The South African rand weakened in early trade on Thursday as investors awaited key ​monthly data releases from the central bank, ‌the revenue service and National Treasury for clues on the health of Africa’s largest economy.

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There is no such thing as the Bond Dealers party, but there might as well be – the people who trade in UK debt exert a stranglehold over our politics, says Guardian columnist Larry Elliott

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CHINA’s appetite for artificial intelligence data is exploding at a scale that is beginning to reshape the economy, with daily token usage soaring from just over 1 trillion at the start of 2025 to 100 trillion by year-end, showing “exponential growth”, officials said on Wednesday.

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France’s economy failed to grow in the first quarter, displaying vulnerability to stagflationary threats emanating from the Iran war.

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The Israeli economy is massively outperforming a swathe of developed-market peers, including key ally the United States.

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Inflation has hit 50% during conflict while many expect Strait of Hormuz stand-off to exacerbate stagnation

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The European Central Bank and Bank of England were expected to hold interest rates steady on Thursday while searching for signs of possible longer-term damage.

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Pakistan News: The war between United States and Iran has dealt a serious blow to Pakistan’s economic progress made over the past two years, but Islamabad will conti.

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With the primary 55 days away, seven candidates vying to become the next county executive gathered in Towson for a forum at Goucher focused on economic developm

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Pakistan’s oil import bill had surged from $300 million before the conflict to $800 million, the prime minister said.

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Frederic Neumann, Chief Asia Economist at HSBC, says that the energy shock will have an outsized impact on Asia compared to the tariffs due to high dependency on oil and gas from the Gulf region. He also discusses the state of the Japanese economy in the current environment, and the BOJ’s policy dilemma.

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FIFA has estimated that upcoming World Cup matches will bring a total of $47 billion to Houston and 10 other American host cities this summer.

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British businesses’ confidence about the economic outlook fell this month by the most since ​April 2020 although their assessment of their ‌own prospects was less downbeat, a survey by Lloyds showed on Thursday.

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