US economic growth slowed in the second quarter amid a widening in the trade deficit, but an acceleration in consumer spending and robust business investment in equipment related to the…
Mastercard has today posted a second-quarter profit that surpassed Wall Street expectations, boosted by robust transaction volumes driven by steady consumer spending. Despite fears that geopolitical tensions and the resulting…
Updated / Thursday, 30 Jul 2026 14:08 CRH said its revenues for the three months to the end of June rose by 6% to $10.8 billion Building materials giant CRH…
The Bank of England kept interest rates on hold as expected today, but a third policymaker backed a rate hike due to renewed conflict between the US and Iran. The…
Japan will temporarily slash consumption tax on food from 8% to 1% starting next April, the prime minister said today, as her administration seeks to tackle rising inflation. It will…
Minister for Public Expenditure Jack Chambers has said the Government still expects "housing supply to improve in 2026 compared to the figures for 2025", despite a year-on-year fall in the…
The rate of inflation eased to 3.1% in July from 3.2% a month earlier, a flash estimate of the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices from the Central Statistics Office shows…
France's Societe Generale today posted record quarterly profit and upped its 2026 profitability target as a recovery in retail banking and tight cost controls offset a third consecutive quarter of…
Euro zone grows just above forecasts on AI spending, confident consumers Updated / Thursday, 30 Jul 2026 10:10 Getty The euro zone economy expanded by 0.4% in the second quarter…
