Tag: Economic Indicators

© Reuters. By Yasin Ebrahim Investing.com – The Federal Reserve on Wednesday appeared to lay out the carpet for a March rate hike after saying it may “soon” begin to raise interest rates to bring red-hot inflation under control. The Federal Reserve kept interest rates unchanged within the 0% to 0.25% range, but signalled that liftoff in…

Precious metal investors have faced a grueling year as gold prices contracted after two years of gains.In recent days, however, gold and silver prices reached their highest levels since the sharp selloff in November. They remain a good alternative asset to invest in, Stephen “Sarge” Guilfoyle wrote in a recent Real Money Pro column.“Now with…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A truck drives between shipping containers at a container terminal at Incheon port in Incheon, South Korea, May 26, 2016.REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY/File Photo By Cynthia Kim SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea’s economy expanded at the fastest pace in 11 years in 2021 helped by a jump in exports…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A customer looks at products marked with discounted prices on display at a chemist in a shopping mall in central Sydney, Australia, July 25, 2018. REUTERS/David Gray By Wayne Cole SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s core inflation flew to its fastest annual pace since 2014 in the December quarter as fuel and…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Japan’s new Minister for Economic Revitalisation Daishiro Yamagiwa arrives at prime minister’s office in Tokyo, Japan October 4, 2021. REUTERS/Issei Kato TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan is drafting an economic growth measure taking climate action into account and aims to release a preliminary estimate by the end of March, economy minister Daishiro…

Domino’s (DPZ) – Get Domino’s Pizza, Inc. Report owns 22% of the quick-serve (QSR) market share for pizza in the United States and  20% globally. The company has nearly $18 billion in global sales from its 18,380 stores, of which 98% operate under a franchise model. Those numbers seem huge, but Domino’s CEO Richard Allison,…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Light poles are pictured without power during an outage in Mexico’s electricity network, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico February 15, 2021. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez (Reuters) – Mexico faces risks to economic growth and potential for a credit rating downgrade in the medium term from political developments including the likely passage of a…

2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Cross-border transport trucks cross paths on the Peace Bridge at the Canada U.S. border in Buffalo, New York, U.S., January 10, 2018.REUTERS/Hyungwon Kang/File Photo 2/2 By Steve Scherer OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canadian consumers should soon see higher prices and some empty shelves in supermarkets and other retail outlets because of…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The Bank of England is seen in London March 19, 2008. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor LONDON (Reuters) – Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey said on Thursday that financial markets now expected energy prices to take longer to fall than just a few months ago, which risked further embedding price pressures. Greater tension…

© Reuters. Local resident Maria Komissarova, 29, holds Russian rouble coins and a 50-rouble banknote as she buys food at a supermarket in the Siberian town of Tara in the Omsk region, Russia, December 14, 2021. Picture taken December 14, 2021. REUTERS/Alexey Malgavk MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin on Wednesday lamented Russia’s inflation level of…