WASHINGTON, D.C. – The birds won’t be flying south anytime soon. The White House can now cancel that order for grease to grease the poles on the White House grounds as the…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. existing home sales fell for a second straight month in April, with prices rising in roughly half of the country, which together with possibly higher mortgage rates could…
By Kantaro Komiya and Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s government estimates it needs to raise about 3 trillion yen ($22.2 billion) in funds per year for a childcare policy Prime Minister…
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A measure of the cost to insure exposure to U.S. government debt declined on Tuesday as Democratic President Joe Biden and top congressional Republican Kevin McCarthy edged closer…
(Reuters) – JPMorgan in a research note on Friday said it now forecast a 0.2% decline in South Africa’s 2023 gross domestic product versus a previous forecast for 0.3% growth, citing expectations…
By Kantaro Komiya TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s consumer spending unexpectedly fell in March at the fastest rate in a year, while real wages marked a twelfth month of decline on persistent inflation,…
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Shares of Paramount Global Inc, whose biggest stock holder is Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, plunged lower on Thursday after the streaming giant cut its dividend and reported revenue…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – New orders for U.S.-manufactured goods fell for a second straight month in February amid ebbing demand for civilian aircraft and there were signs that business spending on equipment remained…
By Jihoon Lee SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s exports likely fell in March at the steepest pace in nearly three years, a Reuters survey showed on Thursday, in a continued downtrend driven…
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. trade deficit in goods widened modestly in February as exports declined, potentially setting up trade to be a small drag on economic growth in…
BEIJING (Reuters) -The death rate in China’s capital Beijing surpassed its birth rate in 2022, official data showed on Tuesday, pushing its natural population growth into negative territory for the first time…
(Reuters) – Trading in new near-dated U.S. options contracts can supercharge volatility in U.S. stocks, potentially leading to tremendous intraday declines, analysts at JPMorgan said. The U.S. equity options market has seen…
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong private home prices edged up 0.6% in January from December, the first increase in seven months, official data showed on Friday, as reopening of the border…
BERLIN (Reuters) – German exporters’ hopes of a revival in trade with China after Beijing abruptly dismantled its strict “zero-COVID” policy in December failed to materialise at the start of the year,…
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Inflation seems poised to continue slowing this year but the U.S. central bank’s battle to reach its 2% target “might be a long fight” with monetary…
College Enrollment Decline Tied To Pandemic-Era Mandates, Population Decrease, Expert Says Alexa Schwerha on February 3, 2023 College enrollment rates still have not recovered from the COVID-19 pandemic, according to National Student…
BERLIN (Reuters) – Four out of ten German companies expect business to shrink in 2023, a survey by the German Economic Institute (IW) showed on Monday, blaming high energy costs, supply chain…
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan’s exports fell for a fourth straight month in December due to the worsening state of the global economy, as inflation and rising interest rates weighed on demand, and…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. manufacturing contracted further in December, but weakening demand amid higher borrowing costs pushed a measure of prices paid by factories for inputs to the lowest level in more…
BERLIN (Reuters) – High inflation and economic uncertainty extended a downturn in the German services sector in December, though a slower pace of decline in activity adds to hopes of a milder-than-expected…
By Shawana Alleyne-Morris (Reuters) – Reduced access to infertility treatments early in the pandemic may have contributed to a drop in twin births, data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and…
By Helen Coster (Reuters) – Paramount Global expects its fourth-quarter advertising revenue to be lower than its third quarter advertising revenue, Chief Executive Officer Bob Bakish said at the UBS Global TMT…
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan’s exports likely dropped in November for the third month in a row and at a much sharper pace, amid fears of a global recession, uncertainties due to the…
(Reuters) – J.P.Morgan said on Tuesday it expects a contraction in the UK’s economy next year as it enters a lengthy period of stagnation in the face of soaring gas prices, slowing…
(Reuters) – Goldman Sachs said it expects a “significant” decline in U.S. inflation next year due to easing in supply chain constraints, a peak in shelter inflation and slower wage growth. The…
By David Kirton SHENZHEN, China (Reuters) – China’s Huawei Technologies reported modest revenue growth for a second quarter on Thursday, citing steady growth in its ICT infrastructure business as it finds its…