HOUSTON, March 25 Reuters More than 250,000 barrels per day of U.S. crude is set to arrive in India next month, the highest in more than a year, ship tracking data showed, amid tighter enforcement of sanctions on Russian crude. India, the world39;s thirdbiggest oil importer and consumer, is looking to diversify its oil supplies […]

HONG KONG, March 26 Reuters Hong Kong private home prices fell for the tenth month in a row to the lowest since September 2016 in February, and they are expected to remain suppressed even after the government recently removed the decadelong curbs for the property market. Home prices in one of the world39;s most expensive […]

BERLIN, March 26 Reuters German consumer sentiment is expected to stay on its path of slow recovery in April, helped by fewer households seeing the need to save even as uncertainty about Germany39;s economic development still abounds, a survey showed on Tuesday. The consumer sentiment index published jointly by GfK and the Nuremberg Institute for […]

PARIS, March 26 Reuters France39;s public sector budget deficit widened last year by more than the government planned, official data showed on Tuesday, putting pressure on Paris as it struggles to keep its deficit reduction plans on track. Statistics agency INSEE said the 2023 public accounts showed a fiscal shortfall of 5.5 of economic output […]

March 26 Reuters Spain39;s gross domestic product expanded 0.6 in the fourth quarter from the previous quarter, final data from the National Statistics Institute INE showed on Tuesday, confirming a preliminary report released in January. Analysts polled by Reuters had also expected a quarteronquarter growth of 0.6. Spain39;s fourthquarter economic output grew 2.0 compared to […]

March 26 Reuters British housebuilder Bellway retained its annual homebuilding targets on Tuesday, after posting a 57 slump in halfyear profit, as an improvement in demand in recent months fuelled hopes of a recovery in the housing sector. The British housing market has seen signs of stability at the start of 2024 on easing mortgage rates […]

Average land prices up 2.3 as of Jan 1, 2024 Land prices rise for 3rd straight year Prices return to level before coronavirus pandemic TOKYO, March 26 Reuters Japan39;s land prices rose at the fastest pace in 33 years in 2023 and returned to the level seen before the coronavirus crisis, a government survey showed, […]

UK grocery inflation at lowest level since Feb. 2022 Kantar 23 of UK households still struggling financially Kantar Ocado was fastest growing grocer in 12 weeks to March 17 Kantar Asda was laggard with sales up 0.2 Kantar Aldi sales up 3.1 but market share edges lower Kantar LONDON, March 26 Reuters UK grocery price […]

SEOUL, March 26 Reuters South Korea39;s consumer sentiment dropped sharply in March on growing worries about higher produce prices, a central bank survey showed on Tuesday, as inflation hitting the dinner table emerges as a major policy issue at next month39;s elections. The consumer sentiment index fell to 100.7 in March from 101.9 in February, […]