Japan ministers say BOJ’s move wasn’t shift in monetary easing
By Kantaro Komiya TOKYO (Reuters) -The Bank of Japan’s Friday decision to make its yield curve control (YCC) more flexible was not deemed a shift in its monetary easing stance,…
By Kantaro Komiya TOKYO (Reuters) -The Bank of Japan’s Friday decision to make its yield curve control (YCC) more flexible was not deemed a shift in its monetary easing stance,…
MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine headline inflation was expected to ease for a sixth straight month with the central bank on Monday projecting the rate in July to come in between…
By Luana Maria Benedito and Marcela Ayres SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazil’s central bank is poised for its first interest rate cut in three years on Wednesday, with most economists…
Dem Gov Signs Bill Easing Abortion Limits After Fetal Viability Kate Anderson on July 19, 2023 Democratic Maine Gov. Janet Mills signed an abortion bill Wednesday that allows the procedure…
(Reuters) – Cintas Corp beat quarterly profit and revenue expectations on Thursday, helped by demand for its pricier rental uniforms across segments and easing input costs pressures. Shares of the…
By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON (Reuters) – New Zealand’s central bank held the cash rate steady at 5.5% on Wednesday, hitting pause as expected and flagging rates would be on hold…
By Clare Jim HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong’s move to raise the maximum mortgages available to some homebuyers, its first relaxation in curbs on home purchases adopted in 2009,…
(Reuters) – Global investors extended their streak as net buyers of equity funds into a second week, drawing support from indications of cooling inflation that may moderate central banks’ inclination…
PARIS (Reuters) – Food inflation in France has started to ease this month and the trend should accelerate in the coming weeks, Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Wednesday.…
BRASILIA/SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Private economists in Brazil anticipate deeper monetary easing this year and improved inflation prospects until 2026 following the government’s decision to maintain the country’s inflation goal…
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil Treasury secretary Rogerio Ceron on Monday said the sooner monetary easing begins, the sooner conditions will be created for an “adequate” 2024, emphasizing that high interest…
By Howard Schneider (Reuters) -Inflation in key parts of the U.S. service industry “remains elevated and has not shown signs of easing,” the U.S. Federal Reserve said in its latest…
By Ananya Mariam Rajesh (Reuters) – Ross Stores on Thursday raised its annual profit forecast after upbeat quarterly results, buoyed by budget-conscious customers increasingly shopping at the off-price retailer and…
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Inflation in Sweden slowed faster than expected in April, data from the statistics office showed on Monday, good news for the central bank that has fretted that…
By Liz Hampton DENVER (Reuters) – U.S. shale producer Diamondback Energy on Tuesday said rig prices are falling and steel costs are set to decline by about $20-$25 per foot,…
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s central bank said on Tuesday inflation would keep easing at a rapid pace through the middle of this year, although core inflation would ease at…
PARIS (Reuters) – Food price inflation will start easing in the second half of this year, French ECB policymaker Francois Villeroy de Galhau said on Tuesday, saying this is when…
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) – The Bank of Japan may conduct a comprehensive review of the impact of the monetary easing steps it has taken over the longer term,…
DAMASCUS (Reuters) -Syrian President Bashar al-Assad received Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan in Damascus on Tuesday in the most significant step yet towards ending Syria’s decade-long regional isolation,…
ZURICH (Reuters) – Nestle is seeing an easing of price pressures stemming from raw materials, transport and packaging costs, said Chairman Paul Bulcke, adding that company would still increase prices.…
By Jihoon Lee and Choonsik Yoo SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korean exports tumbled for the first 20 days of March and producer inflation eased last month, data showed on Tuesday, reinforcing…
By Anant Chandak BENGALURU (Reuters) – Retail inflation in India likely eased a bit last month but stayed above the Reserve Bank of India’s upper threshold for a second straight…
By Marianna Parraga HOUSTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government is not planning a systematic easing of sanctions on Venezuela after an initial round allowed partners of state-run oil firm PDVSA…
By Muyu Xu and Chen Aizhu SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Chinese utilities and traders have stepped up purchases of Australian coal in February, encouraged by signs of further policy relaxation after trade…