The European Central Bank’s decision to buy almost €900bn of extra bonds this year has kept sovereign yields under control...
“We are all embarking on the unthinkable,” says Emmanuel Macron, leaning forward at his desk in the Elysée Palace in...
More than 5.2m Americans filed new claims for unemployment insurance last week, pushing the total in one month to more...
Global stocks fell sharply on Wednesday, as new figures showed US economic activity had plunged and further signs of trouble...
African scientists and health officials are taking on coronavirus by adapting technology and systems developed to fight diseases such as...
Italian government bonds are coming under increasing pressure despite the European Central Bank’s huge asset-purchase programme, as investors worry about...
In the spring of 2001, Britain was wracked by its first large scale epidemic of foot-and-mouth disease since the late...
When WeWork was saved from bankruptcy last year, its oldest backers thought they had secured a route to profitably cash...
JPMorgan Chase warned that the coronavirus crisis could take an even bigger toll on its business this year, after reporting...
South Africa’s central bank has slashed its benchmark rate to its lowest in the post-apartheid era as Africa’s most industrialised...
The coronavirus crisis will leave lasting scars on the global economy and most countries should expect their economies to be...
The UK economy faces a 35 per cent plunge in output in the second quarter of 2020 if a lockdown...
The Asian Development Bank has tripled to $20bn its funding to help member states deal with the economic fallout of...
Sino-African relations have been plunged into crisis after African officials reacted furiously to allegations that their nationals were being routinely...
US stocks lost momentum after the biggest weekly rally since 1974 as investors braced for earnings reports that will set...