Microsoft and Alphabet, Google’s parent, reported greater resilience than expected in their core businesses in the second quarter, helping to underpin Big Tech’s recent stock

High interest rates aren’t souring Americans’ moods: A key measurement of consumer confidence just shot up to a level not seen since July 2021. The

French consumers are increasingly confident inflation will ease over the next 12 months and their assessment of past pressure is also softening. The balance of

Uncertainty over the path of inflation later this summer makes it hard to predict the Federal Reserve’s next steps following a likely quarter-percentage point increase

The pound has suffered its longest stretch of daily falls since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic amid growing speculation in the currency markets that

The US is undergoing a manufacturing renaissance as billions of dollars are invested in new factories. In fact, only last week the White House boasted

The message about “sticky” inflation in services, as seen from the companies’ point of view, was the most interesting element in the S&P Global Flash

When Amazon announced the $13.7bn acquisition of Whole Foods Market in 2017, it followed some oddball attempts to strengthen its grocery business, some conceived by

Bye bye, birdie. Twitter, the text-based social media platform that played an outsized role on society by serving as a digital town square, was killed