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The long-awaited slowdown is here — but isn't as bad as expected.

Bristol's mayor says e-scooters are a 'popular and important sustainable form of transport'

The new year got going with a bang. Instead of the economic gloom many had forecast, American companies kept hiring and American consumers kept spending. Investors will see evidence of that strength when the first-look first quarter gross domestic product report is released on Thursday in the week ahead.

The bank has pared its expectation for contraction to 0.3% this year from 1% previously

Shares are weaker in Asia after benchmarks dipped on Wall Street following mixed earnings reports from big companies and more signals the U.S. economy may be slowing

Rail workers went on strike across Germany on Friday, mostly bringing national operator Deutsche Bahn's services to a halt in the morning hours, as protests over pay in Europe's largest economy widened.

It is time Thailand and India expand their economic cooperation and bilateral relations, especially as the South Asian giant is at the forefront of the global economy, said Nagesh Singh, India's ambassador to Thailand.

The Democrat Party will push for the development of four mega-projects to boost the economy in the southern region if it forms the next government.

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden aims to sign an executive order in the coming weeks that will limit investment in key parts of China’s economy by American businesses, people familiar with the internal deliberations said.

May arabica coffee (KCK23 ) on Thursday closed down -6.65 (-3.28%), and May ICE robusta coffee (RMK23 ) closed down -26 (-1.05%). Coffee prices Thursday moved sharply lower on concern that worsening economic sentiment may hurt coffee demand. The Fed Beige Book Wednesday afternoon said the U.S. economy "stalled," and...

Economists have welcomed many of the proposed changes to the Reserve Bank of Australia, but some have raised concerns.