China39;s industrial output growth slowed in Oct, misses forecasts Retail sales up, boosted by holiday and Singles39; Day Property sector remains weak, too early to call turn in demand Trump win poses threat to China growth, may bring more stimulus BEIJING, Nov 15 Reuters China39;s factory output growth slowed in October and it was still […]

WASHINGTON, Nov 14 Reuters The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits fell last week, suggesting the labor market continued to chug along and that the abrupt slowdown in job growth in October was an aberration. Initial claims for state unemployment benefits dropped 4,000 to a seasonally adjusted 217,000 for the week ended […]

Statistics office conducts oil, gas investment survey 2024 forecast steady vs August, 2025 outlook raised Rising costs drive up price of new field developments OSLO, Nov 14 Reuters Investment in Norwegian oil and gas projects will rise to a record this year and may increase further in 2025 as inflation pushes up the costs of […]

Lower EU productivity growth explains gap with US, IMF study Europe39;s fragmentation hinders firms39; productivity Labor mobility in EU costs eight times more than in the US BRUSSELS, Nov 14 Reuters Cross border challenges are widening the gap between the output of Europeans and Americans, who have been moving ahead since the 1990s, a study […]

Nov 14 Reuters British house prices rose in October at the fastest pace in more than two years, according to a survey that on Thursday that mostly reflected sentiment before finance minister Rachel Reeves published her budget at the end of the month. The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors said its house price balance rose […]

TOKYO, Nov 14 Reuters The Japanese government is making arrangements to compile a supplementary budget of about 13.5 trillion yen 87 billion to fund a stimulus package to help lowincome households and offset rising prices, media reported. Under the plan, the government would provide 30,000 yen 193 to lowincome households that are exempt from residential […]

NEW DELHI, Nov 14 Reuters India39;s merchandise trade deficit in October widened more than expected to 27.14 billion, driven by a surge in imports, trade data released by the government on Thursday showed. Economists had expected the country39;s October trade deficit to be 22 billion, according to a Reuters poll, compared to 20.78 billion in […]

Nov 14 Reuters Telecoms group VEON is considering an initial public offering IPO for its Ukrainian unit Kyivstar in the U.S. as early as next year, CEO Kaan Terzioglu said on Thursday. We have not made those decisions yet, but we are committed to looking into IPOs of our local assets. And clearly, Kyivstar is one […]

Nov 14 Reuters Spain39;s European Unionharmonised 12month inflation rose to 1.8 in October, up from 1.7 in the period through September, final data released by the National Statistics Institute INE showed on Thursday. The 12month inflation rate was the same as the flash estimate reported by INE two weeks ago and the average expectation by […]

NEW DELHI, Nov 14 Reuters India39;s wholesale pricebased inflation accelerated to a fourmonth high of 2.36 year on year in October due to elevated food prices, government data released on Thursday showed. Inflation for October was higher than the 2.2 projected by economists in a Reuters poll, and up from 1.84 in September. Food prices rose […]