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 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 and high…
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 fuel and…
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 under Roe…
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 at their…
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 China could…
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, a new…
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 battles to…
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 bank keeps…
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 are “extremely…
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 the world’s…
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 potentially hikes…
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 years mostly…
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 later this…
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 costs to…
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 hurdles 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 outlook in…
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 high, a…
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, in a…
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 chains are…
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 Wednesday. Norges…
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 of Buffalo…
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, a Reuters…
By Jonathan Allen (Reuters) – Two Georgia election workers who were the target of vote-rigging conspiracy theories have reached a settlement agreement with the far-right One America News Network in their defamation…
POLL: Most Americans Agree On Who To Blame For Inflation Harry Wilmerding on April 21, 2022 A majority of Americans now blame President Joe Biden for surging inflation after he attributed the…
By Indranil Sarkar (Reuters) – Bearish bets on most Asian currencies firmed, a Reuters poll found on Thursday, as several regional central banks trail the U.S. Federal Reserve in tightening their monetary…