Growth

PARIS (Reuters) – France’s economy is on course for marginal growth in the first half of this year, the INSEE statistics agency said on Tuesday, adding that whether strikes over …

BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s exports are likely to grow 1% to 2% this year, unchanged from a previous forecast, due to slowing global demand, the country’s shippers’ council said on …

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s real wages rose in December for the first time since March despite rising inflation, as nominal pay grew at the fastest pace in nearly 26 years …

By Brian Benza GABORONE (Reuters) – Botswana expects economic growth of 4% this year while targeting medium-term growth of 5.7%, and the government plans to ramp up infrastructure investment, its …

BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany will act as a drag on growth in Europe until at least 2030, as it faces pressure to address a declining workforce and sluggish investment, according …

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian retail sales volumes fell for the first time in a year last quarter as shoppers trimmed spending on goods, a sign higher borrowing costs are finally …

By Kantaro Komiya TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s economy likely returned to growth in the last quarter of 2022 as the country reopened to tourists, offsetting weakening corporate activity and exports …

LONDON (Reuters) – Business activity in the euro zone bounced back to growth in January, according to a survey which suggested the bloc’s economy might again escape a contraction this …

SAN JOSE (Reuters) – Costa Rica’s economic growth will likely slow this year, according to a central bank forecast released on Tuesday that also estimates faster growth in 2024. The …

JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s economy likely grew within a range of 5.2% to 5.3% in 2022, and a slight deceleration is expected this year due to slowing global growth, its …

DUBAI (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has revised its 2023 growth forecast for Saudi Arabia, the world’s top oil exporter, significantly downwards on the back of lower expected …

By Clara Denina and Helen Reid JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – High costs and the prospect of shrinking earnings have made big miners nervous about expansion, even as shareholders demand investment in …

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain is the only Group of Seven nation to have suffered a cut to its 2023 economic growth outlook in International Monetary Fund forecasts published on Tuesday, …

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s economic expansion likely dipped in the final three months of last year, at a time of sluggish production activity in the United States, a Reuters …

BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s fiscal revenue rose 0.6% in 2022 from a year earlier, slowing sharply from a 10.7% increase in 2021 due to huge tax rebates for businesses to …

BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s central bank said on Sunday it will roll over three lending tools to increase support for targeted sectors of the economy. The People’s Bank of China …

FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Bank lending to euro zone companies tumbled in December, effectively ending the sector’s biggest borrowing binge in more than a decade as rising interest rates and a …

BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s finance ministry on Friday maintained its economic growth outlook for 2023 at 3.8%, helped by a rebound in tourism and domestic demand, but an official said …

BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s economy has high growth potential, boosted by agriculture, tourism and interconnectivity between different economic sectors, but will continue to depend on its oil and mining industries, …

BERLIN (Reuters) – German wholesalers can expect sales growth to halve in 2023 after a jump last year fuelled by rising prices, the BGA wholesale and foreign trade association said …

By Helen Coster and Eva Mathews (Reuters) – Comcast Corp’s fourth-quarter revenue beat Wall Street expectations on Thursday, as the media company saw continued demand at its theme parks and …

By Fabian Cambero SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Copper production in Chile, the world’s largest producer of the red metal, will grow at a slower rate this decade than previously hoped, a …

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s official economic forecaster has told the government that it overestimated the prospects for medium-term growth and that it intends to revise down its outlook, the Times …