PARIS (Reuters) – Activity in the French services sector expanded in September, albeit by a bit less than initially forecast, a survey showed on Wednesday, as worries about inflation lingered.…
DUBLIN (Reuters) – Ireland’s services sector continued to expand in September, unlike much of Europe, although the pace of growth slowed slightly due to growing worries about the impact of…
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Euro zone producer prices jumped slightly more than expected in August, data showed on Tuesday, driven mainly by continuously rising energy costs, but price increases excluding that…
SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Brazil’s presidential frontrunner Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva slightly boosted his lead over incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro to 14 percentage points in a poll published on Thursday…
By Shankar Ramakrishnan (Reuters) – A new index that measures distress in the U.S. corporate bond markets showed a slight improvement in August, data released on Wednesday showed, suggesting an…
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s fiscal revenue growth slowed slightly in the January-July period compared to the first six months of the year, finance ministry data showed on Wednesday, as the…
MADRID – Activity in Spain’s services sector grew in July at the slowest pace since March, with companies increasingly concerned about the impact of high inflation on businesses and the…
ZURICH – The Swiss purchasing managers’ (PMI) index fell by 1.1 points in July, according to data published on Tuesday, but remained in positive territory despite concerns about rising energy…
By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON – New Zealand business sentiment improved slightly in July but remained gloomy in the face of intense inflation pressures, an ANZ Bank survey showed on Thursday.…
DUBAI -Saudi Arabia’s consumer price index climbed 2.3% in June, inching back up to a pace reached in April, as prices were again pushed higher mainly by rising food costs,…
By Hernan Nessi and Jorge Iorio BUENOS AIRES – Argentina’s monthly inflation clocked in at 5.1% in May, still painfully high but below expectations and slower than the two previous…
Foreclosure Starts Decrease 1 Percent from Last Month, While Completed Foreclosures Increase 1 Percent IRVINE, Calif., June 14, 2022 — ATTOM, a leading curator of real estate data nationwide for land and property data,…
SEOUL – South Korea’s economy grew by a seasonally adjusted 0.6% in the first quarter from three months earlier, slightly lower than 0.7% growth estimated earlier, revised central bank data…
By David Lawder WASHINGTON – A stronger-than-expected recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic will slightly delay the dates when Social Security and Medicare funds are depleted, trustees for the federal benefit…
By Harish Sridharan (Reuters) – Bearish bets on Asian currencies reduced on signs that China’s economic pain may abate with easing of COVID-19 curbs, but analysts were still wary of…
Foreclosure Starts Remain Unchanged from Last Month; While Completed Foreclosures Decrease 36 Percent from Last Month IRVINE, Calif., May 11, 2022 — ATTOM, a leading curator of real estate data nationwide for…
ROME – World food prices eased slightly in April after hitting a record high in March, but global food security remained a concern because of the difficult market conditions, U.N.…
BERLIN -The German economy grew slightly in the first quarter of this year, supported by stronger investment, but the war in Ukraine began having an increasing impact from the end…
BERLIN – A shortage of materials in the German manufacturing industry has eased slightly, the Ifo economic institute said on Friday after it surveyed 2,000 companies in the sector. In…
BRUSSELS – Euro zone inflation in March was marginally lower than earlier reported, the EU’s statistics office said on Thursday, but still at record highs because of a surge in…
By Toby Sterling AMSTERDAM -ASML Holding NV, a key supplier to computer chip makers, reported on Wednesday first-quarter sales of 3.5 billion euros ($3.8 billion) and net income of 695…
The U.S. economy added 678,000 jobs in February, according to a Friday report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics (BLS), beating economists’ expectations.a Total nonfarm payroll employment increased…
– Drugmaker Bristol Myers Squibb Co on Friday posted slightly better than expected fourth-quarter earnings on strong sales of blood thinner Eliquis and cancer drug Opdivo. The company said it…
TOKYO – Japan’s factory output likely slid in December for the first time in three months due to lingering supply bottlenecks, a Reuters poll showed. Meanwhile, retail sales were seen…
The Biden administration said Friday that the 2021 U.S. budget deficit was $360 billion lower than in 2020. The deficit figure hit $2.77 trillion in the fiscal year ending Sept.…