Eurozone stocks climb as ECB rate cut looms
London (AFP) - Paris and Frankfurt stock markets climbed and the euro traded mixed Thursday before an expected interest-rate cut ...
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China set to post slowest quarterly growth this year: analysts
Beijing (AFP) - China's economy likely expanded at its slowest pace this year, according to an AFP survey ahead of ...
Turkish govt defends tax plan to fund defence industry
Istanbul (AFP) - The Turkish government defended a proposed tax on credit cards on Tuesday, saying it was needed to ...
‘Unsustainable’ housing crisis bedevils Spain’s socialist govt
Madrid (AFP) - Spain's acute housing crisis is piling pressure on Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez as his government's measures ...
Israel-Hamas war causes 86-percent dive in Gaza GDP: IMF
Washington (AFP) - A year of conflict between Israel and Hamas has resulted in a "devastating impact on the economy" ...
Sri Lanka’s new president seek changes to IMF deal
Colombo (AFP) - Sri Lanka's new president Thursday urged the IMF to consider "alternative means" to continue with a $2. ...
French borrowing costs surpass Spain’s, a first since 2006
Paris (AFP) - The French government's borrowing costs surpassed Spain's for the first time in almost 18 years on Thursday ...
China admits economy facing new ‘problems’, vows to fix property sector
Beijing (AFP) - Chinese President Xi Jinping and other top leaders admitted Thursday that the world's number two economy was ...
Stocks rally stutters but Hong Kong, Shanghai up on new China move
Hong Kong (AFP) - Hong Kong and Shanghai extended gains Wednesday as China announced another interest rate cut the day ...
Leftist Sri Lanka leader stuck with painful IMF deal: analysts
Colombo (AFP) - Sri Lanka's new leftist leader has little room to renegotiate an IMF bailout that threw a lifeline ...
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