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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's factory output likely staged a strong rebound in March from the previous month's decline, with retail sales probably holding firm on booming inbound...

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration plans to impose new restrictions on firearms exports and increase scrutiny on transactions to limit diversions...

Investing.com-- Consumer price index inflation in Tokyo grew substantially less than expected in April, sinking below the Bank of Japan’s annual target and somewhat complicating...

By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. economy grew at its slowest pace in nearly two years in the first quarter amid a surge in imports and small build-up of unsold...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits unexpectedly fell last week, pointing to still tight labor market conditions. Initial...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. economic growth slowed more than expected in the first quarter, but a surprisingly hot quarterly Personal Consumption Expenditure inflation component...

LONDON (Reuters) - British retailers suffered their worst April for sales since 2020, when the country was in its first COVID-19 lockdown, although the timing of the Easter...

By Cynthia Kim and Jihoon Lee SEOUL (Reuters) -The South Korean economy grew at the fastest pace in more than two years in the first quarter beating all estimates with a pick-up...

Investing.com-- Chinese deflation has remained in play even as recent gross domestic product data showed some improvement in economic growth. This trend raised the question of...

By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New orders for key U.S.-manufactured capital goods increased moderately in March and data for the prior month was revised lower,...

By Promit Mukherjee OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's retail sales contracted for the second consecutive month in February, missing expectations, data showed on Wednesday, led by a drop...

(Reuters) -Mexico's consumer prices unexpectedly rose in the first half of April, national statistics agency INEGI said on Wednesday, reinforcing bets that the country's central...

By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) -Optimism among British manufacturers rose to its highest since July 2021 this month, despite a drop in orders, the Confederation of British...

By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sales of new U.S. single-family homes rebounded in March from February's downwardly revised level, drawing support from a persistent...

Investing.com-- Australian consumer price index inflation grew more than expected in the first quarter of 2024, remaining above the Reserve Bank of Australia’s target range and...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's annual business-to-business service inflation accelerated for the second month to hit 2.3% in March, data showed on Wednesday, suggesting firms continued...

LONDON (Reuters) - British employers reached slightly lower pay settlements with staff in the three months to the end of March, although early figures for April suggest they...

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican headline inflation likely ticked up in the first half of April as core inflation eased, a Reuters poll showed on Tuesday, boosting expectations...

By Patrick Werr CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's economy will grow slower than previously expected this year after it signed an $8 billion financial support package with the IMF that...

(Reuters) - U.S. business activity cooled in April to a four-month low due to weaker demand, while rates of inflation eased slightly even as input prices rose sharply, suggesting...

By Anant Chandak BENGALURU (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's economy will grow at a slower pace this year than previously predicted as oil prices drop from recent peaks, according to a...

ATHENS (Reuters) -Greece's economy will grow by 2.1% this year under a baseline scenario, the country's influential think tank IOBE said on Tuesday, revising down its previous...

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 Andy Bruce LONDON (Reuters) -Britain's government borrowed more than expected in the 2023/24 financial year, data showed on Tuesday, in bad news for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak...

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 Anant Chandak BENGALURU (Reuters) - India's business activity expanded at its fastest pace in nearly 14 years this month thanks to robust demand, according to a survey released...

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's key consumer price gauge rose 3.1% in March on a yearly basis, lower than economists' forecasts, official data showed on Tuesday. The core...

TOKYO (Reuters) - A key measure of Japan's trend inflation slowed to 1.3% in March, marking the smallest year-on-year increase in 11 months, data showed on Tuesday. The rise in...

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...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China created 3.03 million new urban jobs in the first quarter, an official from the human resources ministry said on Tuesday, adding the overall employment...

By Veronica Dudei Maia Khongwir BENGALURU (Reuters) - South Korea's economy likely grew 0.6% last quarter, maintaining the same pace of expansion as in the previous three months,...

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...