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About 250 million people work in agriculture in India, according to government data, constituting about 45% of India’s workforce.

The World Bank’s food price index eased in early April 2024 after falling by about 4.0% in the first quarter of 2024, 9.0% lower than a year earlier.

Italian central-bank head gives dinner speech in Frankfurt.Officials are preparing to lower interest rates in June.

GDP advances an annualized 1.6%, slower than all projections.First-quarter core inflation measure accelerates to 3.7% rate.

Shares of Meta Platforms sank 13% on Thursday, sparking a selloff in big technology stocks after the social media...

The U.S. economy grew at its slowest pace in nearly two years in the first quarter amid a surge in imports and small build-up of unsold goods at businesses...

Japan is closely watching currency movements and is ready to take all necessary steps, Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said Friday, amid market caution about intervention to slow the yen's fall to 34-year lows against the U.S. dollar.

Retail businesses are reporting bleak trading prospects for the first quarter of the year — with a third concerned they won't be able to make it through the next 12 months, according to a Retail NZ report.

“A correction is inevitable, and markets that are simply looking for a reason to fall may overreact to a sentiment that may not mean much rationally.”

The Thai government wants to inject more economic stimulus to raise the growth rate. It should tackle productivity-raising long-term economic reform.