BERLIN (Reuters) – Exports to Germany’s most important overseas trade partners, including the United States and China, fell significantly at the end of last year, according to statistics office data…
By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s construction sector activity fell sharply for a third month in a row in November, led by an ongoing slump in house-building as it…
By Gavin Jones and Antonella Cinelli ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s economy stagnated in the third quarter from the previous three months, preliminary data showed on Tuesday, a weaker reading than…
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Euro zone industrial production rose by more than expected in August, data showed on Friday, as factories made more consumer goods although overall output was down by…
By Rachna Uppal DUBAI (Reuters) – The World Bank expects Saudi Arabia’s economy to contract by 0.9% in 2023, it said in a report on Thursday, revising its growth forecast…
PARIS (Reuters) – France’s dominant services sector contracted at an even sharper pace in September, a monthly survey showed on Friday, as falls in demand and new orders weighed on…
By Rachna Uppal (Reuters) – Qatar recorded a budget surplus of 10 billion riyals ($2.74 billion) in the second quarter of 2023, the finance ministry said on Thursday, despite lower…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. private payrolls increased less than expected in August, the latest indication that the labor market was losing steam, though it remains tight. Private payrolls rose by…
TOKYO (Reuters) – Core inflation in Japan’s capital likely stayed above the central bank’s 2% target but slowed sharply in July, a Reuters poll showed on Friday, suggesting that easing…
BERLIN (Reuters) – Tax revenues of Germany’s federal and regional state governments fell by 7.3% in June compared with the previous year, reflecting tax relief measures to compensate for inflation…
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government posted a $228 billion budget deficit for June, up 156% from a year earlier as revenues continued to weaken and July…
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s business conditions eased sharply in May, dented by slower gains in sales and employment, suggesting demand growth is moderating in the wake of the central bank’s…
LISBON (Reuters) – Portuguese consumer prices rose 4.0% year-on-year in May in a significant slowdown from a 5.7% increase the previous month, also slipping slightly on a monthly basis, flash…
DUBLIN (Reuters) – Annual Irish retail sales volumes rose sharply again last month due to another surge in car sales, jumping 7.5% year-on-year, Central Statistics Office data showed on Monday.…
By Stephanie Kelly NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. oil producers were much more active last year in the prolific Permian Basin than the Energy Information Administration previously thought, the agency…
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Euro zone industrial production fell by far more than expected in March as output of capital goods plunged, although the sharp reduction appeared to be a result…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. trade deficit narrowed sharply in March as exports increased, which could position trade to continue contributing to economic growth in the second quarter. The trade…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. trade deficit in goods narrowed sharply in March as exports surged and imports declined, which augurs well for economic growth in the first quarter. The…
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s overall exports to North Korea in March rose sharply compared with the same month last year for the second month in a row, with the major…
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s new home sales rose sharply in March, as a slew of support policies boosted a pickup in demand across the board in 14 surveyed cities, a…
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s core consumer inflation likely slowed sharply in February from a 41-year high in the previous month, a Reuters poll of 20 economists showed, as government subsidies…
LONDON (Reuters) – Demand for U.S. dollars in the currency derivative markets surged on Friday to its highest since mid-December, after a meltdown in U.S. banking stocks ignited a wave…
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s current account surplus rose sharply in the December quarter as resource exports boomed and imports eased, providing a sizable fillip to economic growth. Data from the…
BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s factory activity shrank for the third straight month in December and at the sharpest pace in nearly three years as COVID infections swept through production lines across…
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Bank lending to euro zone companies slowed in November, easing back from the sector’s biggest borrowing binge in over a decade as rising interest rates and a…