ECB to hike deposit rate 25 bps in July, ditch negative rates by end-September: Reuters poll
By Swathi Nair BENGALURU – The European Central Bank is expected to raise the deposit rate for the first time in over a decade in July and bring it out…
By Swathi Nair BENGALURU – The European Central Bank is expected to raise the deposit rate for the first time in over a decade in July and bring it out…
By Devayani Sathyan and Prerana Bhat BENGALURU – The Reserve Bank of India will follow its surprise May rate rise with another hike at its meeting next month, according to…
By Nelson Bocanegra BOGOTA – Colombia’s economy could have grown by 7.5% in the first quarter of 2022 versus the year-earlier period, mainly boosted by domestic consumption, though this will…
Small Businesses Struggle To Survive In Biden’s Economy, Optimism Hits All-Time Low: POLL Thomas Catenacci on May 13, 2022 Small business owners are increasingly pessimistic about U.S. economic conditions and…
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 Leika Kihara TOKYO – Japan’s core consumer inflation in April is expected be slightly higher than the central bank’s 2% target, hitting a seven-year peak as sharp climbs in…
Despite Liberal Spin, Most Americans Want Voters To Decide Abortion Laws: POLL Laurel Duggan on May 12, 2022 A majority of Americans support abortion policies that would not be possible…
POLL: Vast Majority Of Americans Say SCOTUS Home Protests Are ‘Unacceptable’ Laurel Duggan on May 10, 2022 A majority of voters believed publishing Supreme Court justices’ addresses and showing up…
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…
BRASILIA -Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva retains a 14-percentage-point lead against far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro if an October election goes to a run-off between them as expected,…
SANTIAGO – Chile is expected to hike its benchmark interest rate to 9% in June, a central bank poll of analysts suggested on Tuesday, as the world’s top copper producer…
BEIJING – China’s new yuan loans are expected to have dropped in April after a rebound in March as credit demand weakened, a Reuters poll showed, even as the central…
The poll, taken after the leak of a Supreme Court draft decision that indicates the court could overturn the case, showed that 38% of those “happy” Roe could be overturned…
BEIJING – China’s export growth is expected to have slowed to a crawl in April as strict COVID-19 curbs hit production while imports likely extended declines, creating heavy headwinds for…
By Fergal Smith TORONTO – The Canadian dollar will claw back its recent decline over the coming year, as elevated oil prices bolster Canada’s trade surplus and the central bank…
By Hari Kishan BENGALURU – The dollar will retain most of its recent gains for at least another six months, according to a Reuters poll of FX strategists who for…
By Seher Dareen (Reuters) – Gold prices are expected to hold firm this quarter as investors seek refuge from soaring inflation and risks such as the Ukraine war, before retreating…
PRAGUE – The Czech National Bank is likely to raise its main rate by 50 basis points to 5.50% on May 5, a Reuters poll suggested on Monday, pushing borrowing…
By Elizabeth Pineau PARIS – France’s Socialist Party on Friday suspended talks aimed at uniting centre-left and hard-left parties ahead of parliamentary elections in June, in a sign of the…
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…
By Jihoon Lee SEOUL – South Korea’s exports are expected to have posted their slowest growth in 14 months in April while consumer inflation is seen hitting a near 11-year…
TOKYO – A Reuters poll showed core consumer prices in Tokyo likely rose at the fastest pace in seven years in April, to near the Bank of Japan’s 2% target,…
BENGALURU – The global streak of high inflation is far from over and aggressive monetary policy tightening will fall short in taming price pressures to mandated levels as broken supply…
OSLO – Norway’s central bank will keep its benchmark interest rate on hold next week at 0.75% while confirming plans for a hike in June, a Reuters poll showed on…
BUFFALO, NY – A Buffalo poll worker has been arranged for charges related to the 2021 mayoral election. According to Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn, 58-year-old Luz Pena…