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By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits rose last week to the highest level in more than eight months,...

(Reuters) -The United States has suspended a shipment of weapons to Israel, including heavy, bunker-busting bombs Israeli forces have used in their war against Hamas militants in...

Investing.com -- The number of Americans filing first-time claims for unemployment benefits was greater than anticipated last week, in the latest sign of potential cooling in the...

By Joe Cash BEIJING (Reuters) - China's exports and imports returned to growth in April after contracting in the previous month, signalling an encouraging improvement in demand at...

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's foreign debt climbed by $3.5 billion in the three months to the end of December, according to central bank data released on Thursday. Total foreign debt...

By Milounee Purohit BENGALURU (Reuters) - India's consumer price inflation is likely to have eased to 4.80% in April, just shy of March's rate as food inflation remains sticky,...

By Neil Jerome Morales and Mikhail Flores MANILA (Reuters) -The Philippine economy accelerated less than expected in the first quarter as weaker consumer spending restrained...

By Olena Harmash KYIV (Reuters) - Within days of Russian forces invading Ukraine in early 2022, architect Oleh Drozdov made up his mind: he would move his home and business from...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's April exports grew 1.5% year-on-year, while imports increased 8.4%, customs data showed on Thursday, suggesting demand at home and abroad may be slowly...

Investing.com-- China’s trade balance grew less than expected in April, recovering only partially from a sharp fall in the prior month as a mild increase in exports was largely...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's inflation-adjusted real wages in March fell 2.5% from a year earlier, marking declines for two straight years, labour ministry data showed on Thursday....

By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) - British property surveyors expect an increase in property sales later this year, despite an ongoing drag from high borrowing costs, as the...

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) -Argentina's industrial output plunged 21.2% in March from a year ago, the INDEC statistics agency said on Wednesday, the worst slide since the depths of...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. wholesale inventories fell in March, confirming that inventory investment was a drag on economic growth in the first quarter. The Commerce Department's...

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's automakers' association Anfavea said on Wednesday that sales of new vehicles in the country rose 17.6% in April from the previous month to 220,842...

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's exports rose less than expected in April, hurt by weak demand from China although robust demand for artificial intelligence-related products had...

By Maria Martinez (Reuters) -German industrial production declined in March, although less than expected thanks to construction, data from the federal statistics office showed on...

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's economy is expected to grow 2.2% to 2.7% this year, down from a previous forecast of 2.8% to 3.3% due to a slow export recovery, a leading joint...

By Joe Cash BEIJING (Reuters) - China's exports likely returned to growth in April after contracting sharply in March, but the expansion is expected to be modest as factory owners...

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's non-oil private sector continued to shrink in April despite a $35 billion investment deal signed with the United Arab Emirates in February and an $8...

MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines posted a trade deficit of $3.2 billion in March, the narrowest since May 2021, preliminary official data showed on Wednesday. Imports fell 20%...

(Reuters) - U.S. banks reported renewed weakening in demand for industrial loans and a decline in household demand for credit in the first quarter of the year, according to a...

(Reuters) - Mexico's automotive industry saw a jump in production in April while exports also increased from a year earlier, data from national statistics agency INEGI showed on...

By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Trust funds supporting Social Security and Medicare benefits for U.S. seniors showed slight improvement as stronger-than-forecast economic...

By Rachel More (Reuters) -German exports rebounded in March, buoyed by strong U.S. and Chinese demand for German-made goods, but a disappointing month for industrial orders dashed...

By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) -British house prices edged 0.1% higher in April to stand 1.1% up on a year earlier, figures from mortgage lender Halifax showed on Tuesday, a...

(Reuters) - German industrial orders fell in March by 0.4% on the previous month on a seasonally and calendar adjusted basis, the federal statistics office said on Tuesday. A...

By Neil Jerome Morales and Karen Lema MANILA (Reuters) -Philippine annual inflation increased for a third straight month in April due to accelerated food and transport price...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese service sector activity grew at the fastest pace in eight months in April thanks to solid business and consumer spending, a private survey showed on...

(Reuters) - British consumers kept a tight rein on their spending last month, according to surveys on Tuesday that showed tepid activity even after accounting for the timing of...

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's foreign exchange reserves dropped in April by the biggest amount in 19 months as authorities intervened in the currency market to curb weakness in...

By Michael S. Derby (Reuters) -Americans are once again bracing for another round of higher housing costs, amid rising expectations by renters that they'll never be able to buy a...

(Reuters) - Fewer low-income Americans took out mortgage loans last year than 2020, real estate broker Redfin (NASDAQ:RDFN) said in a report on Monday, as steep interest rates...

By Sophie Yu and Casey Hall BEIJING (Reuters) -Domestic travellers spent 166.9 billion yuan ($23.13 billion) during one of China's longest breaks, the May Day holiday, a rise of...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's average daily home sales during the major May Day public holiday sank 47% from a year earlier, and were down around 30% from pre-pandemic levels in...