Economic Indicators News

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's jobless rate fell to 2.6% in April from 2.8% in the previous month, government data showed on Tuesday. The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was...

By Andy Bruce LONDON (Reuters) - British shop price inflation picked up this month to reach its highest rate since industry records began in 2005, although growth in food prices...

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...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's factory activity likely contracted further in May, a Reuters poll showed on Monday, adding to pressures facing the world second-biggest economy amid an...

BEIJING (Reuters) -Profits at China's industrial firms slumped in the first four months of 2023, official data showed on Saturday, as companies continued to struggle with margin...

BEIJING (Reuters) -Profits at China's industrial firms slumped in the first four months of 2023, official data showed on Saturday, as companies continued to struggle with margin...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Labor said on Friday it was providing up to $653 million in grants to state governments to help safeguard against fraud by updating...

By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumer spending increased more than expected in April, boosting the economy's growth prospects for the second quarter, and...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. consumer spending increased more than expected in April, boosting the economy's growth prospects for the second quarter, and inflation picked up, which...

By James Davey LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's departure from the European Union has accounted for about a third of the increase in food bills for households since 2019, equivalent...

OTTAWA, May 26 (Reuters) - Canada's budget deficit in fiscal 2022/23 shrank to C$41.31 billion ($30.89 billion) from C$95.57 billion in the previous year as a post-pandemic...

Investing.com -- The pace of U.S. consumer expenditures sped up in April despite Americans feeling the pinch from spiking interest rates and elevated price growth. According to...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New orders for key U.S.-manufactured capital goods unexpectedly rebounded in April, raising cautious optimism that business spending on equipment could...

(Reuters) - Mexico's economy grew for the sixth quarter in a row in the first quarter, data from Latin America's second-largest economy showed on Friday, with growth in line with...

Investing.com -- The Federal Reserve's preferred consumer inflation measure unexpectedly accelerated in April, in a sign that inflation remains stubbornly elevated in the U.S....

(Fixes related content links) BEIJING (Reuters) -Steel rebar prices in China hit their lowest in three years this week, underscoring flagging growth in the world's second-largest...

By William Schomberg LONDON (Reuters) -British consumers picked up the pace of their spending last month and sales volumes over the three months to April grew by the most since...