BERLIN, June 13 Reuters German trade with China in April was little affected by COVID19 lockdowns and consequent disarray in supply chains, the Federal Statistics Office said on Monday. Germany imported goods worth 16.7 billion euros 17.5 billion from China in April, up 52.8 on a year earlier, said the statistics office. Importation of chemical […]

SEOUL, June 13 Reuters South Korea39;s exports for the first 10 days of June shrank 12.7 from the same period a year before, customs agency data showed on Monday. The country39;s imports grew 17.5, however, bringing the trade balance to a 6 billion deficit for the period. By product, exports of semiconductors grew 0.8 and […]

UK GDP 0.3 mm in April after 0.1 in March GDP 0.2 over 3 months to April vs 0.8 3 months to March Scaling back of COVID19 programmes hit figures But all sectors contract for first time since Jan 2021 Sunak says problems not unique to UK LONDON, June 13 Reuters Britain39;s economy unexpectedly shrank […]

Japan says 39;concerned39; about sharp yen falls Top currency diplomat says 39;all options on table39; Tokyo ready to respond appropriately in accordance to G7 policy Yen fall puts pressure on BOJ ahead of next week39;s meeting Analysts see low chance of intervention, BOJ policy tweak TOKYO, June 10 Reuters Japan39;s government and central bank said […]

June 10 Reuters Spanish national consumer prices rose 8.7 yearonyear in May, up from 8.3 in April, with core inflation hitting its highest since 1995, official data showed on Friday. The National Statistics Institute data confirmed a preliminary report late last month. It showed fuel prices had increased 15 yearonyear, with prices of food and […]

LONDON, June 10 Reuters The British public39;s expectations for the rate of inflation in a year39;s time have risen to their highest in records going back to 1999, a quarterly survey by the Bank of England showed on Friday. The public39;s median inflation expectation for 12 months39; time rose to 4.6 in May, up from […]

ISTANBUL, June 10 Reuters Turkey39;s unemployment rate rose to 11.3 in April, while a seasonally adjusted measure of labour underutilisation fell 10 percentage points to 21.7, data showed on Friday. The labour underutilisation measure was on a falling trend for much of last year after peaking at 29.6 in January 2021 under the impact of […]

LONDON, June 10 Reuters Investors continued to pull out money from European equity funds while adding exposure to U.S. stocks as global markets recovered from the lows hit at the end of May, BofA said on Friday in a research note citing EPFR data for the week to Wednesday. Overall, the asset class saw 12 […]

LONDON, June 10 Reuters British employers added staff in May at the slowest pace since early 2021, according to a survey that adds to signs that the labour market is losing some of its heat. A measure of permanent staff hiring by accountants KPMG and the Recruitment and Employment Confederation REC fell for a sixth […]

Yen weakens to 20yr low to dollar, 7yr trough vs euro Divergence of monetary policy spur yen weakening Kuroda retracts remark on households39; acceptance of price hikes TOKYO, June 8 Reuters Japanese policymakers held fast to their usual line on yen weakness on Wednesday, stating that rapid moves were undesirable, butconfounded expectations they may escalate […]