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Real Estate Crash Weighs on China's Economic Growth
In China, new home sales have dropped to their lowest level in more than 15 years and prices for existing apartments are plummeting. Millions of households, stung by their homes' declining value, have curbed spending. Local governments, which rely…
China hits 2025 economic growth target as exports boom
CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images China's economy grew by 5% last year, as record exports helped the world's second largest economy meet its annual target. Beijing had set a goal of 'around 5%' economic growth in 2025, despite struggles to…
Hong Kong eyes slice of booming 'NewSpace' economy as professional services hub
Hong Kong aims to develop its “NewSpace” economy by positioning itself as a leading hub for finance, insurance, legal and arbitration services, and materials application in alignment with the nation's development plan. The Chief…
The war on the horizon that global economies haven't priced in
Heightened geopolitical tensions pose big risks to financial stability. So why, given international turmoil on so many fronts, are Western equity markets still climbing? Geopolitical dangers have escalated during the first two weeks of 2026. First…
Davos: Trump looms large over biggest-ever World Economic Forum
Apart from the snow and the temperature Greenland does not have much in common with the Swiss alps. But the fight for the future of the island looms over the gathering of world leaders and businesses at the World Economic Forum (WEF) this week.
Davos: Trump looms large over biggest-ever World Economic Forum
Faisal IslamEconomics editor, Davos, Switzerland Apart from the snow and the temperature Greenland does not have much in common with the Swiss alps. But the fight for the future of the island looms over the gathering of world leaders and businesses…
Hong Kong stocks slide ahead of China's key economic data release
Hong Kong stocks dropped on Monday before the release of China's key economic data. The Hang Seng Index fell 1.1 per cent to 26,570.11 as of 9.39am local time. The Hang Seng Tech Index dropped 1 per cent. On the mainland, the CSI 300 Index climbed…
Trump's tariffs threat casts a dark shadow over Britain's fragile economy
We all know that the outlook for the UK economy this year is poor. Indeed, my central expectation is that economic growth will fall back from 1.4pc in 2025 to something like 1pc this year. What's more, growth will be driven mainly by the public…
Scandalous student debts are crushing Britain's economy
Tom nearly did not become a doctor. He had always wanted to go to medical school, but when he was 17, his mock A-level results fell short. A hospital consultant told him that he should forget it while on work experience. So he did a science degree…
Breaking | China's GDP rises 5% in 2025 as US trade war fails to knock economy off course
China has confirmed that it achieved its annual growth target last year despite having to weather an unprecedented trade war with the United States, which may harden Beijing's confidence as it prepares to roll out its latest five-year plan. The…
China's advances in AI fuel tech stock boom, help it shake off economic malaise
Nearly a year after DeepSeek's AI breakthrough rattled global markets, mainland China is entering 2026 with a fresh wave of technological advances that are powering a stock rally, even as its economy remains fragile. Thanks to fresh progress in…
The Trump economy: No recession, but no boom either
President Trump won reelection on a promise to bring economic growth back to its prepandemic highs from his first term. The centerpiece of his plan was to levy higher tariffs on imported goods, thereby cutting the trade deficit, boosting U.S.
Trump news at a glance: EU weighs up economic sanctions against US after Trump's tariff threats
European leaders meet for crisis talks and are expected to discuss reviving plan to levy tariffs on €93bn of US goods – key US politics stories from Sunday 18 January at a glance The EU was weighing up retaliatory tariffs on American…
AI is an ethical, social and economic nightmare - and we're starting to wake up
As 2025 began, I thought humanity's biggest problem was climate change. As an experiment, given the recent controversy about it, I asked Grok if it could make a nude picture of Queen Elizabeth I, who has been dead for more than 400 years. It…
China's economy grows 5% in 2025, buoyed by strong exports despite Trump's tariffs
China 's economy expanded at a 5% annual pace in 2025, buoyed by strong exports despite Trump's tariffs. However, growth slowed to a 4.5% rate in the last quarter of the year, the government said Monday. That was the slowest quarterly growth since…
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