SHANGHAI – About 90% of traders and analysts in a Reuters survey expected China to keep benchmark interest rates unchanged at its monthly fixing on Monday, as global central bank…
TOKYO – Japan’s core consumer price index for May is expected to climb 2.1% from a year earlier, its second straight month of gains above the central bank’s 2% inflation…
By Bernardo Caram BRASILIA – Tax cuts are likely to cost over 110 billion reais ($21.5 billion) in Brazilian tax revenue this year, as President Jair Bolsonaro tries to ease…
By Steve Scherer OTTAWA – Canada’s minister of natural resources on Tuesday said U.S. Senator Joe Manchin, a key Democrat, would likely block the passage of tax credits that favor…
By Scott Murdoch and Kane Wu HONG KONG – Buyout funds are set to extend a record spending spree in Asia to the rest of the year but they will…
By Kantaro Komiya TOKYO – Japanese imports likely jumped in May at the fastest pace in six months, buoyed by surging raw material prices and the yen’s decline to two-decade…
By Diane Bartz WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar and lawmakers from both parties said on Wednesday they had the Senate votes needed to pass legislation aimed at reining in…
By Lewis Krauskopf NEW YORK – A rebound in U.S. stocks may have another 5% to go but likely remains just a “bear market rally,” according to Morgan Stanley’s equity…
WASHINGTON -Additional cases of monkeypox are likely to be detected in the United States but the risk to the general public is low at this time, a senior U.S. administration…
By Arsh Tushar Mogre BENGALURU – Thailand’s economy likely grew modestly in the first quarter, thanks to robust exports and an easing of COVID-19 restrictions and despite low tourist arrivals…
By Tom Sims and Alexander Hübner FRANKFURT -Allianz, which has already stopped accepting new business in Russia, will probably fully exit the country, the German insurer’s finance chief said on…
By Devayani Sathyan BENGALURU – Malaysia’s economic growth likely gathered pace in the last quarter, driven by stronger demand following a relaxation of COVID-19 measures, but a prolonged slowdown in…
Dem Outrage Over Likely Roe Overrule Fueled By Abortion Lobby Cash Laurel Duggan on May 4, 2022 Pro-abortion lobbyists announced they would pour $150 million into the 2022 midterms Monday,…
‘Deepest Fears Are Coming True’: Abortion Lobby Plots Response To Likely Overturn Of Roe Laurel Duggan on May 3, 2022 Pro-abortion activists slammed a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion which…
BEIJING – The decline in Chinese factory activity likely steepened in April, a Reuters poll showed, as extensive lockdowns halted production and disrupted supply chains, boding ill for the economic…
WASHINGTON – The U.S. is likely to impose more economic sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine and “no one is safe from our sanctions,” White House press secretary…
WASHINGTON – New aid for Ukraine requested by President Joe Biden is likely to be part of a longer-term package that will require approval from Congress, the White House said…
MEXICO CITY – Mexico’s economy is thought to have expanded between January and March for the first time in three quarters, driven by domestic consumption and a rebound in exports,…
SHANGHAI – Benchmark lending rates for China’s commercial banks are likely to be lowered at a monthly fixing on Wednesday, a Reuters survey showed, as Beijing cautiously eases monetary conditions…
SHANGHAI/BEIJING – China’s central bank is set to step up monetary easing efforts, but a vast majority of market participants in a Reuters poll conducted on Thursday believe the central…
By Joyce Lee SEOUL – Samsung Electronics Co Ltd is likely to post its highest first-quarter profit since 2018, analysts’ estimates showed, driven by brisk profits on memory chips as…
Biden’s War On Oil, Gas Drilling Likely To Hurt Environmental Conservation Programs Thomas Catenacci on April 3, 2022 While President Joe Biden’s administration has repeatedly delayed and blocked new federal…
(Reuters) -The World Health Organization on Wednesday released an updated plan for COVID-19, laying out three possible scenarios for how the pandemic will evolve this year. “Based on what we…
BEIJING – China’s factory activity likely shrank in March, a Reuters poll showed, as the country imposed more mass testing and activity controls amid its worst resurgence of COVID-19 cases…
WASHINGTON – The Russia-Ukraine crisis is driving up commodities prices and is likely to reduce prospects for global growth in the coming year, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned on…