Tag: Economic Indicators

3/3 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A money changer sells U.S. dollar bills at a currency exchange office in Ankara, Turkey September 24, 2021. REUTERS/Cagla Gurdogan 2/3 By Sinead Cruise and John O’Donnell LONDON/BERLIN (Reuters) -Global banks are taking steps to weather the wider impact of war and runaway inflation as the stream of central bank…

© Reuters. Signage for a job fair is seen on 5th Avenue after the release of the jobs report in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., September 3, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) – New claims for U.S. unemployment benefits increased to a more than two-month high last week, but remained at a…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A man wearing a protective face mask walks past the Bank of England (BoE), after the BoE became the first major world’s central bank to raise rates since the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in London, Britain, December 16, 2021. REUTE By David Milliken, William Schomberg and Andy Bruce LONDON (Reuters) -The…

© Reuters. By Yasin Ebrahim Investing.com – The Federal Reserve raised interest rates on Wednesday by a half percentage point for the first time since 2000 as the fight against elevated inflation heats up. The Federal Open Market Committee raised its benchmark rate to a range of 0.75% to 1% from 0.25% to 0.5% previously. Ahead…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A street vendor counts his money at the Namdaemun Market in Seoul, South Korea, May 30, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji By Jihoon Lee and Choonsik Yoo SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s consumer prices in April rose much faster than expected and at their quickest pace in 13-and-a-half years over a year earlier,…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai testifies before a Senate Finance Committee hearing on President Biden’s trade policy agenda on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 31, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) – All tools are on the table to address rising inflation, including reductions of tariffs on Chinese…

5/5 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Democratic gubernatorial candidate Marco Lopez stands for a portrait after speaking with Reuters about inflation concerns in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S., April 19, 2022. REUTERS/Caitlin O’Hara 2/5 (Fixes election year in paragraph 35) By Tim Reid and Brad Brooks PHOENIX/COMMERCE CITY, Colo. (Reuters) -Ricardo Aguirre sits near his two taco trucks…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: People wearing protective masks, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, make their way at a shopping district in Tokyo, Japan, March 16, 2022. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon By Kantaro Komiya and Kentaro Sugiyama TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese mother of three Maiko Takahashi was never one to pinch pennies or accept hand-me-downs for her…

© Reuters. Investors and guests arrive for the first in-person annual meeting since 2019 of Berkshire Hathaway Inc in Omaha, Nebraska, U.S. April 29, 2022. REUTERS/Scott Morgan OMAHA, Neb. (Reuters) – Warren Buffett said on Saturday that inflation “swindles almost everybody” and that it was “extraordinary” how much inflation had been seen in Berkshire Hathaway…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador delivers a speech at the National Palace in Mexico City, Mexico April 12, 2022. REUTERS/Henry Romero MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s government next week will unveil a plan agreed with business groups to level prices nationwide for staples such as corn, beans, rice and milk…