NEW DELHI, May 3 Reuters India fell short of domestic coal supply targets to utilities by 7.6 in April, as output from mines owned by companies for selfuse were 33 lower than required and a shortage of trains for delivery further exacerbated a crippling power crisis. India faced its worst power crisis in over six […]

TOKYO, May 2 Reuters Japan39;s consumer confidence index nudged up in April to mark its first increase in six months after the end of COVID19 curbs in late March, but inflation expectations hit a record for the third month in a row. A Cabinet Office survey showed the sentiment index for general households, which includes […]

Bengaluru, May 2 Reuters Factory activity in India picked up last month, bolstered by a solid increase in demand as pandemic restrictions were eased, but rising energy prices pushed input costs to a fivemonth high, a private survey showed. International demand also jumped robustly to a 9month high after contracting in March and domestic demand […]

SYDNEY, May 2 Reuters Australian job advertisements dipped in April from multiyear highs, but still point to continued strong demand for labour that will likely soon drive unemployment to its lowest since the early 1970s. Monday39;s figures from Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd showed total job ads fell 0.5 in April from March. Ads […]

SYDNEY, May 2 Reuters Australian home prices were still rising nationally in April even as more of the heat came out of the Sydney and Melbourne markets, with the smaller cities and regions proving resilient to the risk of higher mortgage rates. Figures from property consultant CoreLogic out on Monday showed prices in the combined […]

NEW DELHI, May 1 Reuters India39;s unemployment rate rose to 7.83 in April from 7.60 in March, data from the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy CMIE showed on Sunday. The urban unemployment rate rose to 9.22 in April from 8.28 the previous month, while the rural unemployment rate slipped to 7.18 from 7.29, the data […]

BERLIN, May 3 Reuters German unemployment fell in April, Labour Office figures showed on Tuesday, though the effect of the war in Ukraine slowed a continued recovery seen since the lifting of coronavirus pandemic measures. The Federal Labour Office said the number of people out of work fell by 13,000 in seasonally adjusted terms to […]

Govt cooking oil distribution move will succeed industry group GAPKI warns of damage from prolonged ban Wednesday39;s lastminute policy shift rattles markets Rupiah falls to weakest since July 2021 Navy seizes two tankers carrying palm oil JAKARTA, April 28 Reuters Indonesia should be able to tackle its cooking oil shortage in the next few weeks […]

BERLIN, April 28 Reuters German annual inflation rose slightly more than expected in April due to rising energy prices and delivery bottlenecks caused by supply chain interruptions, preliminary data showed on Thursday. Consumer prices, harmonised to make them comparable with inflation data from other European Union countries HICP, rose 7.8 on the year after 7.6 […]

LONDON, April 29 Reuters British house prices rose less than expected this month after expanding in March at the fastest pace since 2004, figures from mortgage lender Nationwide showed on Friday. Annual price growth slowed to 12.1 in April from March39;s 18year peak of 14.3, after a 0.3 monthly increase which was the smallest since […]