10 African countries with the highest diesel prices in February 2026
The cost of this single commodity permeates everything: the price of food, the cost of transporting commodities to…
Russia’s Industrial Core Under Strain as Massive Job Loss Fears Grow Amid Wartime Slowdown — UNITED24 Media
Russia’s war-driven economy is facing serious pressure from sanctions and falling income. In the Nizhny Novgorod region, a major center for…
Wholesale inflation was hotter than expected in January as tariffs threaten to push up prices for consumers
A worker handles components for a steel sieve at HCC, a company that uses parts to make combines,…
FX Daily Snapshot – MUFG Research
The major foreign exchange rates have remained relatively stable overnight. For the week as a whole the US…
France February preliminary CPI +1.0% vs +0.8% y/y expected
Prior +0.3%HICP +1.1% vs +0.7% y/y expectedPrior +0.4% The bigger jump in the annual estimates is largely tied…
India’s economy expands by 7.8% growth in December quarter
Construction laborers work on a high rise building in Kolkata on July 23, 2024. Dibyangshu Sarkar | Afp…
Singapore must retain ability to say ‘no’ even if it means paying a price: Vivian Balakrishnan
The minister said Singapore would face more strategic dilemmas in an increasingly turbulent world, and that its interests…
Waiting for the next cycle could sink your shipping strategy
As geopolitics reshapes trade routes and volatility becomes structural rather than cyclical, shipping’s traditional reliance on market recoveries…
Switzerland Q4 GDP +0.1% vs +0.2% q/q expected
Prior -0.5%; revised to -0.4% Swiss economic output bounces back in the final quarter of last year, after…
The no.1 quango that deserves the axe
There are elements of economic life, such as the impact of President Donald Trump’s ever-changing tariffs, that are…
China’s Politburo: Development process of latest ‘five-year plan’ is “extremely unusual”
Development process during the 14th ‘five-year plan’ period is “extremely unusual and extraordinary”China’s economic strength and comprehensive national…
Heads up: Germany states’ CPI readings due later today
German inflation remains one of, if not the key sticking point for the ECB in trying to sort…