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A crude oil tanker is seen at Qingdao Port, Shandong province, China, April 21, 2019. REUTERS/Jason Lee/File Photo

Global Economy

Spread of Covid-19 Delta variant knocks oil demand outlook - IEA

The IEA put the demand slump last month at 120,000 barrels per day (bpd) and predicted growth would be half a million bpd lower in the second half of the year compared to its estimate last month,...

A man, wearing a face mask with the Chinese Communist Party emblem following the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak, visits the Memorial of the First National Congress of the Communist Party of China on the 100th founding anniversary of the party in Shanghai, China July 1, 2021. REUTERS/Aly Song TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC2CBO9PJFDL

China

China's Delta outbreak casts pall over growth

European Union flags flutter outside the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium May 5, 2021. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo/File Photo

Global Economy

Euro zone business surged in July but price pressures and Covid weigh

Healthcare worker Jankhana Prajapati gives a dose of the COVISHIELD vaccine against COVID-19, manufactured by Serum Institute of India, to villager Amiyaben Dabhi during a door-to-door vaccination drive in Banaskantha district in the western state of Gujarat, India, July 23, 2021. REUTERS/Amit Dave/File Photo

Global Economy

Coronavirus likely to lock India's women out of job market for years

People are seen at a market amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in the old quarters of Delhi, October 19, 2020. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis

Global Economy

India’s economic rebound faces rising risk from virus variants

Empty cubicles are seen as the first phase of FMC Corporation employees return to work in the office in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US, June 14, 2021. REUTERS/Hannah Beier/File Photo

Analysis

Return to the US office? Ask the CEO

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Analysis

Delta-spurred curbs cloud European recovery outlook

World+Biz

World hunger, malnutrition soared last year mostly due to Covid-19 - UN agencies

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Global Economy

Covid Delta upsurge keeps stock and commodity bulls in check

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South Asia

Poorer Indian women lost more jobs, ate less amid the pandemic

A funeral official in North Jakarta wearing protective clothing that reads ''Stop, Don't Add More.'' Photographer: Dasril Roszandi/NurPhoto via Getty Images via Bloomberg

Bloomberg Special

What does 8% growth mean when thousands are still dying?

St Pauls cathedral and the City of London financial district are seen at dawn as the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in London, Britain, April 19 2020. REUTERS/John Sibley

Coronavirus chronicle

UK's Sunak says vaccine passport idea might help the economy

Global Economy

S&P Global expects coronavirus to cost banks $2.1 trillion