AMSTERDAM, Aug 16 Reuters Economic growth in the Netherlands is seen at 0.6 in 2024, the government39;s policy adviser CPB said on Friday, a downgrade from 1.1 following a weaker than expected first half of the year. A forecast for a rebound to 1.6 in 2025 remained unchanged, but the agency said the budget deficit […]

LONDON, Aug 16 Reuters Alan Taylor, an economics professor with a focus on international economics and financial crises, has been appointed to the Bank of England39;s Monetary Policy Committee, Britain39;s finance ministry said on Friday. Britishborn Taylor is currently a professor at Columbia University in New York and alongside his academic career has worked as […]

WASHINGTON, Aug 15 Reuters U.S. singlefamily homebuilding fell sharply in July as higher mortgage rates and house prices kept prospective buyers on the sidelines, suggesting that the housing market remained depressed at the start of the third quarter. Singlefamily housing starts, which account for the bulk of homebuilding, tumbled 14.1 to a seasonally adjusted annual […]