British regulator the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said on Thursday that banks need to accelerate rate rises for savers, but said it was not up to the watchdog to dictate pricing.

Oil prices climbed about 3 per cent to a nine-week high on Friday as supply concerns and technical buying outweighed fears that further interest rate hikes could slow economic growth and reduce demand for oil.

Hiring in the United States slowed in June, the Labor Department said Friday, providing a much-needed signal that the American economy is cooling ahead of another interest rate decision later this month.

It missed FY23’s target by 30% and FY22’s by 7%

Zelenskiy's visit followed stops in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, part of a tour of various NATO capitals.

Oil prices were little changed on Thursday as the market digested tighter crude supply alongside fears of global economic slowdown.

German industrial orders rose significantly in May, official data showed Tuesday, despite concerns that Europe’s largest economy was set for a period of subdued growth.

China’s decision this week to restrict exports of some strategic metals has prompted more companies to re-think their reliance on the world’s No. 2 economy at a time when mounting geopolitical tensions have fed fears that more curbs could be coming.

Global rice prices, now at their highest in 11 years, are set to rally further after India moved to boost payments to farmers, just as El Nino threatens yields in key producers and alternative staples get costlier for poor Asians and Africans.

Global rice prices, now at their highest in 11 years, are set to rally further after India moved to boost payments to farmers, just as El Nino threatens yields in key producers and alternative staples get costlier for poor Asians and Africans.

Additional oil output and export cuts made by Saudi Arabia and Russia earlier this week should be enough to help balance the oil market, United Arab Emirates’ energy minister Suhail Al Mazrouei told reporters on Wednesday.

China’s services activity expanded at the slowest pace in five months in June, a private-sector survey showed on Wednesday, as weakening demand weighed on post-pandemic recovery momentum.

Turkey’s annual inflation rate slowed to 38.2 per cent in June, official data showed Wednesday, although economists warned that this may be a low point for the year.

President Vladimir Putin said late on Tuesday that the Russian economy was performing better than expected after Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin reported to him that gross domestic product growth and inflation have been surprisingly positive.

India will break ground next month on its first semiconductor assembly plant and begin producing its first domestically manufactured microchips by the end of 2024, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday.

China’s export controls on metals used in making semiconductors are “just a start”, an influential Chinese trade policy adviser said on Wednesday, as it ramps up a tech fight with the US days before US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen visits Beijing.

Euro zone consumers in May cut their inflation expectations again for the following 12 months, although they still saw prices growing faster than the European Central Bank (ECB) would like for years to come, a new ECB poll showed on Wednesday.

Opec+, a group comprising the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and allies including Russia that pumps around 40 per cent of the world’s crude, has been cutting oil output since November in the face of flagging prices.

The European Commission expressed concern on Tuesday over China’s planned curbs on exports of strategic metals widely used in the semiconductor industry and doubt that the move was related to security.

German exports dipped in May after a small rebound in April, official data showed Tuesday, adding to a gloomier outlook for Europe’s biggest economy.