Economic Indicators News

By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) - The number of cars made in Britain fell last year to the lowest since 1956, reflecting a major shortage of semiconductors used for electronic...

LONDON (Reuters) - Landlords in Britain increased the rents they advertise to new tenants by the most on record in 2021, according to a survey published on Thursday that...

BERLIN (Reuters) - The German government expects inflation to ease to the European Central Bank's price stability target of around 2% next year, Economy Minister Robert Habeck...

LONDON (Reuters) -The British public's expectations for inflation in 12 months' time jumped to a record high in January, according to a monthly survey that will bolster the Bank...

By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) -British manufacturers expect to raise prices by the most since 1977 over the next three months, as they wrestle with serious labour shortages...

BERLIN (Reuters) - The German economy is starting the new year with a "glimmer of hope" but it is too early to talk about a turnaround, Ifo economist Klaus Wohlrabe said on...

LONDON (Reuters) - British public sector net borrowing, excluding state banks, totalled 16.848 billion pounds ($22.71 billion) in December, official figures showed on Tuesday,...

By Jonathan Cable LONDON (Reuters) - The euro zone economic recovery weakened this month, despite an upturn in Germany where factories benefited from an easing in supply chain...

By Andy Bruce LONDON (Reuters) - British business activity cooled unexpectedly this month to an 11-month low but cost pressures stayed high, according to a survey that leaves the...

BERLIN (Reuters) - Strong factory output growth helped by easing supply bottlenecks pushed activity in Germany's manufacturing sector to a five-month high in January, a survey...

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's education minister Nadhim Zahawi said on Monday he still supported a tax hike due to come in from April, after a media report suggested that Prime...

TORONTO (Reuters) - A convoy of truckers started their march from Vancouver on Sunday to the Canadian capital city of Ottawa protesting the government's COVID-19 vaccine mandate...

(Bloomberg) -- Australia’s private sector shrank for the first time in four months and business confidence dived in response to a surge in Covid-19 cases that also brought...

By Christian Kraemer and Holger Hansen BERLIN (Reuters) -The German government will cut its economic growth forecast for this year to 3.6% from its October estimate of 4.1%,...

ROME (Reuters) -Italy approved a set of new measures on Friday designed to curb surging energy bills and help companies cope with the latest wave of coronavirus infections. The...

BERLIN (Reuters) - The German government expects inflation to reach 3.3% on average this year, after skyrocketing to 3.1% in 2021, according to a draft of the annual economic...

(Reuters) - Euro zone consumer confidence fell by 0.1 points in January from the December number, figures released on Friday showed. The European Commission said a flash estimate...

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Germany imported 7% less natural gas in the period from January to November 2021 than a year earlier, but its bill rose 78.5% as prices surged, official data...

By William Schomberg LONDON (Reuters) -British retail sales slumped in December after consumers did much of their Christmas shopping earlier than usual in November and many people...

LONDON (Reuters) - Investment firm Aquind said it was considering a legal challenge to the British government's decision on Thursday to turn down a planning application for a...

(Bloomberg) -- Applications for U.S. state unemployment insurance surged last week to a three-month high, suggesting that the omicron variant is having a bigger impact on the labor...

By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) -Britain's economy showed tentative signs of picking up last week as a wave of coronavirus cases driven by the Omicron variant eased, after...

LONDON (Reuters) - British house prices rose rapidly again last month as demand continued to outstrip the supply of homes coming to the market, a closely-watched gauge of the...

By David Milliken and Andy Bruce LONDON (Reuters) -Inflation in Britain rose faster than expected to its highest in nearly 30 years in December, intensifying a squeeze on living...

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Irish inflation rose to 5.5% year-on-year in December from 5.3% a month earlier to remain at a 20-year high, while annual house price growth increased for the...

LONDON (Reuters) - British house prices in November were 10.0% higher than a year earlier, up from 9.8% annual growth in October, the Office for National Statistics said on...

(Bloomberg) -- Australian household sentiment dropped this month in response to a surge of coronavirus cases that exacerbated existing supply chain problems and prompted shoppers...

By Duncan Miriri NAIROBI (Reuters) - Britain is partnering with Kenya to build a new rail hub in the capital Nairobi, and its development arm CDC Group will invest $1 billion in...

(Bloomberg) -- A gauge of New York state manufacturing slumped in January from a month earlier as measures of orders and shipments retreated sharply, suggesting the omicron variant...

By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) -British employers hired a record number of staff last month and labour shortages deepened - increasing the chance that the Bank of England will...

PRAGUE (Reuters) - Czech passenger car production fell by 4.1% to 1.105 million vehicles in 2021 as global chip shortages hit production, although a return to growth could come...

By Klaus Lauer and Paul Carrel BERLIN (Reuters) -German investor sentiment hit its highest in six months in January on expectations the incidence of COVID-19 cases will fall by...

By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -The global job market will take longer to recover than previously thought, with unemployment set to remain above pre-COVID-19 levels until at least...

LONDON (Reuters) - British consumer confidence edged lower in December, taking only a modest hit from the rapid spread of the Omicron variant of coronavirus, a monthly survey...

By Gina Lee Investing.com –China’s economy grew slower in 2021, potentially impacted by a property market slump. The slower growth also prompted the People’s Bank of China (PBOC)...