Australian dollar strengthens as unemployment rate holds

Posted on 18 July 2019 | 1:58 am

Japan exports fall for seventh month in a row

Latest fall in imports takes trade balance into surplus

Posted on 18 July 2019 | 12:17 am

G7 pushed to back $255m financial inclusion fund

Greater access to digital bank accounts in developing world will particularly help women

Posted on 17 July 2019 | 9:00 pm

France and US at loggerheads over levy on Big Tech

Plans for a global minimum corporate tax regime bring more consensus at summit

Posted on 17 July 2019 | 7:58 pm

European capitals cool on Carney in IMF race

Dutchman Jeroen Dijsselbloem gains ground as BoE governor sees his chances narrow

Posted on 17 July 2019 | 5:12 pm

China’s surplus with trading partners falls into balance

IMF says Beijing no longer a net lender to the world, easing fears of risk to global economy

Posted on 17 July 2019 | 1:40 pm

Bretton Woods twins need to keep adapting

The IMF and World Bank have reached 75 by reinventing themselves

Posted on 17 July 2019 | 9:00 am

Macri’s hopes brighten as Argentina’s economy improves

A rise in the peso and slowdown in inflation buoys president after a rough patch

Posted on 17 July 2019 | 9:00 am

WTO rules against US in tariff dispute with China

Decision on case, which predates current trade war, opens the door for retaliation from Beijing

Posted on 17 July 2019 | 6:14 am

Young people struggle in eurozone’s two-tier labour market

Post-crisis recovery sees a rise in precarious work and economic inactivity

Posted on 17 July 2019 | 4:00 am

Foreign investors pour back into Ukrainian debt

Near-boycott ends as Kiev emerges from past crises

Posted on 17 July 2019 | 4:00 am

Chinese and Vietnamese ships in South China Sea stand-off

Maritime analysts warn of escalation into dangerous confrontation in disputed waters

Posted on 17 July 2019 | 3:56 am

Kyle Bass wagers Fed policy will turn Japanese

Fund manager who called subprime mortgage crisis predicts US rates will touch zero

Posted on 17 July 2019 | 3:00 am

Singapore exports slump again amid trade tensions

Posted on 17 July 2019 | 12:56 am

France’s Le Maire urges G7 to reach global tax deal

Ministers to discuss minimum company tax and cryptocurrencies at meeting in Chantilly

Posted on 16 July 2019 | 10:30 pm

Powell links Fed’s dovish tilt to ‘global factors’

Chief says US policymakers are ‘more keenly aware’ of international economic environment

Posted on 16 July 2019 | 7:43 pm

Mexico’s president makes economic mis-steps as Brazil’s delivers reforms

López Obrador’s populist agenda threatens Latin America’s second-largest economy

Posted on 16 July 2019 | 5:06 pm

Trump tries to woo Fed in China trade fight

President’s wish could come true as Jay Powell steers US central bank towards possible rate cut

Posted on 16 July 2019 | 4:05 pm

IMF chief Christine Lagarde resigns following ECB nomination

Posted on 16 July 2019 | 3:45 pm

Time for the ECB to admit its policy arsenal is exhausted

Further rate cuts or bond-buying will benefit fixed-income investors but nobody else

Posted on 16 July 2019 | 3:20 pm

Drags on China’s growth are homegrown

Post-crisis stimulus has sent debt rising to levels that limit Beijing’s options

Posted on 16 July 2019 | 2:09 pm

China looks to its consumers to help economy weather trade war

Economists fear falling exports will hit factory jobs and undermine domestic demand

Posted on 16 July 2019 | 11:46 am

The case for sane globalism remains strong

Today’s most pressing policy challenges require multilateral co-operation

Posted on 16 July 2019 | 10:40 am

Death of Phillips curve brings political foes together

Republican and Democrat convergence risks being grounded in diverging theories of how US economy works

Posted on 16 July 2019 | 9:53 am

German economic expectations even gloomier in July — Zew

Gulf tensions, US-China trade dispute and Brexit drive greater pessimism among analysts

Posted on 16 July 2019 | 9:30 am