Economy

The number of FTSE 100 company directors from ethnic minority backgrounds has declined in the past year, according to a progress report delivered by the government-backed campaign to boost boardroom diversity. Just 84 of the 1,048 director positions...

A smooth Brexit that offers frictionless trade with the European Union will give the Treasury a double bonus in the budget, the chancellor has said, allowing him to boost public spending and consider cutting taxes. Philip Hammond said a...

Stocks suffered their steepest drop in eight months on Wednesday, as rising interest rates gnawed at investors and as previously high-flying technology shares tumbled in the face of growing tensions with China. The Standard & Poor’s...

HONG KONG — Global markets shuddered on Thursday after a drop in stocks in the United States crystallized investors’ anxiety about a growing list of global risks, including rising interest rates, increased tensions between Beijing and Washington, and...

The September jobs numbers are the 2018 United States economy in a nutshell: Even when an economic report is bad these days, it’s actually pretty good. When the latest numbers first were broadcast at 8:30 a.m. Friday, it...

As large as it is, the building would be easy to miss. Plain, gray and near a McDonald’s, it’s part of a generic office complex surrounded by a vast parking lot in a suburb of Copenhagen....

DEARBORN, Mich. — When Ford Motor was celebrating the 100th anniversary of its Rouge industrial complex last week, its chairman, William C. Ford Jr., offered an optimistic outlook for the years ahead. The company is still...

The first nationwide strike of its kind by workers from companies including McDonald’s, Wetherspoons and Uber has been hailed as a watershed moment in moves to organise in sectors where unions have struggled to take root....

Mounting concern about the inflationary impact of falling US unemployment has sent tremors through global financial markets amid fears that the long post-financial crisis rally in asset prices is nearing its end. The effective interest rate...

Serbia and China recently signed deals for Chinese companies to invest in a Belgrade-based bus manufacturer, construct an industrial park and build a bypass around Serbia’s capital. However, experts fear Serbia could end up paying big...