The European Central Bank is cutting its key interest rate, a step to boost an economy that’s struggling to grow as consumers ...

Europe's economy stagnated at the end of last year as former growth engine Germany floundered to the end of a second straight year of shrinking output, officials said Thursday.

In the early 2000s, the complaints were similar...We missed that underneath the surface many things were changing,” says Jens ...

The German economy contracted more than expected in the final quarter of last year, spurring again recession fears, as Europe ...

The German economy shrank by 0.2% in the fourth quarter of 2024, according to preliminary data released by Germany’s statistics office Destatis on Thursday.

Germany on Wednesday lowered its 2025 growth forecast to 0.3%, down from 1.1%, as the country's stagnant economy continues to ...

The German economy is in deep crisis, with gross domestic product likely to contract 0.1% this year, the BDI industry ...

India aims to become the third-largest economy by 2027 and developed by 2047 through bolstering its manufacturing sector. The government's focus lies on MSMEs, infrastructure development, and ...

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China's GDP grew 5 percent year-on-year to 134.9 trillion yuan ($18.41 trillion) in 2024, breaking the 130-trillion-yuan mark for the first time, according to data released by the National Bureau ...

Analysts polled by Reuters had expected China's full-year GDP growth to come in at 4.9%, just shy of the official target of around 5% — which analysts had said was ambitious. Helen Qiao ...

confidence was effectively bolstered and the economy recovered remarkably,” the NBS said in its 2024 GDP data release on Friday. The annual figure, which slightly exceeded economists ...