COLOMBO, Oct 23 Reuters Sri Lanka39;s consumer price inflation rate eased to 0.8 yearonyear in September from 2.1 in August, the statistics department said on Monday. The National Consumer Price Index captures broader retail price inflation and is released with a lag of 21 days every month. Food prices fell 5.2 in September after declining 5.4 […]

FRANKFURT, Oct 23 Reuters The European Central Bank may be predicting that wages in the euro zone will catch up with prices, but its staff will have no such luck as they face a loss in purchasing power for a third straight year, based on preliminary estimates seen by Reuters. The ECB expects wages in the […]

LONDON, Oct 23 Reuters Britain39;s Office for National Statistics ONS said it would publish an adjusted rate for unemployment and other measures of the labour market on Tuesday, a week after scaling back its jobs data release due to low response rates to its monthly survey. Tomorrow we will publish a new series using additional […]

Oct 23 Reuters China is set to approve slightly more than 1 trillion yuan 137 billion in additional sovereign debt issuance on Tuesday as Beijing steps up its efforts to spur infrastructure spending and encourage economic growth, three sources told Reuters. China39;s top legislators, the standing committee of the National People39;s Congress NPC, are set […]

BOJ under pressure as 10year yield nears 1 cap set in July No consensus within BOJ on whether more YCC tweaks needed in Oct Some in BOJ opposed to steps that would be seen as rate hike Fate of YCC to come under scrutiny at BOJ39;s Oct. 3031 meeting TOKYO, Oct 23 Reuters A recent […]

MUMBAI, Oct 23 Reuters The maturing of the Reserve Bank of India39;s 5 billion swap on Monday led to a surge in demand for cash dollars and a drop in the overnight swap rate, but did not cause major disruptions in the premium and spot forex markets. The RBI39;s dollarrupee swap, executed in April 2022, […]