One-on-one meeting was followed with negotiations engaging delegations in an extended format. Dignitaries considered main directions of bilateral cooperation between Georgia and Uzbekistan. Close friendly relations and partnership existing between the countries was highlighted.

The US central bank has raised interest rates again, despite fears that the move could add to financial turmoil after a string of bank failures.

China will set up a state infrastructure investment fund worth 500 billion yuan ($74.69 billion) to spur infrastructure spending and revive a flagging economy, two people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Tuesday.

Stock markets across the world have slid amid worries that US inflation is set to rise.

U.K. house prices rose last month, despite weaker activity in the property market amid a third national coronavirus lockdown.

President Joe Biden pushed for more fiscal support Friday to address one of the greatest challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic - how to get millions of out-of-work Americans back on the job.

The UK economy suffered its biggest slump on record between April and June as coronavirus lockdown measures pushed the country officially into recession.

Companies around the world will take on as much as $1 trillion of new debt in 2020, as they try to shore up their finances against the coronavirus, a new study of 900 top firms has estimated.

Around one fifth of German companies (21%) believe their survival is threatened by the coronavirus crisis, Germany’s Ifo institute said on Monday, with travel agents, hotels and restaurants particularly concerned.

Global stock markets have fallen amid fears that an uptick in coronavirus cases could cause more economic damage.

The economic downturn in the US triggered by the pandemic has been officially declared a recession.

A further 3.2 million Americans sought unemployment benefits last week as the economic toll from the coronavirus pandemic continued to mount.

Frontier Airlines has said it will end a plan to charge passengers $39 (£31) per flight to ensure an empty middle seat during the Covid-19 crisis, following sharp criticism from Democratic lawmakers.

U.S. private employers laid off a record 20.236 million workers in April as mandatory business closures in response to the novel coronavirus outbreak savaged the economy, setting up the overall labor market for historic job losses las

Having thousands of bank workers in big, expensive city offices "may be a thing of the past", Barclays boss Jes Staley has said.

The price of US oil has fallen to record lows, as demand dries up and storage runs out.