Tag: Economic Indicators

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Workers weigh goods in an open-air fruit and vegetable market in Caracas, Venezuela December 22, 2020. Picture taken December 22, 2020. REUTERS/Manaure Quintero By Mayela Armas CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s annual inflation rate hit 686.4% in 2021, demonstrating a deceleration of consumer price growth versus the previous year when inflation was…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki visits Orlen Lietuva oil refinery in Mazeikiai, Lithuania, June 3, 2018. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins WARSAW (Reuters) – Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki is expected to announce more additions to the country’s anti-inflationary package on Tuesday, government spokesperson Piotr Muller said on Saturday. The measures in the whole…

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The Buckle, Inc. (BKE) – Get Buckle, Inc. Report announced today that comparable store net sales, for stores open at least one year, for the 5-week period ended January 1, 2022 increased 17.7 percent from comparable store net sales for the 5-week period ended January 2, 2021. Net sales for the 5-week fiscal month ended…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: People shop at a local market in Fatih district in Istanbul, Turkey January 13, 2021. Picture taken January 13, 2021. REUTERS/Murad Sezer ISTANBUL (Reuters) – President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday he was saddened by Turkey’s 2021 annual inflation after it soared to 36.1%, adding his government was determined to lower…

By Carlos González Investing.com – The last few years have undoubtedly marked a turning point in the markets. In a short space of time, we have experienced a global pandemic, rising inflation, and a great increase and now withdrawal of stimulus policies by central banks. All of this is heightened with commodities soaring, currencies spinning,…

2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Vehicles queue at a petrol station in Ankara, Turkey December 17, 2021. REUTERS/Cagla Gurdogan 2/2 ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Inflation soared by the most in at least a decade in Turkey’s biggest city Istanbul last month, according to data on Saturday, and President Tayyip Erdogan’s government sharply raised nationwide electricity and…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: People line up outside a newly reopened career center for in-person appointments in Louisville, U.S., April 15, 2021. REUTERS/Amira Karaoud By Dan Burns (Reuters) -New claims for U.S. unemployment benefits fell in the week leading up to Christmas and benefits rolls slid to their lowest level of the coronavirus pandemic era…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A vendor hands over Russian rouble banknotes to a customer at a street market in Omsk, Russia March 31, 2021. REUTERS/Alexey Malgavko MOSCOW (Reuters) – Consumer inflation in Russia accelerated to 8.39% in 2021 despite seven interest rate hikes by the central bank, up from 4.91% in 2020, preliminary data from the statistics…

SEATTLE and PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — ACI Mechanical & HVAC Sales was awarded the Johnson Controls Best of Brands recognition award for outstanding sales growth for the Ruskin brand, part of the JCI Family of Brands in HVAC. This award covers all of ACI’s locations in Seattle, Spokane, Portland, and Northern Idaho. About…