China targets to create over 13 million jobs in 2018, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said on Tuesday. According to the country’s official Xinhua news agency, Li said the minimal target was 11 million, but the Chinese government will work hard to reach the aim. More than 66 million...

Confidence among investors in Europe's largest economy Germany plunged in March, with a monthly barometer from the ZEW institute dropping to 5.1 points - its lowest level in 18 months. "Fear of a global trade conflict caused by the USA is causing the experts to look more cautiously into...

NEW YORK (AFP) -  Boosted by surging output, the United States is becoming a significant exporter of crude oil, a shift that is remaking American infrastructure and altering the global petroleum market. Now pumping more than 10 million barrels per day, the US has become the second...

WASHINGTON (AFP) -  The Federal Reserve this week will fire the opening salvo in a series of interest rate hikes this year, hoping to get out in front of an expected pickup in inflation. The first rate hike of the year is overwhelmingly predicted by futures markets, analysts and...