TOKYO, April 12 Reuters Japanese households39; inflation expectations rose in the three months to early March, a central bank survey showed on Friday. The survey was conducted between Feb. 8 and March 5. Of the households surveyed by the Bank of Japan, 83.3 said they expected prices to rise a year from now, up from […]

SEOUL, April 12 Reuters South Korea39;s central bank said on Friday greater uncertainty on the inflation outlook and the strength of exports argued against a near term push to cut interest rates after the bank left the policy rate steady at a 15year high. To give a sixmonth ahead outlook or so, all of the […]

April 12 Reuters China39;s central bank is set to leave a key policy rate unchanged when rolling over maturing mediumterm loans on Monday, a Reuters survey showed, while a vast majority of respondents also expect some liquidity to be drained via the bond instrument. Market watchers widely believe Beijing will continue to prioritise the stability […]

BERLIN, April 12 Reuters German inflation eased in March, helped by a drop in energy and food prices, final data from the federal statistics office showed on Friday. Inflation in Europe39;s largest economy slackened in March to 2.3, its lowest level since June 2021. German consumer prices, harmonised to compare with other European Union countries, […]

April 12 Reuters Britain is on course to exit its shallow recession after economic output grew for a second month in a row in February and January39;s reading was revised higher, official data showed on Friday. Gross domestic product expanded by 0.1 in monthly terms in February, as expected in a Reuters poll of economists. […]

ADDIS ABABA, Reuters Ethiopia may have to decide on a big currency devaluation sooner rather than later to secure a rescue loan from the International Monetary Fund IMF, which left the country last week without reaching a muchneeded deal with authorities. East Africa39;s most populous country, already struggling with high inflation, became the third African state […]

FRANKFURT, April 12 Reuters Economists are sticking to their view that inflation in the euro zone will fall to 2 and stay there, a European Central Bank poll showed on Friday, in comforting news as the ECB prepares to cut interest rates. The ECB39;s latest Survey of Professional Forecasters SPF put inflation at 2.4 this […]

BEIJING, April 12 Reuters Foreign buyers will throng the vast halls of China39;s biggest trade expo from Monday, scouting for deals on Chinese goods that U.S. and European governments complain are flooding global markets. The 135th Canton Fair comes as China is making a strategic policy shift, accelerating resource distribution towards its manufacturing complex and away from […]

March crude oil imports slip 6.23 from previous year First quarter natural gas imports at highest level on record Reuters records March refined fuel product exports up 9.4 on previous year BEIJING, April 12 Reuters China39;s crude oil imports in March fell from high levels a year earlier but remained strong amid a surge in […]

April 12 Reuters Spain39;s European Unionharmonised 12month inflation rate HICP rose to 3.3 in March from 2.9 in the period through February on the back of higher electricity prices, final data released by the National Statistics Institute INE showed on Friday. The value added tax VAT on electricity returned to 21 from 10 after the […]