Exports and imports of goods between the United Kingdom and the European Union fell sharply in January, the first month of their new postBrexit relationship. Britains statistics office said disruption caused by the end of the transition period contributed to the fall although a new COVID19 lockdown in the country and stockpiling before the Jan. […]

With BTC again edging toward alltime highs, a large volume of money is flowing into the Bitcoin derivatives markets. According to crypto market data aggregator Glassnode, outstanding futures contracts pushed into new alltime highs on March 11, with open interest across exchanges approaching 20 billion. Options have also surged to see record volumes in 2021, […]

The British publics expectations for inflation over the next 12 months held at its lowest level in more than four years, in sharp contrast to a recent rise in market expectations, Bank of England data showed on Friday. Average expectations for inflation over the next 12 months remained at 2.7 its lowest reading since August […]

Mainland Chinese stocks have tumbled in the last few days as authorities set a relatively low GDP target and signaled a shift away from policies meant to keep the economy afloat in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. The Shanghai composite has dropped more than 5 over the last five trading days, with losses accelerating […]

BEIJING, March 11 Reuters Auto sales in China, the worlds biggest auto market, surged 365 in February over the same month a year earlier, for their 11th month of gains, as the country leads the global industrys recovery from the COVID19 pandemic. Sales reached 1.46 million vehicles in February, data from the China Association of […]

Reuters Irelands AerCap Holdings NV on Tuesday confirmed ongoing discussions with General Electric Co to acquire its aircraftleasing business. The U.S. business, known as GE Capital Aviation Services or GECAS, is one of the worlds biggest jetleasing companies. It leases passenger aircraft made by companies including Boeing Co and Airbus SE. Reuters on Monday reported […]

Growth in the Norwegian business sector has declined slightly over the past three months while the outlook for the next half year is more optimistic, a central bank business survey showed on Tuesday. Contacts expect activity to pick up again, and they are more optimistic than in November, primarily owing to the rollout of vaccines, […]

TAIPEI, March 9 Reuters Taiwans exports rose in February for the eighth month in a row, slightly slower than expected but benefiting from continued strong demand for chips to power technology for the workfromhome COVID19 pandemic boom. Exports rose 9.7 from a year earlier to 27.79 billion in February, the Ministry of Finance said on […]

China on Friday set a modest annual economic growth target, at above 6, and pledged to create more jobs in cities than last year, as the worlds secondbiggest economy planned a careful course out of a year disrupted by COVID19. In 2020, China dropped a gross domestic product growth target from the premiers work report […]

U.S. job growth likely accelerated in February as more services businesses reopened amid falling new COVID19 cases, quickening vaccination rates and additional pandemic relief money from the government, putting the labor market recovery back on firmer footing and on course for further gains in the months ahead. The Labor Departments closely watched employment report on […]