2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in Frankfurt 2/2 By Michael Nienaber BERLIN (Reuters) -The German government raised its growth forecast for Europe’s largest economy to 3.5% from a previous estimate of 3% as it expects household spending to support the recovery once COVID-19 restrictions are lifted, the…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The skyline with its financial district amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Frankfurt By Holger Hansen BERLIN (Reuters) – The German government has raised its growth forecast for this year to 3.5%, compared with the 3% growth it was expecting back in January, a source said, adding that…
Please try another search Economy5 hours ago (Apr 26, 2021 09:20AM ET) © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Senior Deputy Governor of the Bank of Italy, Fabio Panetta is seen standing in a corridor of the Bank of Italy ahead of his appointment to the European Central Bank’s executive committee FRANKFURT (Reuters) – The European Central Bank…
2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves Downing Street in London 2/2 LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson personally covered the cost of refurbishing his Downing Street flat, a minister said, seeking to quash claims by Johnson’s former top adviser that the prime minister had planned to get donors…
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt is aiming for tourism revenues of $6 billion-$7 billion in 2021, the deputy tourism minister told Reuters. Tourism revenue, a key source of foreign currency for Egypt, plunged by 70% in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. Tourism usually accounts for up to 15% of the country’s gross domestic product. The…
Please try another search Economy5 hours ago (Apr 25, 2021 05:15AM ET) 2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Thai baht notes are seen at a Kasikornbank in Bangkok 2/2 By Orathai Sriring and Satawasin Staporncharnchai BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s central bank is likely to slash its economic growth outlook for this year and next year as…
2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Nurse prepares to administer the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine against the COVID-19 at the Eka Kotebe General Hospital in Addis Ababa 2/2 By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. lawmakers and nonprofit groups on Friday heaped pressure on the Biden administration to back a temporary patent waiver for COVID-19 vaccines to help…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Containers are seen at the Yangshan Deep-Water Port in Shanghai By Shrutee Sarkar and Rahul Karunakar BENGALURU (Reuters) – The global economy will recover this year from its coronavirus slump at a pace not seen since the 1970s as strong momentum builds in most major economies, according to Reuters polls of…
4/4 © Reuters. U.S. Republicans hold news conference introducing infrastructure plan, in Washington 2/4 By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Senate Republicans on Thursday proposed a $568 billion, five-year infrastructure package as a counteroffer to President Joe Biden’s sweeping $2.3 trillion plan, calling their measure a good-faith effort toward bipartisan negotiations. The proposal, which falls…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: An Intel Tiger Lake chip is displayed at an Intel news conference during the 2020 CES in Las Vegas By Stephen Nellis and Chavi Mehta (Reuters) -Intel Corp on Thursday raised its annual sales outlook on booming demand for personal computers, but its second-quarter profit forecast fell short of analyst expectations…