China has opened a probe into Nvidia Corp. over suspicions that the US chipmaker broke anti-monopoly laws around a landmark 2020 deal, taking aim at the AI heavyweight as Washington ramps up sanctions.

The European Union should guard against Chinese attempts to dominate the bloc’s clean-tech market and make sure its exports aren’t destroying local rivals, the EU’s new competition chief warned.

Marktteilnehmer und Ökonomen können sich nicht ganz von der Vorstellung lösen, dass die Europäische Zentralbank in den kommenden Monaten eine größere Zinssenkung vornehmen wird.

China’s consumer inflation unexpectedly decelerated in November while factory deflation eased, painting a mixed picture of the effects of recent stimulus efforts on the economy ahead of key policy meetings this week.

China’s top leaders signaled bolder economic support next year using their most direct language on stimulus in years, as Beijing braces for a trade war when Donald Trump takes office.

The European Union’s multiyear clampdown on some of the largest American companies is set to force President-elect Donald Trump to decide which bothers him more: Europe or Big Tech.

Investors and economists can’t quite shake the idea that the European Central Bank will deliver a bigger cut in interest rates over the coming months.

European Central Bank officials long used to navigating troubling times for the world now face a headache far closer to home: a leadership crisis at the heart of the euro zone itself.

The incoming US administration’s potential move to raise tariffs on trading partners could combine with conflicts around the globe to increase risk in financial markets next year, according to the chief executive of UBS Group AG.

Donald Trump has jumped straight into action as the defender of dollar power, training some heavy fire on an enemy that barely even exists.

Chinese stocks listed in Hong Kong rebounded in the final hour of trading as the nation’s top leaders vowed to ease monetary policy and expand fiscal spending.

2025 müssen Unternehmen mit mehr als 250 Beschäftigten oder 40 Millionen Euro Jahresumsatz einen umfassenden Nachhaltigkeitsbericht erstellen. Diese neue EU-Regel und das Lieferkettengesetzt sorgen nun dafür, dass auch Klein- und Mittelbetriebe (KMU) in die Pflicht genommen werden.

President-elect Donald Trump said he has no plans to replace Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell once he returns to the White House, saying “I don’t see it.”

US executives turned significantly more optimistic about the economy and prospects for their own businesses after Donald Trump won the presidential election, with finance chiefs and other leaders expecting stronger growth in 2025 even as they see inflation as a risk, two surveys showed.

US executives turned significantly more optimistic about the economy and prospects for their own businesses after Donald Trump won the presidential election, with finance chiefs and other leaders expecting stronger growth in 2025 even as they see inflation as a risk, two surveys showed.

Tariffs imposed on China during President-elect Donald Trump’s first term had negative effects for the US economy, according to newly released research from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

Beijing has set out to extend its domestic laws across international borders with a ban on selling some goods to the US that applies to companies both inside and outside China.

President-elect Donald Trump has promised to impose 10% tariffs on all imports from China as soon as he takes office next month.

The European Central Bank will cut interest rates more rapidly than previously envisaged to perk up an economy facing weaker growth and inflation, a Bloomberg survey showed.

Mit dem Auslaufen der KIM-Verordnung Ende Juni kommenden Jahres wird es deutlich leichter, einen Wohnbaukredit zu bekommen. Das begrüßen Banken und vor allem auch die Wohnbauträger, die schon länger mit leerstehenden Wohnungen zu kämpfen haben.

Das momentane Chaos in Frankreich könnte dazu führen, dass die EU schon am Freitag den seit zwei Jahrzehnten diskutierten und umstrittenen Mercosur-Handelsdeal abschließt. Kommissionspräsidentin Ursula von der Leyen kündigte am Donnerstag an, auf dem Weg in Uruguays Hauptstadt Montevideo zu sein. Die „Ziellinie“ für das Abkommen sei „in Sicht“, so von der Leyen. Frankreich galt als gewichtigster Kritiker, auch Österreich ist gegen das Abkommen. Zahlreiche NGOs forderten am Donnerstag das Aus für den Handelsdeal.

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An ally of Donald Trump in the US Senate has a plan for filling up the president-elect’s proposed strategic Bitcoin stockpile without adding to the government deficit: Sell off some of the Federal Reserve’s gold.

Chinese state media warned against blindly chasing faster growth and signaled more focus on boosting consumption in a flurry of articles setting the stage for a key economic meeting next week.

German factory orders dropped less than expected in October, raising the prospect that the country’s multi-year manufacturing recession is bottoming out.