The Latest Breaking News from Economy

The Bank of England has cut its main interest rate by a quarter percentage point to 4%, as policy makers seek to bolster the sluggish U.K. economy

Policymakers cut base rate by quarter-point to 4% amid concern about strength of UK economy

Stocks sink as weak job growth and rising tariffs push the U.S. economy from “bad to ugly.”

September S&P 500 E-Mini futures (ESU25) are up +0.81%, and September Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQU25) are up +0.78% this morning as U.S. President Donald Trump’s 100% tariff threat on chip exporters included exemptions for firms investing in the U.S., while hopes for a truce in Russia’s war with Ukraine…

Starkest earning gaps for pathologists, stockbrokers and nurses as report warns workplace gender segregation ‘a handbrake’ on economy

New, higher and changing tariffs will ripple through the economy and into share prices for many quarters to come.

The recent jobs report has raised eyebrows at the Federal Reserve, with Governor Lisa Cook voicing her worries about what it could mean for the U.S. economy.

Quarter-point reduction expected, with City investors predicting a three-way split among rate setters

China's exports beat expectations and rose 7.2 percent year-on-year in July, official data showed Thursday, as overseas shipments buoyed its struggling economy even as it navigated a shaky trade war truce with the United States.

The Bank of England is widely expected to cut its key interest rate Thursday, with policymakers mindful of US tariffs and their potential risks to an already-struggling UK economy.

As Rusty Foster, author of the widely read media blog Today in Tabs, puts it: “Our economy might just be three AI data centers in a trench coat.”