Economic Indicators News

By Jonathan Cable LONDON (Reuters) -Overall business activity in the euro zone expanded at its fastest pace in nearly a year this month as a buoyant recovery in the bloc's...

By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) - British businesses recorded their fastest growth in activity in nearly a year this month, according to preliminary purchasing managers' data...

By Maria Martinez BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's private sector unexpectedly returned to growth in April, driven by a solid rise in activity in the country’s service sector, a...

By Sudip Kar-Gupta PARIS (Reuters) - France's dominant services sector expanded in April for the first time in almost a year, helping offset continued weakness in manufacturing,...

By Noah Browning LONDON (Reuters) - Electric car sales will rise strongly in 2024 despite economic headwinds in some markets, the International Energy Agency (IEA) forecast on...

HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam's gross domestic product is seen growing 5.5% this year, the World Bank said on Tuesday, faster than an expansion of 5.05% last year. Growth in 2025 is...

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentine President Javier Milei boasted on Monday that his government is successfully taming profligate public spending, touting a rare first quarter...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's factory activity contracted but approached the break-even point in April, a business survey showed on Tuesday, suggesting the key sector is finally...

Investing.com-- Japanese manufacturing activity came close to breaking back into expansionary territory in April, while growth in the services sector improved, preliminary data...

BERLIN (Reuters) -German industrial production is set to fall again this year and exports will stagnate, lobby group BDI forecast on Monday, flanked by other industry groups that...

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia reported a $4.47 billion trade surplus in March, data from the statistics bureau showed on Monday, larger than a forecast surplus of $1.13 billion in...

COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's consumer price inflation rate dropped to 2.5% in March from 5.1% in February, official data showed on Monday, as the impact of a higher sales tax...

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's export orders rose less than expected in March, but the government said it expected surging demand for artificial intelligence (AI) applications to...

LONDON(Reuters) - Prices of homes being sold in Britain are close to their record highs after the biggest annual increase in a year, according to an industry survey that suggested...

By Holger Hansen BERLIN (Reuters) -The German government will raise its economic growth forecast for this year to 0.3%, from 0.2% previously, and lower its forecast for inflation...

By Suban Abdulla LONDON (Reuters) -British retail sales stagnated in March despite high inflation easing recently, representing the first time that they have not grown in monthly...

(Reuters) - German producer prices fell less than expected in March, decreasing by 2.9% on the year, the federal statistics office reported on Friday. Analysts polled by Reuters...

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's trade surplus is estimated to have widened in March as imports were seen easing from a seasonally high demand in the prior month, a Reuters poll...

By Satoshi Sugiyama and Makiko Yamazaki TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's core inflation slowed in March and an index gauging broader price trends fell below 3% for the first time in over...

Investing.com-- Japan consumer price index inflation rose as expected in March with its pace of growth slowing slightly from the prior month amid some softer spending trends, which...

By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits was unchanged at a low level last week, pointing to continued labor...

By Amina Niasse NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. mortgage rates increased by the most since June and also crossed the 7% threshold for the first time since December, muddling home sales...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. existing home sales fell in March as higher interest rates and house prices sidelined buyers from the market. Home sales dropped 4.3% last month to a...

(Reuters) - Manufacturing activity in the U.S. Mid-Atlantic region expanded by the most in two years in April on the strength of new orders and shipments of finished goods, but...

By Tom Sims FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Building permits for apartments in Germany fell 18.3% in February from a year earlier, government data on Thursday showed, underscoring a...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian employment fell in March after an enormous gain the month before while the jobless rate resumed its uptrend, a sign that the hot labour market was...

Investing.com-- Australia’s labor force shrank slightly in March following an outsized increase in the prior month, although the labor market was still relatively tight as...

(Reuters) -U.S. economic activity expanded slightly from late February through early April and firms signaled they expect inflation pressures to hold steady, a Federal Reserve...

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Economic activity in Brazil rose for the fourth straight month in February, a central bank index showed on Wednesday. The IBC-Br economic activity index,...

By Suban Abdulla and William Schomberg LONDON (Reuters) -Britain's inflation rate slowed by less than expected in March, according to official figures published on Wednesday,...

By Bhargav Acharya JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -South Africa's consumer inflation fell slightly more than expected in March, but analysts said the central bank was unlikely to start...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's survey-based jobless rate for 16-24 year-olds, excluding college students, was 15.3% in March, unchanged from February, data from the National...

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Euro zone inflation slowed across the board last month, reinforcing expectations for a European Central Bank interest rate cut in June, even as rising energy...

By Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) -Business confidence at big Japanese manufacturers and services sector firms slid in April from the prior month, dragged down by...

LONDON (Reuters) -British house prices fell by the least in eight months in February when they edged down by 0.2% on an annual basis after a revised 1.3% decrease in January, the...