Economic Indicators News

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia on Sunday signed an economic agreement with the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) aimed at increasing trade and investment, concluding almost...

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Finland has cancelled planned bond auctions for the remainder of the year and is on course to cut debt in 2018 for the first time in a decade, the finance...

PARIS (Reuters) - France's budget deficit is likely to overshoot the European Union's limit of 3 percent of GDP next year and reach 3.4 percent, National Assembly...

By Shu Zhang and Ryan Woo RUCHENG COUNTY, China (Reuters) - In the heart of an impoverished village in southern China, a life-sized statue of Mao Zedong sits on a platform adorned...

By Tom Sims FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Europe's biggest insurers successfully withstood the latest tests of their ability to cope with severe market shocks, the European...

By Francesco Guarascio BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte expressed hope on Friday of reaching a deal with Brussels this weekend over his government's...

By Jan Strupczewski BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union leaders took a step towards deeper euro zone integration on Friday to help prevent future crises, but deep disagreement...

(Bloomberg) -- Russia’s central bank unexpectedly increased borrowing costs for the second time this year ahead of a spike in inflation next quarter from a tax hike and...

By Dhara Ranasinghe LONDON (Reuters) - Borrowing costs in the euro area fell on Friday as weak data from the euro zone and China fanned worries about global growth, a day after...

By Jonathan and Cable LONDON, Dec 14 (Reuters) - - Euro zone business ended the year on a weak note, expanding at the slowest pace in over four years as new order growth all but...

BERLIN, Dec 14 (Reuters) - Germany's private sector expansion slowed to a four-year low in December, a survey showed on Friday, suggesting growth in Europe's largest...

PARIS, Dec 14 (Reuters) - French business activity plunged unexpectedly into contraction this month, retreating at the fastest pace in over four years in the face of violent...

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Volkswagen (DE:VOWG_p), Renault (PA:RENA) and Fiat Chrysler (MI:FCHA) led an 8.1 percent decline in European car sales in November, the main regional...

MILAN (Reuters) - The Italian government is "happy" to be able to lower its deficit target for next year, Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio said on Friday in a...

(Bloomberg) -- Chinese industrial production and retail sales growth slowed last month, though a pickup in investment may indicate that stimulus is beginning to reach the real...

By Kevin Yao and Lusha Zhang BEIJING (Reuters) - China's November retail sales grew at their weakest pace since 2003 and industrial output rose the least in nearly three...

BERLIN (Reuters) - Britain's departure from the European Union will hit some German businesses harder than others, but should not have a serious impact on the overall...

By Leika Kihara and Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese business confidence and capital expenditure plans held steady from three months ago, a closely-watched central...

By Alasdair Pal and Sanjeev Miglani NEW DELHI (Reuters) - When Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor Urjit Patel abruptly resigned on Monday, it stunned many people in government...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. federal government ran a $205 billion (£162.1 billion) deficit in November, according to data released on Thursday by the Treasury Department....

By Gavin Jones and Giuseppe Fonte ROME (Reuters) - Italy's surprise decision to sharply cut its budget deficit goal does little to address the problems of its finances or a...

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland is on track to hit its target of 7.5 percent gross domestic product growth for 2018 after it came in at 7.4 percent at the end of the third quarter,...

BERLIN (Reuters) - The German economy remains on a growth track due to strong domestic demand, but the upswing is being slowed down by a difficult trade environment and temporary...

LONDON (Reuters) - A measure of British house prices hit a six-year low in November as the approach of Brexit put off buyers and sellers, a survey of property valuers showed on...

EDINBURGH (Reuters) - Scotland's pro-independence devolved government announced tax relief on Wednesday for lower earners and steady pressure on higher earners in 2019/2020,...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Italy has lowered its deficit target for next year to 2.04 percent of output and expects the European Commission to accept its new 2019 budget proposal, Prime...

BERLIN (Reuters) - A hard Brexit would hit the export-oriented German economy hard, the DIW economic institute said on Wednesday, adding that it was in both Britain and the...

(Bloomberg) -- Australia’s tumbling property prices could shave up to 1.2 percentage points from economic growth in 2019 as the decline hits housing construction and consumer...

By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - The European Union is set to implement a commitment to avoid disruption in the cross-border derivatives market if Britain crashes out of the bloc...

BERLIN (Reuters) - The German government on Tuesday cut its economic growth forecast for this year as Economy Minister Peter Altmaier predicted an economic expansion of around 1.5...

LONDON, Dec 11 (Reuters) - British workers had their biggest pay rise in a decade in the three months to October as the country's strong labour market showed no sign of...

BERLIN (Reuters) - German economic sentiment picked up in December, the ZEW research institute said on Tuesday, but it warned that fourth quarter growth was set to be subdued and...

By Abhinav Ramnarayan LONDON (Reuters) - France's 10-year borrowing costs climbed to their highest level compared with Germany in a year and a half on Tuesday, as French President...

Investing.com - The UK unemployment rate remained unchanged in October, while wage inflation picked up to its fastest pace in 10 years, according to official data released...

By Yilei Sun and Adam Jourdan BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's automobile sales fell about 14 percent in November from a year earlier, the country's top auto...