SYDNEY, July 1 Reuters Australian job advertisements fell for a fifth straight month in June, data showed on Monday, as labour demand continued to ease in the face of high interest rates and a slowing economy. Data from Australia and New Zealand Banking Group and employment website Indeed showed job ads fell 2.2 in June from […]

LONDON, July 1 Reuters French political uncertainty and an EU trade spat with China are casting a shadow over European corporate earnings, investors say, despite forecasts that companies are set to deliver better results. Secondquarter earnings for companies in the panEuropean STOXX 600 are seen rising 2 and revenues increasing by 1.7, LSEG IBES data shows, […]

Big manufacturers39; sentiment index at 13 vs 11 in March Servicesector index at 33 vs 34 in March Corporate inflation expectations rise slightly Sharp downgrade to Q1 GDP seen affecting BOJ39;s forecasts TOKYO, July 1 Reuters Japan downgraded firstquarter gross domestic product GDP on Monday and the servicesector business mood soured in June on concerns […]

LONDON, July 1 Reuters British house prices showed a small gain in June from May but the impact of higher borrowing costs is still weighing on the property market, mortgage lender Nationwide said on Monday. Prices rose by 0.2 in monthly terms and were 1.5 higher than in June last year, it said. Britain39;s housing […]

BERLIN, July 1 Reuters Inflation fell in five important German states in June, preliminary data showed on Monday, suggesting that national inflation could decline this month. In Saxony, the inflation rate fell in June to 2.8 from 3.1 in the previous month, in Brandenburg it fell to 2.6 from 2.9, in BadenWuerttemberg it fell to […]

BERLIN, July 1 Reuters The downturn in Germany39;s manufacturing sector, which accounts for about a fifth of Europe39;s biggest economy, experienced a fresh setback in June as output and new orders declined at a faster pace, a survey showed on Monday. The HCOB final Purchasing Managers39; Index PMI for German manufacturing fell to 43.5 in […]

LONDON, July 1 Reuters British consumers increased their borrowing in May by the most in four months after a dip in April, Bank of England data showed on Monday, adding to signs of recovering momentum in the country39;s economy. Consumer borrowing grew by a net 1.5 billion pounds 1.9 billion, the most since January and […]