The US fraud case against Indian billionaire Gautam Adani appears to be backed by documents that will help prosecutors make a strong case, legal experts said, but the tycoon is unlikely to be extradited to stand trial anytime soon.

The World Bank announced Thursday that it had raised close to $24 billion to provide loans and grants for some of the world’s poorest nations, which it can leverage to generate a record $100 billion in total spending power.

The United States continues to face risks from underlying inflation despite recent progress in stabilizing prices, two senior Federal Reserve officials said Friday, with one indicating support for just one interest rate cut over the next two rate decisions.

President-elect Donald Trump on Monday threatened to impose a 100 percent tariff on the BRICS group nations if they undercut the US dollar.

US shoppers were out in force for “Black Friday,” with preliminary data showing strong online sales despite inflation nerves prompting retailers in the world’s biggest economy to come up with ever more deals.

Amid the inexorable shift toward more electric vehicles, oil and gas producers are looking increasingly to plastics to help keep them afloat, even if that sector faces challenges of its own.

The US will urge a judge to make Google-parent company Alphabet sell its widely used Chrome browser in a major antitrust crackdown on the internet giant, according to a media report Monday.

Donald Trump’s surprisingly comprehensive victory in the US Presidential election has electrified the US dollar - possibly to his own chagrin - and the US currency is eyeing its biggest one-day gain in two years.

Donald Trump’s victory in the race to become the next US president will have economic consequences for the rest of the world that are likely to be deep and quite immediate.

For local business communities, Donald Trump’s victory in the presidential race has been shorthand for the expectation that Western apparel orders and some foreign investments would shift to Bangladesh, with global fashion powerhouse China possibly facing higher import tariffs from the US.

The US economy saw resilient growth in the third quarter despite a modest slowdown according to government data Wednesday, less than a week before inflation-weary voters head into the presidential election.

Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) President Jin Liqun on Saturday criticized advanced economies for creating trade barriers including for renewable energy goods, saying there was “no longer free trade” in the global economy.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump wants to bring back US manufacturing and lower costs, relying on tariffs to boost US coffers and exert pressure on other countries -- but the reality is less straightforward.

From holding back investments to considering moving abroad, businesses in the United States are bracing for more economic turbulence as the presidential campaign kicks into high gear -- with fresh tariffs rolled out and promises of more.

The IMF approved reforms on Friday that will lower members’ borrowing costs by 36 percent and lift eight indebted countries out of the requirement to pay more to borrow money.

Cooling inflation, low unemployment, robust economic growth and... downbeat voters.

Oil prices rose on Friday and settled with their biggest weekly gains in over a year on the mounting threat of a region-wide war in the Middle East, although gains were limited as US President Joe Biden discouraged Israel from targeting Iranian oil facilities.

US manufacturing activity contracted for a sixth straight month in September, according to survey data released Tuesday, with demand remaining weak and new export orders slumping.

The US Federal Reserve cut its key lending rate by half a percentage-point Wednesday in its first reduction for more than four years, sharply lowering borrowing costs shortly before November’s presidential election.

The United States locked in tariff hikes on billions of dollars worth of Chinese goods Friday, with a 100 percent duty on electric vehicles and 25 percent on EV batteries taking effect in two weeks.