Economy

London: Finance minister Philip Hammond looks set to announce Britain's smallest budget deficit since 2002 next week but he is still likely to resist...

Muscat: The Oman American Business Centre (OABC), in partnership with renewable energy advocates Shams Global Solutions (SGS) and Dii Desert Energy (Dii),...

Muscat: The annual inflation rate in Oman for February 2018 increased to 0.49 per cent compared to the same month of the previous year according to the...

Muscat: The average price of a barrel of Omani crude oil increased by 36.6 per cent at the end of January 2018 to reach to $60.8 per barrel compared to...

Washington: The US economy added the biggest number of jobs in more than 1-1/2 years in February, but a slowdown in wage growth pointed to only a gradual...

Beijing: China will respond as necessary in the event of a trade war with the United States, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Thursday, while warning that...

Santiago: Eleven countries are expected to sign a landmark Asia-Pacific trade agreement in Santiago on Thursday, as an antidote to the increasingly...

Muscat: Financial Technologies (FinTech) is expected to revolutionise the way the Omani banking and financial sectors work as Oman's first comprehensive...

Sydney: Australia's economic growth slowed last quarter as bad weather hit exports, though stronger-than-expected government spending and a revival in...

London: British finance minister Philip Hammond will tell the European Union on Wednesday that it must drop its tough stance on the City of London and allow...