China’s factories are beginning to hum again. Its consumers are opening their wallets. Its trade tensions with the United States are easing. On paper, the world’s second-largest economy looks as if it Continue Reading
China has accelerated the issuance of local government special bonds since the start of January, in an effort to speed up infrastructure construction to offset downward pressure on China’s economic Continue Reading
Ahead of tonight’s key China data dump, State Grid, China’s largest utility company, has warned the rate of economic growth in the country could plunge to 4% within the next Continue Reading
Global oil demand growth is accelerating to 1.26 million barrels per day (MMB/D) in 2020, up from 0.95 MMB/D growth in 2019, with growth expected in all regions except Western Continue Reading
A weak phase in the German industrial sector is not over yet but it is likely to reach turning point soon, the German economy ministry said on Wednesday, citing positive Continue Reading
The German economy grew by 0.6% in 2019, the weakest expansion rate since 2013 and a marked cooling from the previous year, a preliminary estimate from the Federal Statistics Office Continue Reading
Investors set aside their jitters over the Middle East tinderbox to send stocks to new highs. But economists taking a long view see graver threats to growth both at home and Continue Reading
U.S. job growth likely slowed in December, but the pace of hiring probably remains more than enough to keep the longest economic expansion in history on track despite a deepening Continue Reading
The dramatic escalation of Middle East tensions and the risk of higher oil prices will likely prevent a quick recovery in India’s oil products’ appetite, which is already at multiyear Continue Reading
Ford Motor Co. U.S. sales were off 3.2% in 2019, reflecting a broader cooling of demand in the U.S. auto market after a record period of elevated results. The No. 2 Continue Reading
