Euro slips below parity, yen steady ahead of BOJ
By Rae Wee SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The euro held below parity on Friday as investors eyed a potential slowdown in future rate hikes by the …
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Fed’s Evans: Keeping unemployment below 5% would be ‘good’ outcome in inflation fight
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – If the Federal Reserve can bring inflation under control with unemployment remaining under 5% that would be “pretty unusual and good,” Chicago …
Germans’ winter tourism bookings rise, but still below pre-COVID levels
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germans’ tourism bookings for the 2022/23 winter were down 33% as of the end of August compared with the pre-COVID winter of …
New York City office leasing surges; still below pre-pandemic levels
By Herbert Lash NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York City’s office market rebounded in the third quarter from a year earlier, though leasing remained below …
Porsche shares fall below IPO pricing
By Lucy Raitano LONDON (Reuters) – Shares in sports car brand Porsche fell below its listing price on Monday, the third day of trading since …
Body of missing American ski mountaineer Hilaree Nelson found below Nepal peak
By Dan Whitcomb (Reuters) – The body of top American mountaineer Hilaree Nelson was found on Wednesday near a 26,700-foot (8,138-meter) mountain peak in Nepal …
Italy sees 2023 deficit below 5% of GDP despite slashing growth outlook, sources say
By Giuseppe Fonte ROME (Reuters) – Italy sees its 2023 budget deficit below 5% of national output despite a darkening economic outlook triggered by the …
Biden Approval Rating Sinks Below 40%, Signaling Potential Reversal Of A Political ‘Comeback’: POLL
Biden Approval Rating Sinks Below 40%, Signaling Potential Reversal Of A Political ‘Comeback’: POLL Harold Hutchison on September 25, 2022 President Joe Biden’s approval …
Bitcoin once again slips below $20,000
(Reuters) – Bitcoin on Sunday dropped 1.54% to $19,804, slipping from the 20,000 mark after losing $310 from its previous close. The world’s biggest and …
New York City 8-Year-Old Groped by Man in Toy Aisle at Five Below
NEW YORK, NY – The New York City Police Department is investigating after a man approached an eight-year-old girl who was looking at toys and …
Austria’s gas dependence on Russia down to below 50%, government says
VIENNA – Austria has made progress in weaning itself off Russian naturaland boosting gas storage, the government said on Monday. “We have now already stored …
Amid clouds on economic horizon, Spain’s jobless rate stays below 3 million mark
(Reuters) – Spain’s jobless number remained below three million for the second month running, falling to 12.48% in the April to June period of 2022 …
Euro falls below dollar parity for first time since 2002
By Elizabeth Howcroft LONDON -The euro dropped below parity against the dollar on Wednesday for the first time in almost two decades, as a hawkish …
Fed’s Williams sees growth lagging below 1% in 2022
By Howard Schneider MAYAGUEZ, Puerto Rico – U.S. economic growth could fall below 1% this year and remain sluggish through 2023 as the Fed acts …
Brazil’s industrial output rises in May but below estimates
By Gabriel Araujo and Camila Moreira SAO PAULO – Industrial output in Brazil rose 0.3% in May from April, government statistics agency IBGE said on …
Czech finance minister seeks to keep 2022 budget deficit below $14.1 billion
PRAGUE – Czech Finance Minister Zbynek Stanjura said on Sunday he wanted to keep the 2022 state deficit from rising above 330 billion crowns ($14.1 …
USDA corn plantings forecast falls below expectations
CHICAGO – U.S. farmers intend to plant 89.490 million acres of corn in 2022, down 4% from last year and below the lowest in a …
EU tourism surges back in December, but still below pre-pandemic levels – Eurostat
– Tourists in the European Union more than tripled the nights they spent in short-stay accommodation in December compared with a year earlier, the EU’s …
Below Their Lines: American Corporations Cancel Russia But Remain Silent On Uyghur Genocide
Below Their Lines: American Corporations Cancel Russia But Remain Silent On Uyghur Genocide Philip Lenczycki on March 12, 2022 Major American companies are suspending operations …
Russian billionaire Moshkovich cuts stake in Rusagro to below 50%
– Billionaire Vadim Moshkovich, the founder and top shareholder of Russia’s Rusagro, has cut his stake in the farming conglomerate to below 50%, the London-listed …
Malaysia’s January CPI up 2.3%, below forecast
Feb 24 – Malaysia’s consumer prices in January rose 2.3% from a year earlier, below forecast, government data showed on Thursday. January’s consumer price index (CPI) was …
Hungary’s Orban says he hopes inflation will dip below 6% by year-end
BUDAPEST – Hungary’s government hopes inflation will ease back to below 6% by the end of 2022 after hitting a near 15-year high of 7.9% …
Japan’s inflation may exceed 1% but stay below BOJ goal, says central bank official
TOKYO – Japan’s consumer inflation may exceed 1% but will remain distant from the central bank’s 2% target, a senior Bank of Japan official said …
Maryland COVID-19 Positivity Rate Drops Below 5%
From the Desk of Governor Larry Hogan ANNAPOLIS, MD—Governor Larry Hogan today announced that the state’s COVID-19 positivity rate has dropped below 5%—another critical milestone …
Biden’s Approval Rating Drops Below 40%
President Joe Biden’s nationwide average job approval rating fell below 40% for the first time Thursday, multiple sources reported. Biden’s mean approval rating sunk to …
Jobless Claims Drop Below Expectations
The number of Americans who filed new unemployment claims decreased to 238,000 in the week ending Jan. 29, the Labor Department announced Thursday. The Labor …
Fed’s Bullard says unemployment rate can go below 3% this year
NEW YORK -St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank President James Bullard said he sees the unemployment rate falling below 3% this year, a jobless rate the …
Novozymes reports Q4 operating profit below estimates
COPENHAGEN – Enzymes maker Novozymes on Tuesday reported fourth quarter operating profit slightly below expectations but said it expected sales to grow organically by between …
US Economy Adds Just 199,000 Jobs In December, Far Below Expectations
Harry Wilmerding on January 7, 2022 The U.S. economy recorded an increase of 199,000 jobs in December and the unemployment dipped to 3.9%, the U.S. …
Penn Station fire linked to welder sparks landing in garbage can below
NEW YORK, NY – Smoke filled up the exit concourse at Penn Station on Tuesday causing concern within one of the nation’s biggest rail travel …
US Budget Deficit Hits $2.77 Trillion, Slightly Below Last Year’s Record
The Biden administration said Friday that the 2021 U.S. budget deficit was $360 billion lower than in 2020. The deficit figure hit $2.77 trillion in …
Weekly Jobless Claims Dip Below 300,000 For First Time Since March 2020
The number of Americans filing new unemployment claims decreased to 293,000 last week as companies are holding onto workers amind high demand for labor. The …