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Business activity index drops to 52.4 in January Employment measure increases to 53.7 from 51.4 in December Price gauges rise across manufacturing, services sectors WASHINGTON, Jan 24 Reuters U.S. business activity slowed to a ninthmonth low in January amid rising price pressures, but firms reported boosting hiring, supporting the Federal Reserve39;s cautious approach to cutting […]

PARIS, Jan 24 Reuters France39;s services sector shrank further in January as businesses faced weak demand and political uncertainty, according to a closelywatched business survey by SP Global published on Friday. The HCOB Flash Services PMI Business Activity Index declined to 48.9 from 49.3 in December, below analysts39; expectations for a reading of 49.3, and […]

BERLIN, Jan 24 Reuters Business activity in Germany39;s private sector stabilised in January, marking an end to a sixmonth contraction as services growth offset a continued decline in manufacturing output, according to a survey published on Friday. The HCOB German flash composite Purchasing Managers39; Index, compiled by SP Global, rose to 50.1 in January, up […]

MOSCOW, Jan 24 Reuters Russian companies surveyed by the central bank expect inflation in 2025 of 10.7, more than double the official forecast, and named labour shortages as one of the main factors stopping them expanding production, the central bank said on Friday. It held interest rates at 21 in December, surprising the market which […]

Jan 24 Reuters Energy costs lifted Spanish manufacturing prices in 2024 following a contraction in the previous year, the National Statistics Institute INE said on Friday. Manufacturing prices rose 2.3 last year after a 6.3 decline in the previous year, when energy prices fell from a peak in 2022 prompted by the war in Ukraine, […]