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JAKARTA – Indonesia’s trade surplus may have narrowed to $3.93 billion last month due to weakening export performance as global trade activity slows, according to economists polled by Reuters. Southeast …

By Ruma Paul and Krishna N. Das DHAKA – Growth in Bangladesh’s garment exports could drop to about 15% this year after an unusually strong expansion of more than 30% …

By Philip Pullella (Reuters) – Pope Francis has appointed a nurse from the Vatican’s health services to be his “personal medical assistant”, the Vatican said on Thursday, in an indication …

WASHINGTON – U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Thursday a second quarter contraction of U.S. economic output was a sign of an inevitable slowdown but there was still broad …

WASHINGTON – U.S. producer prices increased more than expected in June amid rising costs for energy products, but underlying producer inflation appeared to have peaked. The producer price index for …

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 …

NEW YORK, NY (PRESS RELEASE) – Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Jahsheen Osbourne, 21, has been sentenced to 17 years in prison for the unprovoked shooting of …

LONDON – British employers expect to raise staff pay by 3%, a big increase by normal standards but far below the current rate of inflation, and there are signs of …

‘Signs Of Slowing’: Unemployment Remains Unchanged As Economists Predict Dim Future Thomas Catenacci on May 6, 2022 The U.S. economy added 428,000 jobs in April while the unemployment rate was …

By Uday Sampath Kumar (Reuters) – U.S. consumer goods firms, including P&G and Coca-Cola, are preparing for an impending slowdown in demand as runaway inflation fuels a surge in prices …

NEW YORK – The prospect of tighter financial conditions due to the war in Europe and a more hawkish Federal Reserve, alongside concern over a deceleration in China’s growth, are …

MELBOURNE – Santos Ltd played down on Friday an Alaska road access dispute with ConocoPhillips, saying their feud was not slowing work on the $3 billion Pikka oil project or …

WASHINGTON – The potential for a global economic slowdown is reason for the Fed “to be cautious” as it raises interest rates in coming months, Atlanta Fed president Raphael Bostic …

By Kevin Yao BEIJING – China’s economic growth is likely to slow to 5.0% in 2022 amid renewed COVID-19 outbreaks and a weakening global recovery, a Reuters poll showed, raising …

STOCKHOLM – Sweden’s economy will slow this year with headline inflation expected to run at its highest level since the early 1990s, the government said in a pre-budget forecast on …

BEIJING – China’s fiscal spending rose 7.0% in January-February from a year earlier, the finance ministry said on Friday, quickening from a 0.3% rise in 2021 as policymakers step up …

WASHINGTON – U.S. business inventories increased strongly in January, though the pace slowed from prior months, which could result in inventory investment making no contribution to economic growth in the …

SHANGHAI – Money raised by newly-launched private funds in China plunged 44% in January from a month earlier, latest official data showed, adding to evidence of rapidly-shrinking risk appetite amid …

-Canada’s Shopify Inc on Wednesday forecast a slowing pace of revenue growth in the first half of the year, and said it was ramping up spending on a network of …

MEXICO CITY – Mexican Economy Minister Tatiana Clouthier said on Monday the country’s economy was likely to grow about 2.5% this year after being hit by the Omicron wave of …

BRASILIA -COVID-19 infections and deaths in the Americas are still increasing, but the rise in infections seems to be slowing down in places hit earliest by the Omicron variant, the …