pyongyang sent troops to Russia. What we know on day 993

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China's consumer prices rose at the slowest pace in four months in October while producer price deflation deepened, data showed on Saturday, even as Beijing doubled down on stimulus to support the sputtering economy.

Chinese stocks in Hong Kong declined after a high-profile legislative meeting let down some investors who had been hoping for large-scale stimulus to revive domestic demand and combat deflation.

China’s trade surplus is on track to hit a fresh record this year, increasingly leaving it on a collision course with some of the world’s biggest economies by aggravating an imbalance in global commerce that risks provoking President-elect Donald Trump.

Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President Neel Kashkari said a strong economy and higher productivity growth may drive the US central bank to cut interest rates less than previously expected.

European Central Bank Governing Council member Gabriel Makhlouf said officials shouldn’t hurry in loosening monetary policy.