Poll shows NJ voters fault utility companies and Gov. Murphy for rising electric bills MADISON, NJ – New Jersey voters frustrated over higher electricity costs are most likely to blame utility companies,…
By Shrutee Sarkar BENGALURU – Canadian house price inflation will slow to 10% this year as the Bank of Canada raises interest rates aggressively, a Reuters poll of property market experts found.…
(Reuters) – Russia’s economy will contract less than expected this year and inflation will be lower than previously thought, a Reuters poll showed on Tuesday, after what Moscow calls a “special military”…
By Indradip Ghosh and Prerana Bhat BENGALURU – Burning U.S. house price inflation will cool to 10%, half its current rate this year, and slow further over the next two as already…
By Jihoon Lee SEOUL – South Korean export growth is expected to have rebounded in May, but the trade balance likely remained in red, while consumer inflation is seen rising above 5%…
By Md Manzer Hussain BENGALURU – Dubai house prices are set to mostly rise steadily over the next two years, driven by demand from foreign investors, according to a Reuters poll of…
TOKYO – Japan’s factory output likely fell in April for the first time in three months as some manufacturers took a hit from strict COVID-19 lockdowns in Shanghai and other industrial centres…
By Vivek Mishra BENGALURU – New Zealand’s house prices are forecast to sink 9.0% this year as aggressive interest rate hikes take some heat out of the blazing housing market amid a…
By Shrutee Sarkar BENGALURU – The Bank of Canada will hike its overnight rate by 50 basis points on June 1, according to all 30 economists polled by Reuters, who see interest…
By Jason Lange WASHINGTON – More Americans prefer the Democratic Party’s approach to abortion policy than prefer the Republican approach, and two out of five Republicans do not favor their own party’s…
By Zuzanna Szymanska and Jonathan Cable BERLIN/LONDON – German home prices will rise faster this year than thought only three months ago, as a supply shortage outweighs a deepening cost of living…
By Vivek Mishra BENGALURU – Rampant rises in Australian house prices will grind almost to a halt this year, and an 8% decline is expected in 2023 as a cost-of-living crisis worsens…
By Fergal Smith TORONTO – Canada’s main stock index is expected to advance less than previously thought this year as economic growth slows and central banks raise interest rates, a Reuters poll…
POLL: One-Third Of Americans Believe COVID-19 Pandemic Is Over Bryan Babb on May 24, 2022 Approximately one-third of Americans believe the COVID-19 pandemic is over, according to a Gallup poll published Monday.…
By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK – Wall Street strategists expect U.S. stocks to end 2022 above current beaten-down levels but some warned of turbulence on concerns inflation and aggressive interest rate rises…
By Kevin Buckland TOKYO – Japan’s Nikkei share index, which has had a rollercoaster ride in the past year, is forecast to climb over 7% to 29,000 by end-2022, a level last…
By Shaloo Shrivastava BENGALURU – South Korea’s central bank is likely to hike its benchmark rate at a second consecutive meeting on Thursday to combat inflation running at more than double its…
MEXICO CITY – Mexican inflation is forecast to have slowed in the first half of May, although still far above central bank targets, a Reuters poll showed Friday, reinforcing expectations of continued…
By Devayani Sathyan BENGALURU – Bank Indonesia will wait a few more months to raise rates from a record low despite rising inflation and aggressive moves by the U.S. Federal Reserve, according…
By Vivek Mishra BENGALURU – New Zealand’s central bank will hike its policy interest rate by half a percentage point to counter soaring inflation when it meets on May 25, making a…
SHANGHAI – China is expected to cut benchmark lending rates at its monthly fixing on Friday, a second reduction this year, a Reuters survey showed, as it seeks to prop up credit…
POLL: Most Democratic Voters Oppose The Abortion Policies Their Party Wants To Nationalize Laurel Duggan on May 18, 2022 Less than 20% of Democratic voters support legal abortion up to birth, even…
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 of negative…
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 a majority…
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 begin to…
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 overwhelmingly support…