Industrial output and consumption had their worst month yet this year after a sharp slowdown in July, an underperformance that may heap more pressure on Chinese negotiators during high-level trade talks this week with US representatives.

Industrial output and retail sales both fell, Industrial output grew by only 5.2 per cent year-on-year, its lowest reading since August 2024.

UNTIL 1700 the world economy did not really grow—it just stagnated. Over the previous 17 centuries global output had expanded by 0.1% a year on average, a rate at which it takes nearly a millennium for production to double. Then spinning jennies started ...

"Buying emerged as the OPEC+ output increase was smaller than anticipated, while fading prospects for peace in the Russia-Ukraine war and views that Russian oil won't flood the market also supported prices," said Satoru Yoshida, a commodity analyst with Rakuten Securities.

Germany’s economy remains a powerhouse — so large that its 2024 GDP equals the combined economic output of more than 20 European countries across Eastern and Northern Europe. With a nominal GDP of about $4.

California remained the world’s fourth-largest economy by a narrow margin as 2025 started. This bragging-rights scorecard – a talking point among the state’s cheerleaders – has been filled with intrigue as the top of the chart changes along with ...

Britain's economy recorded zero monthly growth in July after a sharp drop in factory output, matching expectations for a slower start to the second half of 2025 but still disappointing for the government ahead of November's budget.