Tag: Economic Indicators

2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A newly-constructed home is listed for sale on an advertising board in the Sydney suburb of Greenhills Beach, Australia, August 2, 2016. REUTERS/Jason Reed 2/2 SYDNEY (Reuters) – A measure of Australian consumer sentiment slid for a seventh straight month to match pandemic lows in June amid an outsized rise…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: People walk past a branch of Jobcentre Plus, a government run employment support and benefits agency, in Hackney, London, Britain, August 6, 2020. REUTERS/John Sibley By William Schomberg and David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s jobless rate rose for the first time since late 2020 and other measures of the country’s…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during the opening plenary session at the Ninth Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, California, U.S., June 9, 2022. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril By Trevor Hunnicutt and Jarrett Renshaw LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday accused the U.S. oil industry, and Exxon Mobil Corp…

© Reuters. U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during a visit to the Port of Los Angeles, during the Ninth Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, California, U.S., June 10, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque By Trevor Hunnicutt BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (Reuters) – President Joe Biden cautioned that U.S. inflation could last “for a while” after data…

2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A person shops at a Trader Joe’s grocery store in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., March 10, 2022. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri 2/2 By Ann Saphir and Lindsay (NYSE:LNN) Dunsmuir (Reuters) -Stubbornly hot U.S. inflation is fueling bets that the Federal Reserve will get more aggressive about…

© Reuters. Czech Crown coins are seen in front of a displayed logo of Czech central bank (CNB) in this picture illustration taken April 1, 2017. REUTERS/David W Cerny/Illustration/File Photo (Corrects graph 5 to show it is the country’s president, not the central bank’s president, who appoints new board members) By Jason Hovet (Reuters) -Czech…

2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The logo of the Bank of Korea is seen on the top of its building in Seoul, South Korea, March 8, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji 2/2 SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s central bank warned on Thursday that greater attention should be paid to the impact of a weaker won on inflation…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Thailand’s central bank is seen at the Bank of Thailand in Bangkok, Thailand April 26, 2016. REUTERS/Jorge Silva By Orathai Sriring and Kitiphong Thaichareon BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s central bank left its key interest rate unchanged at a record low again on Wednesday, despite surging inflation, and raised slightly its 2022…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire arrives before a meeting with France’s President Emmanuel Macron and India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France May 4, 2022. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes PARIS (Reuters) – French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire reaffirmed on Wednesday that he expected the peak in inflation…

© Reuters. US Inflation Nearer 1980 Peak Than Thought, Summers Group Says (Bloomberg) — US inflation is running even closer today to its 1980 peak, fresh analysis of historical price data shows, suggesting that the Federal Reserve’s task of bringing price gains back to its target is tougher than previously thought. A group of economists…