CNBC Economy

Economists expect Beijing to lean harder on stimulus to stabilize corporate profitability, as consolidation accelerates in sectors facing sluggish demand and fierce competition.

Government debt costs leaped higher Wednesday, the product of multiple factors.

Markets expect the central bank will take a firmer hand on inflation. It's not that easy.

A private survey shows a rebound in China's exports to the U.S. as companies position for continued stability between the world's two largest economies.

The Swiss National Bank held rates at 0% as low inflation and a strong franc enable it to diverge from other central banks, though markets expect hikes ahead.

More is being paid out by advanced economies in debt interest than the whole world spends on AI, defense or clean technology.

Time is not on the side of French government bonds, strategists have warned, as the nation's deficit balloons.

Climate shocks, conflict and a global fuel crisis, on top of surging interest rates and donor cuts, leave agencies less able to help those facing higher food prices.

The yen weakened past 157 against the dollar, the yield on the 10-year Japanese Government Bond slipped, while the Nikkei 225 gained 1.5%.

As the French wine industry reaches a crisis point, key players are considering new markets, products and generations.

Goldman economist Joseph Briggs said broader pessimism in society may be contributing to struggling consumer sentiment even as the economy chugs along.

The Bank of England kept rates steady Thursday, even after U.K. inflation rose to 3.1% and energy costs put pressure on prices.

The reading comes a day before the Bank of England updates its monetary policy.

Prices for diesel, the fuel type used to power trucks and trains, came in at an all-time high of $6.31 per gallon on Wednesday.

Rising oil prices and Treasury yields are lifting energy and borrowing costs for U.S. households, pushing consumers to draw more heavily on savings.

Nazara, sworn in hours after Purbaya's dismissal, spent seven years as deputy finance minister and led the ministry's fiscal policy agency from 2015 to 2019.

BRICS leaders have asserted the need to use local currencies in intra-BRICS trade to cut dependency on dollar.

Traders were pricing in a better than 92% probability of a rate increase, as well as a more than 75% chance for another one in December.

In August, consumer prices rose 3.4% over the past year while wages increased just 3.1%.

The survey's headline index hit a level of 47.8, down 7.5% from the August reading and off 13.2% from a year ago.