March crude steel output 88.3 mln T vs 94.02 mln T year ago Average daily output at 2.85 mln T, up 6 from JanFeb Firstquarter steel output down 10.5 yy BEIJING, April 18 Reuters China39;s crude steel output fell more than 6 in March from the same month a year earlier, data from the statistics […]

ISTANBUL, April 15 Reuters Turkish house sales rose 20.6 in March on the year to 134,170 houses, data from the Turkish Statistical Institute showed on Friday. Sales to foreigners rose 31, the institute said, with Iranian citizens topping the list. Iraqis and Russians were the next biggest buyers of Turkish properties, it added. Wealthy Russians […]

LONDON Reuters Britain will have enough gas supply to meet demand from April to September, and will even ship more gas to Europe due to low storage levels there, National Grid said in its annual summer outlook on Thursday. Total UK gas demand is forecast at 34 billion cubic metres bcm in the six months over […]

TOKYO, April 15 Reuters Japan39;s core consumer inflation likely accelerated in March from a year earlier but was still well short of the Bank of Japan39;s price goal, a Reuters poll showed, bolstering the view that the BOJ will lag way behind other central banks in normalising policy. Separate data is expected to show Japan39;s […]

Consumer prices up 6.95 yy in March vs February39;s 6.07 Consumer food inflation up 7.68 yy in March vs 5.85 in Feb Economists expect central bank to hike rates in June NEW DELHI, April 12 Reuters India39;s retail inflation accelerated to near 7 yearonyear in March, its highest in 17 months and above the upper […]

SHANGHAI, April 11 Reuters China auto sales plunged in March as the country39;s curbs to rein in COVID19 outbreaks took their toll, while Tesla Inc was among automakers feeling the pain of limits on production. Sales in the world39;s biggest car market tumbled 11.7 in March from a year earlier to 2.23 million vehicles its first […]

LONDON, April 15 Reuters Moody39;s said Russia may be in default because it tried to service its dollar bonds in roubles, which would be one of the starkest consequences to date of Moscow39;s exclusion from the Western financial system since President Vladimir Putin39;s invasion of Ukraine. If Moscow is declared in default, it would mark […]

China GDP growth seen at 5.0 in 2022, 5.2 in 2023 Inflation seen at 2.2 in 2022, 2.3 in 2023 C.bank seen cutting RRR by 50 bps in Q2 2022 C.bank seen cutting LPR by 10 bps in Q2 2022 BEIJING, April 14 Reuters China39;s economic growth is likely to slow to 5.0 in 2022 […]

SHANGHAIBEIJING, April 14 Reuters China39;s securities regulator on Thursday ordered Legend Holdings Corp to rectify information disclosure issues. The China Securities Regulatory Commission CSRC said in a statement that a regular onsite inspection found that the company released its 2020 annual report in Hong Kong earlier than it did in mainland China. Legend39;s disclosure via the […]

WELLINGTON, April 14 Reuters Manufacturing activity in New Zealand in March improved a tad due to strong new orders and positive employment, a survey showed on Thursday. The Bank of New ZealandBusiness NZ39;s seasonally adjusted Performance of Manufacturing Index PMI rose to 53.8 from 53.6 the previous month. A reading above 50 indicates an expansion […]