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UK Budget Signals Wave of New North Sea Oil and Gas Drilling

John Healey’s Budget has assumed the government will approve North Sea discovery drilling projects that produce in exces...

Piero Cipollone: Next-day securities settlement, tokenisation and the transformation of Europe’s financial infrastructure

SEC Eyes Manipulation, Insider Risk in Prediction Markets

Add another regulator to the list of watchdogs monitoring risks in the fast-growing prediction market industry: the Secu...

‘I cannot remain neutral’: Lagarde finally explains her early ECB exit

Lagarde says she is leaving the ECB early because she can no longer stay neutral. She also revealed the ECB debated a hi...

US oil firm HKN aims to double Syria's output as it takes over Kurdish-run fields

HKN Vice President Matthew Zais tells Al-Monitor the company plans to double production at Syria’s northeastern oil fiel...

IMF says engaging with Iraq on preparing new bailout program

The International Monetary Fund on Thursday said it was engaging with Iraqi authorities as it prepares a new bailout pro...

Trafigura Signs New Gas Supply Deal with German SEFE

Trafigura has signed a $1.5 billion five-year loan agreement that will back a contract for the commodity trading giant t...

State Duma approved draft federal budget for 2027-2029 in first reading

Budget expenditures and revenues are planned in 2027 at the level of $600 bln and $532.9 bln respectively

Fed’s Path to a Repo-Based Framework Faces a Familiar Roadblock

As Federal Reserve officials ponder ways to shrink their holdings and keep markets flush with cash from lending operatio...

China Makes First Inquiry for US Wheat Since Trump-Xi Summit

China has inquired about buying US wheat, signaling that Beijing may be gearing up to expand its purchases of American c...

U.S. Hits Rwanda With New Sanctions Over a Conflict Trump Declared ‘Ended’

The Treasury Department accused Rwanda of undermining a U.S.-brokered peace agreement by supporting a rebel group in the...

Hassett Sees Fed Acting If October Inflation Data Come in High

White House National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett hinted that he expected the Federal Reserve would raise int...

Rio Tinto pumps $1.4B into lithium projects in Argentina

Two new operations add 25,000 tonnes of annual capacity as the mining giant pursues ambitious growth targets in battery ...

Fed Can’t Beat Inflation Without Market Pain, Says Dawson

Federal Reserve officials left interest rates unchanged and reiterated their commitment to containing inflation without ...

Investors Are Piling Into Dangote. But Is the Price Right?

Nigerian downstream giant Dangote Petroleum Refinery has closed its public offer (IPO). It is now bringing Africa’s indu...

Polymarket Investigating Suspicious Trades on Israeli Election

Polymarket is investigating a string of well-timed and profitable trades on the Israeli election this week in the latest...

Brussels hopes unspent defence loans may help plug Ukraine’s budget hole

The European Commission has reopened €21.3bn in unspent SAFE defence loans, urging EU governments to use them for joint ...

Eldorado drops as Skouries setbacks cut gold outlook 18%

The miner slashed it 2026 gold forecast by 18% and raised spending due to delays at its Skouries copper-gold operation i...

Rusal to get majority stake in two joint ventures in Ghana

The project involves developing the Nyinahini deposit in the Ashanti Region in the southwest of the country

Japan Advances Deep-Sea Mining as Support for a Moratorium Grows

As the first country to have continuously retrieved rare-earth mud from such depths, Japan is in a position to influence...

Lagarde Says She Can't Stay Neutral in Current Situation

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde says "there is never a good time to leave" but that she wants "to have...

Lagarde Says ECB Has Tools to Address Market Disruption (Video)

US economy grows faster than expected 3.4% in 3Q, driven by consumers, AI investment

The US economy grew faster than expected in the third quarter as resilient consumer spending and AI-driven business inve...

US customs frees detained Ethiopian solar cells as duty probe continues

US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has released shipments of Toyo’s Ethiopian-made solar cells, while a separate US ...

Ajuste en Bolivia entusiasma a inversionistas y golpea al país

Rodrigo Paz está logrando estabilizar la moneda y recuperar el acceso de Bolivia a los mercados de deuda. El desafío aho...

Ukraine Economy to Shrink For the First Time Since Full-Scale War

The Ukrainian economy will contract this year for the first time since the start of the full-scale invasion, the central...

‘I’m not a candidate for anything’: What Lagarde told Euronews before quitting the ECB

Christine Lagarde told Euronews in an exclusive interview in July that she was not a candidate for any political office....

Russian Finance Ministry sees stabilization of global energy market

Oil products' prices are going down, Russian Deputy Prime Minister - Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said

Lagarde Says ECB Debated If Hike Would Be Appropriate

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde, speaking at a news conference in Frankfurt, says policymakers are “ve...

‘Made in Vietnam’ Is Harder To Prove Than It Looks

Companies are under increasing pressure to show that goods produced in their new locations are genuinely made there.

Putin Claims Russian Firms Looking to Expand Manufacturing Across Africa

The president did not say which Russian companies were looking to set up shop in Africa, but boasted that they have “suf...

Eli Lilly Shares Surge on Raised Sales Forecast

Eli Lilly & Co. raised its full-year sales forecast as demand for its blockbuster obesity and diabetes drugs continues t...

BofA Macro Traders Avoid Big Bets After Volatile Market Shakeout

Bank of America Corp.’s macro traders are limiting risk exposure heading into year-end after upheaval in some of the wor...

Reaching 2% Inflation Will Be Challenging for the Fed, Feroli Says

JPMorgan Chief US Economist Mike Feroli says it will be a challenge for the Federal Reserve to get inflation back down b...

The two pragmatists leading the race to run the ECB

Pablo Hernández de Cos and Klaas Knot are currently frontrunners to become the fifth president of Europe’s top monetary ...

Qatar Investment Authority doubles New York staff in US push

QIA is committed to investing $500 billion into the world’s largest economy over the next decade, its CEO said.

ECB's Lagarde Sees 'Downside' Risks to Growth

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde says risks to euro-area growth are on the "downside" while risks to th...

Strong US inflation and growth will keep Fed on a tightening path

Third-quarter growth figures and September’s PCE inflation data confirm the US economy is running hot

Christine Lagarde, Boris Vujčić: Monetary policy statement

Anwar’s ex-rival backs Malaysia’s budget. Will Muhyiddin become PM’s election partner?

The former prime minister who helped bring down Anwar Ibrahim’s political alliance six years ago has now agreed to back ...