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  • US manufacturing growth holds steady, ISM survey shows

    Monday 02 Mar 2026

    (Sharecast News) - US manufacturing activity grew for the second straight month in February, with growth holding relatively stable, according to figures out on Monday from the Institute for Supply Management.

  • QatarEnergy halts LNG production amid military strikes

    Monday 02 Mar 2026

    (Sharecast News) - QatarEnergy has halted production of liquefied natural gas and associated products after military attacks targeted its operating facilities in Ras Laffan Industrial City and Mesaieed Industrial City, the state-owned company said on Monday.

  • Eurozone manufacturing sector returns to growth in February

    Monday 02 Mar 2026

    (Sharecast News) - The eurozone manufacturing sector returned to growth in February, with activity expanding at the fastest pace in nearly four years, according to a survey out on Monday.

  • German January retail sales fall more than expected

    Monday 02 Mar 2026

    (Sharecast News) - German retail sales fell a more than expected 0.9% in January compared to the previous month, according to official data published on Monday.

  • Israel orders Energean to stop production at Karish FPSO

    Monday 02 Mar 2026

    (Sharecast News) - Energean said the Israeli government had ordered it to suspend production at its floating gas production, storage and offloading facility near the country's coast in response to the war with Iran which began on Saturday.

  • Oil price nears $80 on Iran war; Opec+ agrees small output rise

    Monday 02 Mar 2026

    (Sharecast News) - Brent crude prices surged to just below around $80 a barrel on Monday as the US and Israel started a war of regime change against Iran, with Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Kohmenei assassinated on Saturday along with other key members of the ruling administration.

  • Attacks on Iran continue after US-Israel assassinate Ayatollah Khamenei

    Monday 02 Mar 2026

    (Sharecast News) - The US and Israel continued their bombing of Iran after their assassination of supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday in a war targeting regime change in the Persian Gulf state.

  • Chicago PMI hits highest level in nearly four years

    Friday 27 Feb 2026

    (Sharecast News) - Manufacturing activity across the Chicago region unexpectedly grew at its fastest pace in nearly four years in February, according to the Institute for Supply Management (ISM).

  • US wholesale inflation comes in hotter than expected

    Friday 27 Feb 2026

    (Sharecast News) - US wholesale inflation picked up at a faster than accepted clip at start of the year, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, with producer prices rising more strongly than in the prior two months.

  • German inflation falls to 1.9% in February

    Friday 27 Feb 2026

    (Sharecast News) - The inflation rate in Germany slowed more than expected in February, dipping below the 2% mark for only the second time in 17 months, as energy prices dropped and food inflation slowed.

  • German unemployment creeps higher, but jobless rate steady

    Friday 27 Feb 2026

    (Sharecast News) - Germany's jobless rate held steady again in February, but the number of unemployed people continued to creep higher, according to figures from the government's labour office on Friday.

  • Eurozone economic sentiment retreats from three-year high

    Thursday 26 Feb 2026

    (Sharecast News) - Economic confidence across the eurozone weakened slightly in February, pulling back from a three-year high, despite improvements among consumers and retailers, as sentiment fell in the industrial and services sectors.

  • US weekly mortgage applications inch higher

    Wednesday 25 Feb 2026

    (Sharecast News) - US mortgage applications edged higher in the week ended 20 February, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association, extending the modest improvement seen a week earlier despite a further drop in benchmark borrowing costs.

  • Eurozone inflation confirmed at 16-month low

    Wednesday 25 Feb 2026

    (Sharecast News) - Eurozone inflation officially fell to a 16-month low in January, final estimates from Eurostat confirmed on Wednesday, as a bigger drop in energy prices combined with slowdowns in processed food and services inflation.

  • Geopolitics to hit German consumer sentiment in March - GfK

    Wednesday 25 Feb 2026

    (Sharecast News) - Geopolitical concerns are expected to hit German consumer sentiment next month, according to a widely watched survey published on Wednesday.

  • German Q4 GDP rise confirmed at 0.3%

    Wednesday 25 Feb 2026

    (Sharecast News) - The German economy grew by 0.3% in the fourth quarter of 2025 compared with the previous three months, the federal statistics office said on Wednesday, confirming flash estimates.

  • US consumer confidence improves more than expected in February

    Tuesday 24 Feb 2026

    (Sharecast News) - US consumer confidence improved more than expected in February, according to a survey released on Tuesday.

  • EU car sales drop to five-month low

    Tuesday 24 Feb 2026

    (Sharecast News) - New car sales across the European Union dropped to their lowest in five months in January, with registrations falling year-on-year across the region's largest markets.

  • FedEX sues US govt for full refund of Trump tariffs

    Tuesday 24 Feb 2026

    (Sharecast News) - Global courier giant FedEx is suing the US government for a "full refund" of President Donald Trump's emergency tariffs after they were ruled illegal by the Supreme Court last week.

  • US factory orders pull back in December

    Monday 23 Feb 2026

    (Sharecast News) - US factory orders declined for the second time in three months in December, according to figures from the Census Bureau on Monday.

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