The IMF said Tuesday it has reached agreement with Pakistan on a new $1.3 billion loan program and reviewed an existing bailout that would, if approved, unlock an additional $1 billion.

The United States added dozens of entities to a trade blacklist Tuesday, its Commerce Department said, in part to disrupt Beijing’s artificial intelligence and advanced computing capabilities.

The US consumer confidence index fell 7.2 points to 92.9 in March,

The shipping ministry has approved a special incentive bonus of Tk 60,000 for all categories of employees of the Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) and the ministry for achieving record cargo and container handling at the port.

India is open to cutting tariffs on more than half of US imports worth $23 billion in the first phase of a trade deal the two nations are negotiating, two government sources said, the biggest cut in years, aimed at fending off reciprocal tariffs.

Trump has imposed tariffs and threatened economic warfare; mused that the US could leave allies in the lurch if Russia attacks them; intimidated Greenland; and taunted Canada that it should become the 51st US state.

Both told a packed technical audience at a Paris composites fair this month that they were already making progress in researching what the succeeding generation of models could be made of - and in turn how fast they could be built.

In just a few weeks, the US tourism outlook has clouded as a result of some of President Donald Trump’s policy decisions, which have angered some foreign visitors and prompted fear of a surge in prices and a stronger dollar.

President Donald Trump has made a sharp break from long-standing US policy in several areas, such as appearing to endorse Russia's position on Ukraine, raising questions about US commitment to European security and imposing tariffs on its allies.

Foreign traveler arrivals in the United States are expected to decline by 5.1 percent in 2025 compared to last year

President Donald Trump’s regulatory freeze has injected chaos and uncertainty into a number of lucrative American fisheries

Chinese carmaker BYD on Thursday vowed to conquer Europe with a new compact electric model and super-fast charging capability to rival continental brands.

Artificial intelligence (AI) startup Perplexity on Friday expressed its interest in buying TikTok, which faces a deadline to divest from its Chinese owner or be banned in the United States.

Major tech firms are pushing the administration of President Donald Trump to loosen rules on building artificial intelligence, arguing it is the only way to maintain a US edge and compete with China.

Japanese inflation eased in February, government data showed Friday, with prices excluding fresh food rising 3.0 percent year-on-year in the world’s fourth-largest economy.

Tencent last year more than tripled its capital expenditure to $10.7 billion, or 12 percent of its top line

Remittance inflows surged by around 78 percent year-on-year in the first 19 days of March as migrant workers sent more money home to relatives ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr, the largest religious occasion in the country.

The pace of British pay growth was little changed and there were others signs of stability in the jobs market, according to official data that contrasted with warnings of a hit to hiring from employers upset about an imminent tax increase.

Storytelling is central to how we interpret economic events. We recall economic history through haunting images of anxious crowds waiting to take money out of banks during the Great Depression or dejected office workers carrying cardboard boxes out of Lehman Brothers in 2008. We gauge inflation by comparing shopping baskets with friends and family. We grapple with the consequences of artificial intelligence by channeling our hopes and fears into science fiction.

The second trade war between the United States and China has so far been more of a snack than a slap-up meal. President Donald Trump campaigned on a repeated promise to impose tariffs of 60 percent or more on imports from the People’s Republic. In office, however, he has so far raised levies by just 20 percentage points. Beijing has responded with targeted and asymmetric measures. If Trump escalates, China has a banquet of spicy options to choose from.