Hong Kong’s exports in 2025 rose by 15.4 per cent year on year to a “historical high”, with authorities expecting sustained global economic growth, improved ties with new markets and strong demand for artificial intelligence-enabled products to continue supporting the city’s trade. According to the Census and Statistics Department, the total value of Hong Kong’s…
Hong Kong, China–(Newsfile Corp. – December 11, 2025) – The highly anticipated International Forum on China’s Economy and Policy 2025, held by the Chief Executive’s Policy Unit (CEPU) of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Government, successfully concluded in mid-November. Themed “Economic Transformations in a Multipolar World”, the Forum delivered a full day of…
Car executives once saw Tesla as their industry’s biggest disrupter. But now, at least one former automotive CEO says the company may pull out of the car business, and could even cease to exist within 10 years. Carlos Tavares, who resigned from the top job at Jeep manufacturer Stellantis late last year, said Elon Musk’s…
China and India are pulling back from buying Russian oil after President Trump sanctioned two of Moscow’s biggest exporters Wednesday. Reuters reported Thursday that Chinese state-run petroleum firms PetroChina, Sinopec, CNOOC and Zhenhua Oil had suspended purchases of seaborne Russian oil after the Treasury Department announced sanctions on Rosneft and Lukoil, citing Moscow’s “lack of serious commitment…
The IMF is warning that elevated stock valuations are putting both financial markets and the global economy at risk of some turbulence. “Valuation models indicate that risk asset prices are well above fundamentals, increasing the probability of disorderly corrections when adverse shocks occur,” the organization said in its Global Financial Stability Report published this month….
International Monetary Fund chief Kristalina Georgieva on Friday said she hoped the U.S. and China could ease trade tensions and avoid a cutoff in the flow of rare earths to the global economy that she said would have a “material impact” on growth. Such a scenario would exacerbate uncertainty and hurt an already weakened global…
Merz has been under rising political pressure at home to do more to address Germany’s economic malaise. Following two straight years of economic contraction, economists expect little if any growth this year, in part due to U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff policies, which hit Berlin’s export-oriented economy particularly hard. German business leaders are now urging…
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon is warning that the chances of a US stock market fall are far greater than many Wall Streeters believe. The head of America’s largest bank says he is “far more worried than others” about a stock market correction — widely defined as a drop of at least 10% — predicting that…
At its 25th Global Summit in Rome today, the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) launched its latest report showing how much the US is losing out on as tourists decide to stay away It’s estimated that the US will lose out on US tourists(Image: Getty Images) Donald Trump has helped shave £10billion off the…
Legendary billionaire investor Ray Dalio has issued a stark warning about the future of the United States and the United Kingdom, stating he is not optimistic about either nation’s trajectory and believes “we’re heading into very, very dark times.” Drawing on his own proprietary study of 500 years of history, the founder of the world’s…