WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. trade deficit widened moderately in January as both imports and exports increased strongly. The trade deficit increased 1.6% to $68.3 billion, the Commerce Department said…
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey is expected to record a current account deficit of $10 billion in January on back of gold imports, a Reuters poll showed on Wednesday, while the…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. wholesale inventories fell as initially estimated in January, according to government data on Tuesday, which also showed sales at wholesalers rebounding. The Commerce Department said wholesale…
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey’s industrial production index is expected to have expanded 2.45% year-on-year in January, a Reuters poll showed on Tuesday, returning to growth after two months of contraction.…
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Euro zone retail sales rebounded much less than expected month-on-month in January and were still lower than 12 months earlier, underlining the weakness of consumer demand in…
Biden DOJ Implores Court To Allow Dems’ January 6th Lawsuit Against Trump To Proceed Lorenzo Prieto on March 2, 2023 The Department of Justice (DOJ) said on Thursday that former…
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s jobless rate fell to 2.4% in January, while the availability of jobs fell for the first time in nearly 2-1/2 years, government data showed on Friday.…
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece’s jobless rate eased to 10.8% in January, down from an upwardly revised 12.4% in December, data from statistics service ELSTAT showed on Thursday. Seasonally adjusted data…
(Reuters) – The number of people registering as jobless in Spain rose by 0.1% in February from a month earlier, or by 2,618 people, leaving a total of 2.91 million…
WASHINGTON(Reuters) – U.S. construction spending unexpectedly fell in January as investment in single-family homebuilding continued to decline. The Commerce Department said on Wednesday that construction spending dipped 0.1% in January…
TORONTO (Reuters) – The Canadian economy recorded no growth in the final three months of 2022, massively underperforming expectations, though economic activity likely rebounded with a 0.3% increase in January,…
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s gross debt continued its downward trajectory in January, while the consolidated public sector recorded a strong primary surplus, showed central bank data on Tuesday. The government…
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s central government posted a better-than-expected primary budget surplus in January on the back of record tax revenues, Treasury data showed on Monday, although the outlook for…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Contracts to buy U.S. previously owned homes rose by the most in more than 2-1/2 years in January, but a resurgence in mortgage rates could delay a…
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey’s foreign trade deficit widened 38.4% year-on-year to $14.24 billion in January, official data showed on Monday, with imports surging 20.7% and exports up 10.3%. The Turkish…
Fed’s Favorite Inflation Index Blew Past Expectations In January John Hugh DeMastri on February 24, 2023 The Federal Reserve’s preferred measure of inflation, the personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index,…
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Foreign direct investment in Brazil reached its highest level for January in five years, according to central bank data on Friday, continuing a trend of strong results…
(Reuters) – U.S. companies borrowed 6% more in January to finance equipment investments from a year earlier, industry body Equipment Leasing and Finance Association (ELFA) said on Friday. “Business demand…
PARIS (Reuters) – French consumer confidence fell back slightly in February compared to January, said the INSEE statistics body on Friday, which also revised up its earlier reading for the…
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…
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s consumer market recovery was “strong” in January, the commerce ministry said on Thursday, in one of its first optimistic assessments of consumption, which until this year…
SAN DIEGO – In January, the Brown Field Border Patrol Station, in San Diego Sector, encountered a significant number of events with undocumented migrants being smuggled in vehicles. In one…
Feb 21 (Reuters) – Canadian retail sales rose by 0.5% in December from November at C$62.12 billion ($46.19 billion), on higher sales at motor vehicles and parts dealers, as well…
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…