(Reuters) – The Russian rouble weakened towards 62 against the dollar on Monday, steered by internal market flows and capital controls, while stock indexes extended losses after the latest Western…
TOKYO – Japan’s government is considering resuming a national travel discount campaign as soon as late this month to help the tourism industry recover from a COVID-19 slump, the Nikkei…
(Reuters) – The Russian rouble weakened against the dollar on Wednesday but steadied not far from a five-year high against the euro, after losing the support of some capital controls…
(Reuters) – The Russian rouble weakened on Tuesday, stepping away from near five-year highs against the euro, after the central bank eased some capital controls that were the main driver…
(Reuters) – Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd on Wednesday significantly cut its cash-burn target for the coming few months on expectation that easing travel curbs and quarantine rules for…
(Reuters) -Russia’s weekly inflation rate eased in late April, data from statistics service Rosstat showed on Friday, confirming an easing of crippling price pressures days after the central bank cut…
LONDON – British house prices rose for a tenth consecutive month in April, although the annual rate of growth eased slightly from the 15-year high recorded in March, figures from…
BERLIN – A shortage of materials in the German manufacturing industry has eased slightly, the Ifo economic institute said on Friday after it surveyed 2,000 companies in the sector. In…
WASHINGTON – U.S. business activity slowed in April as soaring costs for raw materials, fuel and labor pushed input prices to a record high, according to a survey on Friday,…
(Reuters) – The Russian central bank said on Tuesday it had decided to ease forex currency control measures for Russian export-focused companies outside the commodities and energy sectors. The mandatory…
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday eased its COVID-19 travel ratings for Saudi Arabia, Myanmar and Haiti. The CDC said it had changed…
By Asha Sistla (Reuters) – Gold inched lower in range-bound trade on Thursday, as the dollar and yields gained after the U.S. Federal Reserve reiterated its aggressive stance to combat…
By Brijesh Patel – Gold was on track for its biggest weekly drop in nearly four months on Friday, after demand for the safe-haven metal was hit by hopes of…
By Leika Kihara TOKYO -Japan’s bank lending rose at the slowest increase in a decade in February as immediate pressure for corporates to borrow cash continued to ease amid a…
MOSCOW – Russia’s central bank said on Sunday it was temporarily easing restrictions on banks’ open foreign currency positions after the West decided to block certain Russian banks’ access to…
By Maytaal Angel LONDON – Traders are planning to deliver thousands of tonnes of robusta coffee from Asia to the ICE futures exchange in Europe for the first time in…
PARIS – French inflation fell less than expected in January as it eased back from a 13-year high on lower prices for manufactured goods due to winter sales, preliminary EU-harmonised…
BRUSSELS – Euro zone economic sentiment deteriorated in January, data showed on Friday, pulled down by a more downbeat sentiment in the two key sectors of industry and services. The…
BEIJING -Organisers of next month’s Beijing Winter Olympics slightly eased the strict COVID-19 requirements for participants, a move that means fewer athletes are likely to be tripped up by positive…