NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told CNBC that President Donald Trump‘s rhetoric on defense spending is having an “important” impact on the military alliance. “I’m saying that his message has been very clear and...

Market focus is largely attuned to global trade developments, with officials from the U.S. and China set to resume negotiations this week. Both sides reported progress in five days of talks last week, with...

Global growth is expected to slow in the coming months, but Asian economies could hold up reasonably well, thanks to several “mitigating factors,” according to the chief executive of Southeast Asia’s largest bank. “The...

At any rate, I thought Trump had a good shot because the Chinese had found themselves cornered with excessive American trade surpluses, bound up with allegedly massive trade and industrial violations. Trump just had...

The world economy is headed for a period of “dull, low” growth, according to fund manager Janus Henderson, but the risk of an outright recession remains small. Market participants are increasingly worried about the...

U.S. President Donald Trump has promised European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker that he will not impose additional import tariffs on European cars for the time being, Juncker was quoted in a published interview as...

Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said on Tuesday the central bank was ready to ramp up stimulus if sharp yen rises hurt the economy and derail the path towards achieving its 2 percent...

Christos Megalou, the CEO of Piraeus Bank, told CNBC Monday that there has been a “significant improvement” in this area, but he “would like to see even more in reducing the amount of NPLs...

U.S. stock futures fell on Tuesday as traders waited for new details to emerge from the latest round of U.S.-China trade talks. As of 7:05 a.m. ET, Dow Jones Industrial Average futures indicated a...