The current weather is shaping up to be a wet and somewhat chilly start to the week, with temperatures and precipitation following a pattern typical for this time of year. Today’s forecast…
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Takeda Pharmaceutical Co posted a 13% drop in operating earnings for the nine months ended December but kept its profit outlook for the fiscal year unchanged as it…
BERLIN (Reuters) – German manufacturers started the year with a slightly brighter outlook on the year ahead despite the fact that orders continued to fall, as inflation and supply chain problems eased,…
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan’s export orders contracted for a fourth straight month in December, hit by slumping Chinese demand and weaker global consumer spending due to inflation and interest rate hikes. The…
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, adding to…
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 exports would…
By Tejaswi Marthi (Reuters) – Bullish bets on the Singapore dollar and the Malaysian ringgit further consolidated to scale five-year highs as a fizzling U.S. dollar rally and China’s pivot from its…
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan. With market visibility extremely low, bouts of optimism about peak interest rates this year are being repeatedly punctured…
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 newspaper reported…
By Valerie Insinna and David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – As Boeing battles disruption in its supply chains, investors will be looking for the largest U.S. planemaker to satisfy questions about its planned…
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. business activity contracted for the seventh straight month in January, though the downturn moderated across both the manufacturing and services sectors for the first time since September…
By Nathan Gomes (Reuters) – Defense companies are expected to post higher fourth-quarter sales, according to analysts, bolstered by easing supply chain bottlenecks and increased defense outlays as the Pentagon and its…
By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) – British businesses are gloomy about prospects for 2023 as they face the likelihood of a surge energy bills and ongoing post-Brexit trade difficulties, the British Chambers…
By Davide Barbuscia NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. government bond investors hurting after the biggest annual decline in the history of the asset class are riding out yet another selloff, as worries…
(Reuters) – U.S. consumers expect price pressures to moderate notably in the next year, with a benchmark survey on Friday showing their one-year inflation outlook dropping to the lowest in 18 months…
BERLIN (Reuters) – The outlook for employment in Germany, Europe’s largest economy, is positive for the first quarter of next year, the Ifo economic institute said on Wednesday. German unemployment rose in…
By Michael S. Derby NEW YORK (Reuters) – New data from the Cleveland Federal Reserve tracking housing sector inflation suggests one of the key drivers of soaring prices could be less of…
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan’s export orders contracted at the worst rate in more than a decade in November, hit by a plunge in China demand and generally weaker global consumer spending because…
BEIJING (Reuters) – The World Bank has cut its China growth outlook for this year and next, citing the impact of the abrupt loosening of strict COVID-19 containment measures and persistent property…
(Reuters) – Shares in Sweden’s Ericsson extended their losses on Friday a day after a strategy update in which the telecom equipment maker said several of its more profitable markets showed signs…
By Upasana Singh (Reuters) – Investors were most bullish on the Singapore dollar and the Thai baht since the Russia-Ukraine conflict broke out in February, as China easing its strict COVID curbs…
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) – The Bank of Japan is set to keep ultra-low interest rates and dovish guidance next week, signalling its resolve to hold off on withdrawing stimulus until…
By Muyu Xu SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Road and air traffic in China, the world’s second-biggest oil consumer, has rebounded sharply after a significant easing in the country’s COVID-19 restrictions, boosting the outlook…
By Karen Lema MANILA (Reuters) – The Asian Development Bank cut its growth forecasts for developing Asia for this year and next as the region faces persistent headwinds from the Russia-Ukraine conflict,…
(Reuters) – Global ratings agency S&P Global cut Peru’s outlook to negative from stable, citing risks to the sovereign’s credit worthiness from a political standstill and challenging relationship between the country’s executive…
(Reuters) – Air New Zealand Ltd on Thursday increased its earnings forecast for the first half of fiscal 2023, helped by strong travel demand across its domestic and international networks and a…