Reuters wins Polk Award for coverage of Elon Musk’s business empire
(Reuters) – The staff of Reuters has received a George Polk Award for its coverage of how Elon Musk’s manufacturing operations harmed consumers, workers and laboratory animals. The prestigious Polk Awards, presented…
UK house price surge to end as cost of living crisis bites – Reuters poll
By Jonathan Cable LONDON (Reuters) – The surge in British house prices will come to an end next year as the cost of living crisis and rising borrowing costs put the brakes…
A time of hope, now dashed – former Reuters reporter recalls the Gorbachev years
By Anatoly Verbin (Reuters) – Euphoria. There is no better word to describe my feelings, the feelings of many in the Soviet intelligentsia, when Mikhail Gorbachev came to power and started the…
China’s August factory activity likely shrank amid COVID flare-ups, property crisis – Reuters poll
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s factory activity likely contracted again in August, a Reuters poll showed on Monday, as COVID flare-ups and a distressed property sector pummelled demand while a power crunch in…
India’s status as world’s fastest growing major economy to be short-lived- Reuters poll
By Arsh Tushar Mogre BENGALURU (Reuters) – India likely recorded strong double-digit economic growth in the last quarter but economists polled by Reuters expected the pace to more than halve this quarter…
Base effect to help lift India’s GDP growth to double-digits in April-June: Reuters poll
By Vivek Mishra BENGALURU (Reuters) – India’s economy is forecast to have expanded by an annual 15.2% in the April-June quarter, thanks to a weak base last year and a rebound in…
Japan’s wage growth to lag inflation over next 12 months: Reuters poll
By Daniel Leussink TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese wages are unlikely to grow as much as nationwide consumer prices over the coming year, almost 80% of economists said in a Reuters poll, which…
Japan’s factory output likely fell back into contraction in July- Reuters poll
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese factories likely cut back output in July after the prior month’s near double-digit surge, a Reuters poll showed on Friday, as manufacturers struggled to shake off the drag…
Global stocks in for a chilly winter, strategists say – Reuters poll
By Hari Kishan and Jonathan Cable BENGALURU (Reuters) – It will be a chilly winter for global stocks, according to analysts in a Reuters poll who cut year-end predictions for most major…
European recovery set to stall, outlook cautious – Reuters poll
By Samuel Indyk LONDON (Reuters) – A recent recovery in European shares looks set to stall and not reclaim end-2021 levels for well over a year, capped by fears of an energy…
Russian stocks to pare some heavy losses by year-end – Reuters poll
(This content was produced in Russia where the law restricts coverage of Russian military operations in Ukraine) By Andrey Ostroukh MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s stock market will pare some of its heavy…
Toronto market seen higher in 2022, 2023 despite selloff fears: Reuters poll
By Fergal Smith TORONTO (Reuters) – Canada’s main stock index is expected to advance through the end of the year and then approach a record peak in 2023 as high commodity prices…
Bank of Korea to raise rates on Thursday as price pressures mount – Reuters poll
By Devayani Sathyan BENGALURU (Reuters) – South Korea’s central bank will raise its key interest rate again on Thursday to fight inflation, according to a Reuters poll of economists, but they are…
Mexico’s inflation expected to hit 8.51% in first half of August: Reuters poll
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s inflation likely accelerated in the first half of August, a Reuters poll showed Monday, hitting the upper end of the central bank’s current forecast and reinforcing bets…
Fed to slow to 50 bps hike in September; recession worries grow: Reuters poll
By Prerana Bhat and Indradip Ghosh BENGALURU (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Reserve will raise rates by 50 basis points in September amid expectations inflation has peaked and growing recession worries, according…
Bank Indonesia to wait one more month to pull rates lever – Reuters poll
By Anant Chandak BENGALURU (Reuters) – Bank Indonesia (BI) is expected to leave its policy rate unchanged at record lows on Tuesday, a small majority of economists estimate in a Reuters poll.…
Taiwan July export order growth seen slowing on cooling demand: Reuters poll
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan’s export orders likely grew for a third consecutive month in July, but at less than half the pace of the previous month as global demand cools, a Reuters…
Poland’s PKO BP Q2 net profit expected at 335 million zlotys – Reuters poll
GDANSK – Poland’s biggest bank, PKO BP, is expected to report a 73% year-on-year drop in second-quarter net profit, following provisions for loans in Swiss francs and an institutional protection scheme (IPS)…
Philippines central bank to hike by 50 bps on Thursday, catching up with peers: Reuters poll
By Devayani Sathyan (Reuters) – The Philippine central bank will follow its surprise July rate hike with a half-point point rise on Thursday and another quarter-point increase in September to catch up…
Egypt’s central bank seen hiking rates to dampen price rises – Reuters poll
CAIRO – The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) will hike its overnight deposit rate by 50 basis points (bps) on Thursday as it works to keep inflation in check, a Reuters poll…
BoE to deliver another bumper 50 bps lift in Sept as prices soar: Reuters poll
By Jonathan Cable LONDON – The Bank of England will deliver another bumper 50 basis points (bps) increase to borrowing costs next month but then slow the pace to a more regular…
Japan July core CPI seen rising 2.4%, near 8-year-high – Reuters poll
By Kantaro Komiya TOKYO – Japan’s core consumer price index (CPI) for July likely rose 2.4% from a year earlier, accelerating to the fastest pace in nearly eight years and topping the…
Thailand’s tourism-reliant economy likely gathered pace in Q2 – Reuters poll
By Anant Chandak BENGALURU – Thailand’s economy likely grew at its fastest pace in a year last quarter, thanks to increased tourism as pandemic curbs eased, but the high cost of living…
Asian currency bears retreat as inflation view improves – Reuters poll
By Sameer Manekar (Reuters) – Bearish bets on emerging Asian currencies eased on hopes that monetary tightening will cool red-hot inflation, with short bets on the Thai baht falling sharply after the…
Malaysia’s economy likely grew at the fastest pace in a year in April-June – Reuters poll
By Anant Chandak BENGALURU – Malaysia’s economy grew at its fastest pace in a year last quarter, thanks to a strong rebound in private consumption and buoyant exports, but a global economic…
China’s July new yuan loans expected to more than halve from June: Reuters poll
BEIJING – China’s new yuan loans are expected to fall back in July after record lending in the first half, a Reuters poll showed, but they are still likely to exceed the…
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