TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese household spending suffered its biggest drop in nearly 2-1/2 years squeezed by rising prices, although volatility in some items meant the outlook might not be as gloomy as…
By Patturaja Murugaboopathy and Chuck Mikolajczak (Reuters) – U.S. dividend funds have faced steep outflows this year after strong inflows last year as investors rush to safer money market funds and bank…
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s factory activity shrank in February at the fastest pace in over two years, a private survey showed, highlighting companies’ struggles amid a global economic slowdown, raw material inflation…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Contracts to buy U.S. previously owned homes rose by the most in more than 2-1/2 years in January, but a resurgence in mortgage rates could delay a much-awaited housing…
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s manufacturing activity contracted at the fastest pace in 30 months in February, a business survey showed on Tuesday, in a worrying sign for the world’s third-largest economy, which…
TORONTO (Reuters) – Canadian economic activity contracted in December at the sharpest pace since the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic as firms worked to reduce their stock of inventories, Ivey Purchasing…
By Jihoon Lee SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s exports were set for a second month of declines in November and by the steepest pace in 2-1/2 years, hurt by an economic slowdown…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. manufacturing activity grew at its slowest pace in nearly 2-1/2 years in October while a measure of prices paid by businesses for inputs slid for a seventh straight…
By Nate Raymond BOSTON – A former Georgetown University tennis coach was sentenced on Friday to 2-1/2 years in prison for helping children of wealthy parents get into the school in exchange…
By Maki Shiraki TOKYO – The low-cost carrier arm of Japan’s ANA Holdings, Peach Aviation, is set to resume flights to Seoul from late August, according to a person familiar with the…