Take Five: Growth, shops and rates
(Reuters) – China’s GDP figures, U.S. retail sales and a rate decision by the European Central Bank headline the coming week, while earnings are under way on both sides of…
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Column-America’s record ‘net debtor’ status enters the unknown: McGeever
By Jamie McGeever ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) – Foreign investors’ claims on Uncle Sam have been greater than U.S. investors’ claims overseas for decades, an imbalance that many analysts have long…
German inflation confirmed at 1.8% in September
BERLIN (Reuters) – German inflation eased to 1.8% in September, the federal statistics office said on Friday, confirming preliminary data. German consumer prices, harmonised to compare with other European Union…
Hungary’s economy to get boost from housing next year, PM Orban says
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary’s economic growth will accelerate substantially in the first half of next year due to an expected housing boom backed by government measures, Prime Minister Viktor Orban…
Column-Fed dashboard fogged by immigration uncertainty: Mike Dolan
By Mike Dolan LONDON (Reuters) – The Federal Reserve’s road ahead appeared crystal clear in September, but the picture is far foggier than many thought and the past and future…
Japan Sept inflation seen easing, export growth to slow: Reuters poll
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s core consumer inflation rate likely eased in September as energy costs eased due to government subsidies, while export growth slowed sharply, a Reuters poll showed on…
Morning Bid: Markets turn cautious before uncertain weekend
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Tom Westbrook Friday’s session brought a cautious mood to the markets, ahead of a smattering of data and…
Dollar bulls suffer setback as traders add to Fed cut bets
By Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) – The U.S. dollar fell from two-month highs hit overnight versus its major peers after signs of weakness in the labour market boosted the case…
ByteDance cuts over 700 jobs in Malaysia in shift towards AI moderation, sources say
By Rozanna Latiff KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – China’s ByteDance, the parent of social media platform TikTok, has laid off more than 700 workers from its Malaysian unit as the company…
Luxury goods unlikely to be next target of China’s EU trade retaliation, analysts say
(This Oct. 9 story has been corrected to fix the analyst’s estimate of the size of the China market to 25%, not 35%, of the global total, in paragraph 9)…