Economy

The European Central Bank on Thursday expanded its massive monetary stimulus program by another 500 billion euros ($605 billion), as a second wave of lockdown...

South Africa’s economy may only get back to pre-Covid 19 levels by 2025 and remains vulnerable to a local resurgence of the pandemic, even after...

The UK economy grew by just 0.4% in October as the recovery continued to slow in the face of tougher coronavirus restrictions. The economy remains...

Headline inflation for the month of November, 2020, is 9.8 per cent. This represents a fall in inflation for the fourth consecutive time since July...

The devaluation of the naira against global currencies will impact negatively on foreign currency loans and weaken capital base for the lenders, a banking sector...

The Trump administration proposed a $916 billion coronavirus relief package on Tuesday, after congressional Democrats shot down a suggestion for a pared-down plan from the...

China’s consumer price index fell in November for the first time in about a decade as food prices dropped. The consumer price index, a measure...

Investors are hoping that the incumbent, President Nana Akufo-Addo, will retain his position in order to sort out Ghana’s fiscal challenges by winning a second...

Africa's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is projected to decline by $173 - $236 billion by the end of 2020. The decline in GDP according to...

Japan will compile a fresh 73.6 trillion yen ($708 billion) economic stimulus package to speed up the country’s recovery from its deep coronavirus slump, Prime...