(Reuters) – Kimberly-Clark Corp raised its full-year sales and profit forecasts on Tuesday, as the maker of Kleenex tissues and KleenGuard benefits from price increases and resilient demand for essential …
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(Reuters) – Russia’s central bank raised its forecast for economic growth in 2023 even as it hiked rates by 100 basis points on Friday, now envisaging gross domestic product (GDP) …
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TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s largest trade union confederation ‘Rengo’ urged companies on Friday to raise wages further to outpace inflation and help workers deal with rising living costs. The lobby …
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By Daniel Ramos LA PAZ (Reuters) -Bolivia’s lithium resources are now estimated at 23 million metric tons, its president said on Thursday after government studies that further cement the South …
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(Reuters) -YouTube, Google’s video streaming platform, hiked prices on its monthly and annual premium plans in the United States for the first time since the subscription service was launched in …
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(Reuters) – San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President Mary Daly on Thursday reiterated that rate hikes will be essential to bring down high inflation in the United States. Daly has …
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(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 …
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OTTAWA, July 12 (Reuters)-The Bank of Canada (BoC) on Wednesday raised its growth forecast for this year to 1.8%, up from the 1.4% predicted in April, as excess demand continues …
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PARIS (Reuters) – Companies in most countries have enough profit to be able to absorb an increase in wages needed for staff to cope with high inflation, the Organisation for …
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By Steven Scheer and Ari Rabinovitch JERUSALEM (Reuters) -The Bank of Israel left short-term borrowing rates unchanged on Monday for the first time since early 2022, as expected, but warned …
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(Reuters) – San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President Mary Daly on Monday repeated that she believes two more rate hikes this year will likely be needed to bring down too-high …
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By Ann Saphir (Reuters) – Chicago Federal Reserve Bank president Austan Goolsbee on Friday said he does not disagree with his fellow US central bankers that rates will need to …
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By Michael S. Derby NEW YORK (Reuters) – Federal Reserve Bank of New York President John Williams said on Wednesday it was the right move for the central bank to …
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By Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese firms offered the biggest pay hikes in three decades at this year’s negotiations with workers, the country’s largest trade union group said on Wednesday, …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Euro zone manufacturing activity contracted faster than initially thought in June as persistent policy tightening by the European Central Bank squeezed finances, according to a survey which …
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By Leika Kihara and Takahiko Wada TOKYO (Reuters) – Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Ryozo Himino said the country’s banking sector remains sound and has sufficient buffers to weather any …
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(Reuters) -Euro zone bank lending slowed in May as a record series of European Central Bank rate hikes work their way through the financial sector, though the data is unlikely …
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By Angelo Amante and Gavin Jones ROME (Reuters) -Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Wednesday criticised the European Central Bank over repeated interest rate hikes, saying it was following a …
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SINTRA, Portugal (Reuters) – The European Central Bank will likely keep raising interest rates after its next meeting even as the economy slows because inflation remains too high, ECB policymaker …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s finance minister Jeremy Hunt said on Monday that banks are too slow to pass on increases in central bank interest rates to savers and this is …
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By Ann Saphir SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Two more U.S. interest-rate hikes this year is a “very reasonable” projection, San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President Mary Daly said, but given …
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By Lewis Krauskopf (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Lewis Krauskopf, U.S. markets correspondent. Asian markets will be waking up to a jolt of …
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By Yoruk Bahceli and Dhara Ranasinghe LONDON (Reuters) – Investors on Wednesday ramped up bets on the Bank of England raising interest rates by a hefty half a percentage point …
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By Anton Bridge TOKYO (Reuters) – The Japanese operator of McDonald’s restaurants said on Monday it would raise prices at 184 city centre branches, equivalent to about 6% of its …
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By Wayne Cole (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Wayne Cole. It’s been predictably subdued in Asia as a U.S. holiday provides …