Barnier, aged 73, led the EU's talks with Britain over its exit from the bloc from 2016-2021. Prior to that, the conservative politician held roles in various French governments and was also EU Commis ...

ASML, Europe's largest technology firm, dominates the market for advanced lithography systems, which use light beams to help create the circuitry of chips.Although its 1990s-era tools are not consider ...

HONG KONG (Reuters) - A top 10 Chinese fund manager has asked senior executives to return pay received over the past five years that exceeds a new cap, to tally with a government initiative promoting ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's budget demands hit a record for the next fiscal year, exceeding $800 billion, the finance ministry said on Wednesday, as the world's No. 4 economy struggles to slow spending ...

For 2024, the Federation of German Wholesale, Foreign Trade and Services (BGA) expects exports to continue to fall, contracting by 0.3%, while imports are set to shrink by 2.0%. BGA president Dirk Jan ...

The IMF is a key international lender to Kyiv and its four-year programme is a crucial part of a bigger global economic support package to the country, which is gearing up for a third winter trying to ...

Most of the budget assumptions in the original 2025 proposal by outgoing President Joko Widodo were approved, except for the rupiah exchange rate against the dollar, 10-year bond yield and oil-lifting ...

Pakistan signed an IMF staff-level agreement on July 12 for a new $7 billion programme due to last 37 months, but Islamabad is still waiting for the Fund's executive board to approve it, pending confi ...

In August, economic activities in China deteriorated further. Industrial production is projected to slow to 4.5% year-on-year, and retail sales growth may soften to just 2.0% year-on-year due to a lac ...