By Amina Niasse NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. home builder confidence weakened in November despite signs of easing mortgage rates that could bolster the outlook into the end of the…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. consumer sentiment fell sharply in October as households anticipated higher inflation over the next year, a survey showed on Friday. The University of Michigan’s preliminary reading…
NEWYORK/LONDON/TOKYO (Reuters) – The yen weakened to 150 to the dollar on Tuesday, a level some analysts think could prompt concerned Japanese authorities to intervene to prop up the currency.…
By Fergal Smith TORONTO (Reuters) – Analysts have cut their bullish near-term forecasts for the Canadian dollar as China’s economy weakens and the gap between U.S. and Canadian bond yields…
(Reuters) – Idalia weakened to a category 1 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale and is crossing into southern Georgia, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said in its…
By Safiyah Riddle (Reuters) – U.S. business activity approached the stagnation point in August, with growth at its weakest since February as demand for new business in the vast service…
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s consumer sentiment weakened in August for the first time in six months, a central bank survey showed on Tuesday, amid worries about sluggish economic growth.…
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Ministry of Finance (MOF) warned on Thursday of a fake account for its top currency diplomat Masato Kanda on social media X, formerly known as Twitter,…
CARACAS (Reuters) – The Venezuelan bolivar weakened to 30 units per dollar, the central bank said on Thursday, marking the latest descent for the beleaguered local currency as the economy…
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Remittances to Mexico totaled $5.57 billion in June, just under the all-time high reached the month before but dampened in real terms by the sharp appreciation…
(Reuters) – Hurricane Don has weakened to a tropical storm, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Sunday. The storm was located about 320 miles (515 km) southeast of…
(Reuters) – Australia’s Zip Co Ltd said on Thursday it faced a jump in bad debts at home grounds, its biggest market by revenue, during the March-June quarter due to…
PARIS (Reuters) – Activity in France’s dominant services sector fell in June for the first time since January, a survey showed on Wednesday, as weak demand added to fears the…
(Reuters) – Tropical Storm Arlene weakened to a tropical depression on Saturday, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said. The depression is located about 145 miles (233.35 km) west of the…
TAIPEI (Reuters) -Taiwan’s economy will probably grow more slowly in 2023 than previously forecast, the government’s statistics office said on Friday, as weakening global demand weighs heavily on its key…
By Patrick Werr CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s economy will grow 4.0% this fiscal year and 4.5% next even as it endures a continuing depreciation in its currency, a Reuters poll…
(Reuters) – Bank loans to companies in Italy declined sharply between November and February as demand weakened and interest rates rose, the Bank of Italy said on Friday. In the…
PARIS (Reuters) – Activity in France’s manufacturing sector declined in February, after stabilising the previous month, due in part to worsening export demand, a survey by S&P Global showed on…
DAMASCUS (Reuters) – Syria weakened its official exchange rate to 4,522 Syrian pounds to the dollar, a central bank statement said on Monday, while black market rates used for most…
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s factory activity shrank for a sixth consecutive month in December, a business survey showed on Monday, as the global economic downturn and a local truckers’…
(Reuters) – New Zealand’s Fonterra Co-operative Group Ltd on Thursday lowered its farmgate milk price forecast range for the second time for the 2022/23 season on higher costs and softening…
GENEVA (Reuters) – The World Trade Organization said on Monday that its goods barometer had fallen below trend, indicating that trade growth was set to slow in the closing months…
By Lucia Mutikani and Jonathan Cable WASHINGTON/LONDON (Reuters) – U.S. business activity contracted for a fifth straight month in November as higher interest rates slowed demand but the downturn in…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. business activity contracted for a fifth straight month in November, with a measure of new orders dropping to its lowest level in 2-1/2 years as higher…
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s trade surplus is seen narrowing slightly in October to $4.5 billion, amid weakening in global trade and moderating commodity prices, a Reuters poll showed on Monday.…