Canadian economy loses steam after strong start to year, grows 0.2% in February

OTTAWA – Statistics Canada is set to release its February gross domestic product report today, along with a preliminary estimate for economic growth during the first three months of the year. Read More

UK to be slowest-growing G7 economy next year, warns OECD – as it happened

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as the OECD cuts UK growth forecasts to back of G7 pack for 2025 ... Read More

UK Economy Shrinks by 0.3% in Q4, Another BoE Headache

Economists expected the economy to grow by 0.1% year-on-year. According to the Office for National Statistics, Services (-0.2%), production (-1.0%), and construction (-1.3%) output impacted the UK ... Read More

Singapore economy grows 2.7% year on year in Q1, but just 0.1% sequentially

SINGAPORE’S economy grew ... rose by a marginal 0.1 per cent, slower than the previous quarter’s 1.2 per cent growth. Both year-on-year and quarter-on-quarter expansion were also below economists’ ... Read More

UK probably left recession as economy grows 0.2% in January

The UK economy rebounded at the start of the year and is likely ... a technical recession at the end of last year, with output declining by 0.3 per cent over the fourth quarter. Read More

Blow for Brits as OECD downgrades UK's economic growth forecast for this year and warns country could be the worst performer in the G7 next year… while US rate cut delay ...

Global gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to grow by 3.1 ... The economic organisation said 'GDP growth is projected to remain sluggish' in the face of a 'waning drag from past monetary ... Read More

UK economy grows again as GDP rises 0.1% – what it means for your money

as part of our plan to reward work and grow the economy." It follows two quarters of GDP contracting between July and December last year. The UK economy shrank by 0.3% in the last three months of ... Read More

UK economy grows by 0.3% in November

Fri 12 Jan 8.52am • The latest GDP figures show the economy grew by 0.3% in November, according to the Office for National Statistics. Read More

Hamilton’s economy to grow in 2nd half of 2024 despite slow start: report

Despite continued slow growth ... of next year, according to an economic think tank. The Conference Board of Canada (CoC) expects the city's GDP will increase by only 0.9 per cent by the end ... Read More

3 Reasons Why China's Economic Deflation Matters to Investors

The country saw a 0.3% year-over-year decline ... Sign up for stock news with our Invested newsletter. China has the world's second-largest economy, generating $17.9 trillion in gross domestic ... Read More

Canada’s economy slows in February, making June rate cut more likely, economists say

Preliminary estimates also show the economy didn't grow at all in March, and Statistics Canada also revised January's growth down slightly to 0.5 per cent from 0.6 per cent. Read More

Thailand Central Bank Holds Rate Steady Despite Sluggish Economy, Weak Inflation — Update

Thailand's central bank kept its policy rate at a decade high despite a slow economic ... start later this year. Thailand's inflation has been soft in recent months. The consumer-price index fell ... Read More