BERLIN, Jan 18 Reuters Germany is able to stick to its selfimposed 2024 debt brake in a 476.8 billion euros 517.8 billion proposal drawn up by the parliamentary budget committee on Thursday, according to the draft seen by Reuters and people familiar with the matter. Under the proposal, which concludes months of tense negotiation over […]

Dec core CPI rises 2.3 yryr, matches forecast Index excluding fresh food, fuel rises 3.7 yryr in Dec Steady rise in services prices signal broadening price pressure Markets expect BOJ to stand pat next week, some eye April exit TOKYO, Jan 19 Reuters Japan39;s core inflation stayed above the central bank39;s 2 target in December […]

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 19 Reuters Malaysia39;s economy likely grew 3.4 yearonyear in the fourth quarter of 2023, slightly faster than the previous threemonth period, official advance estimates showed on Friday. The pace of expansion in the OctoberDecember period was led by the services sector which grew 4.7 onyear in the quarter, the Statistics Department said […]

TOKYO, Jan 19 Reuters Core consumer inflation in Japan39;s capital Tokyo in January likely fell below 2 for the first time since May 2022, a Reuters poll of economists showed on Friday, reinforcing the view that price pressures are easing. The core consumer price index CPI in Tokyo, a leading indicator of nationwide inflation trends […]

DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan 19 Reuters Europe suffers from a lack of on the ground execution for subsidisied energy projects which leaves many far from completed, the chief executive of Portugal39;s largest utility firm Energias de Portugal said to Reuters in Davos. The European Commission had great vision at laying out projects on a higher level, […]

LONDON, Jan 19 Reuters Most public transport fares in London will remain the same this year, in a move aimed at easing costofliving pressures and boosting the retail and hospitality sectors, the city39;s mayor said on Friday. In London and across Britain, households have tightened their purse strings due to a costofliving crisis over the […]