Economy

By Makiko Yamazaki TOKYO (Reuters) – The loss of Japan’s ruling bloc’s parliamentary majority has heightened prospects that a new government will need to ramp up spending and of potential…

By Balazs Koranyi (Reuters) – There is no urgency for the European Central Bank to cut interest rates quicker and it could even live with a small, temporary undershoot of…

BEIJING (Reuters) – China renewed warnings to the European Union that if the bloc conducts separate negotiations with electric vehicle companies while in talks with China, that would “shake mutual…

By David Lawder and Karin Strohecker WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Low growth, high debt and escalating wars topped the official agenda at the International Monetary Fund and World Bank annual meetings,…

A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Vidya Ranganathan A weekend election in Japan that has knocked the yen down to three-month lows, a heavy…

By Xinghui Kok SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore’s central bank said on Monday it expects 2024 gross domestic product growth at the upper end of the 2%-3% forecast range, and for…

By Leika Kihara WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Aside from the mixed policy signals dropped during his trip to the International Monetary Fund and World Bank meetings in Washington, Bank of Japan…

By Tim Kelly TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s coalition looks set to lose its parliamentary majority, exit polls from Sunday’s general election suggest, meaning a possible scramble…

(Reuters) – Governor Gavin Newsom has proposed increasing the money available for film and television production incentives in California to $750 million annually from $330 million, his office said on…