German businesses are more pessimistic on one of their biggest markets than they’ve been in years.

Negative interest rates are unnaturally propping up the stock market and at some point the whole edifice will collapse. It’s an oft-repeated theory, but history suggests it might be wrong.

Chinese factories are again threatening to drag down prices around the world as the cost of their goods decline by the most since 2016.

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba on Monday said sales for its annual Singles’ Day shopping blitz hit 158.31 billion yuan ($22.63 billion) in its first nine hours, up 25% from the same point last year.

U.S. consumer sentiment improved for a third-straight month in November as Americans grew more upbeat about their financial situation and the economic outlook, fresh signs they’ll continue to fuel growth.

U.S. service companies grew at a faster pace in October after sinking to a three-year low in September.

Private payrolls grew at a faster-than-expected pace in October, but the solid growth was offset by a sharp downward revision for the previous month, according to a survey released Wednesday.

This has been a difficult year for American manufacturers, marked by trade war volleys and a global economy that is running out of steam. Output, investment and employment are down and firms are less optimistic.

U.S. economic growth slowed less than expected in the third quarter as a further contraction in business investment was offset by resilient consumer spending, further allaying financial market fears of a recession.