Political stability and the return of Stormont are needed to attract major investors to Northern Ireland, US trade envoy Joe Kennedy III has said.

Everyone who relies on credit in America is confronting a new reality: Money will cost more for a good long while.

The carmaker said the six-week strike by the United Automobile Workers union had cost it $800 million so far and could cost $200 million for every week it continued.

The further limits on shipments could cripple Beijing’s A.I. ambitions and dampen revenues for U.S. chip makers, analysts said.

Consumer prices continued to rise in the US during September fuelled by higher housing and petrol costs, new figures show.

Oil prices have jumped on concerns that the situation in Israel and Gaza could disrupt output from the Middle East.

Ghana - once touted as a trailblazing African economic success story - is facing an unprecedented financial crisis.

Shares in crisis-hit Chinese real estate giant Evergrande have jumped as trading in the firm resumed after being suspended in Hong Kong.

There is still scope to address the remaining concerns of unionists about the Windsor Framework, Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris has said.

Northern Irelandʼs economy slowed substantially in the second quarter of 2023 with output falling by 0.5% over the quarter.