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 […]

FRANKFURT, April 28 Reuters One in three managers at the European Central Bank is German, giving the ECB39;s host country an ever bigger representation than its size would imply, ECB data showed on Thursday. The ECB39;s first breakdown of its staff and management by nationality also showed that France, the euro zone39;s secondlargest country, was […]

PARIS, April 29 Reuters French inflation rose unexpectedly in April to hit a record high driven by surging energy prices, preliminary EUharmonised data showed on Friday, putting fresh pressure on newly reelected President Emmanuel Macron. The INSEE statistics agency said consumer prices rose 0.5 in April, for a 12month inflation rate of 5.4, up from […]

BENGALURU, April 29 Reuters The Reserve Bank of Australia will raise interest rates for the first time in more than a decade on Tuesday and join a long list of central banks now expected to tighten policy at a much faster pace than previously thought, a Reuters poll found. A surge in inflation to the […]

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 […]

LONDON, April 28 Reuters The British public39;s expectations for inflation have fallen after rising for several months, according to a survey that the Bank of England keeps track of as it considers how fast it needs to keep raising interest rates. U.S. bank Citi and polling firm YouGov said their gauge of expectations for inflation […]

Import tariffs for coal will be cut to zero from 36 Limited impact on Indonesia coal and Australia imports Tariff cuts could benefit Russian coal imports traders BEIJING, April 28 Reuters China will cut import tariffs for all types of coal to zero from May 1, 2022, until March 31, 2023, the finance ministry said […]

LONDON, April 28 Reuters Borrowing costs for U.S. dollars in currency derivatives markets rose sharply on Thursday after the dollar surged to within striking distance of its highest levels in two decades. The dollar rose past the psychological level of 130 yen on Thursday for the first time since 2002, after the Bank of Japan […]