SYDNEY, Jan 24 Reuters Australian businesses conditions moderated for a third straight month in December, while price pressures began to ease, pointing to a likely peak in inflation, according to a business survey issued on Tuesday. The results may reduce pressure on the Reserve Bank of Australia to increase interest rates at its next policysetting […]

BENGALURU, Jan 24 Reuters Economies in the sixmember Gulf Cooperation Council GCC will grow this year at half the rate of 2022 as oil revenues take a hit from an expected mild global slowdown, according to the median view from a Reuters poll of economists. Crude oil prices, a major driver for Gulf economies, are […]

FRANKFURT, Jan 23 Reuters The European Central Bank will keep raising interest rates quickly to slow inflation which remains far too high, ECB President Christine Lagarde said on Monday, largely repeating the bank39;s most recent policy guidance. We have made it clear that ECB interest rates will still have to rise significantly at a steady […]

BANGKOK, Jan 24 Reuters Thailand received 11.15 million foreign visitors in 2022, a surge from just about 428,000 the previous year when broad pandemicrelated travel curbs were in place, tourism ministry data showed on Tuesday. The figures, which beat the government39;s target, reflect a solid turnaround as Thailand tries to revive its vital tourism industry, […]

BERLIN, Jan 24 Reuters Pressure on the German economy eased further in January as inflation slowed and businesses looked to the new year with optimism, a preliminary survey showed on Tuesday, although sentiment was still shy of predicting a return to growth. SP Global39;s flash composite Purchasing Managers39; Index PMI, which tracks both the manufacturing […]