Economic Indicators News

By Kevin Yao and Gabriel Crossley BEIJING (Reuters) -China's factories slowed their output growth in April and retail sales significantly missed expectations as officials warned...

(Reuters) - China's aluminium production in April rose to a record monthly volume, official data showed on Monday, after a relaxation of output curbs in Inner Mongolia boosted...

(Bloomberg) -- China’s economic activity moderated in April from its record expansion in the first quarter as retail sales missed forecasts. Industrial output rose 9.8% in April...

BEIJING (Reuters) - Real estate investment in China rose 21.6% in the first four months of 2021 from a year earlier, cooling from a 25.6% gain seen in the first three months,...

LONDON (Reuters) - Nearly half of smaller British manufacturers expect to recover to their pre-pandemic health in the coming months, with investment and hiring plans on the rise,...

LONDON (Reuters) - British house prices have risen further over the past month as sellers seek to take advantage of an extended tax break on property sales, figures from property...

By Geoffrey Smith  Investing.com -- Fears of the U.S. economy running hot receded on Friday after new data showed a slowdown in consumer spending in April. Retail sales were flat...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's exports likely grew more than 30% year-on-year in April, the most in more than a decade, a Reuters poll showed on Friday, but the base effect was a major...

By William Schomberg LONDON (Reuters) -Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey said there might be a role for a state-backed digital currency in Britain although there would be big...

(Bloomberg) -- Applications for U.S. state unemployment insurance fell to a fresh pandemic low last week as businesses fill positions left open by restrictions. Initial claims in...

LONDON (Reuters) -Online job adverts are on the rise in Britain, pushed up by the reopening of pubs and restaurants and other hospitality firms, and consumers are spending more...

BEIJING (Reuters) - Foreign direct investment (FDI) into China in the first four months of the year jumped 38.6% from the same period last year to 397.07 billion yuan ($61.55...

By Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's service sector confidence fell at the sharpest pace in a year in April, a Cabinet Office survey showed on Thursday, as curbs aimed...

(Reuters) -Bank of England Chief Economist Andy Haldane said on Wednesday it is realistic to expect UK growth to be in the double-digits a year from now, in a column in the Daily...

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's wheat imports accelerated in March and are running well above last season's pace, customs data showed on Wednesday. Wheat imports for the month...

By Geoffrey Smith  Investing.com -- U.S. inflation surged to its highest rate since the eve of the 2008 financial crisis in April, as last year's collapse in oil prices and a...

(Bloomberg) -- U.S. consumer prices climbed in April by the most since 2009, amid a record increase in used-car costs and signaling a build-up in inflationary pressures as...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Euro zone industrial production rose much less than expected in March, with month-on-month growth held back by a slump in the output of capital and durable...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's outstanding total social financing (TSF), a broad measure of credit and liquidity in the economy, rose 11.7% to 296.16 trillion yuan ($45.97 trillion)...

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese banks extended 1.47 trillion yuan ($228.21 billion) in new yuan loans in April, down from March and missing analysts' expectations. Analysts polled by...

By Parisa Hafezi DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's hardline former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday registered to run again in an election in June which is being seen as a test...

By William Schomberg and Andy Bruce LONDON (Reuters) -Britain's pandemic-battered economy grew more strongly than expected in March as it gathered speed for a bounce-back from its...

BEIJING (Reuters) - Vehicle sales in China rose 8.6% in April versus the same month a year earlier, their 13th consecutive month of gains, industry data showed on Wednesday, as...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's coincident indicator index rose in March, the government said on Wednesday, supported by strong retail sales and exports, even as the coronavirus crisis...

ROME, May 11 (Reuters) - Italian industrial output was weaker than expected in March, slipping 0.1% from the month before after a 0.1% rise in February, data showed on Tuesday. A...

BERLIN (Reuters) -Corporate insolvencies in Germany fell by 21.8% on the year in February, the Federal Statistics Office said on Tuesday, continuing a downtrend since the...

LONDON (Reuters) - British shoppers bought warm clothes to meet friends and family outdoors - part of a broader rise in retail spending last month as many shops re-opened - and...

By Stella Qiu and Ryan Woo BEIJING (Reuters) -China's factory gate prices rose at the fastest rate in three and a half years in April as the world's second-largest economy gathers...

(Bloomberg) -- China’s factory-gate prices surged more than expected in April, supported by gains in commodity prices and a low base of comparison from last year, while consumer...

ROME (Reuters) -The head of the World Trade Organisation said on Monday she hoped that by December the body's members will have reached a "pragmatic" solution over whether to...

BERLIN (Reuters) - Investor morale in the euro zone rose in May to its highest level since March 2018 on all-time high expectations and an upbeat evaluation of the current...

LONDON (Reuters) -British house prices increased last month at the fastest annual rate for five years, helped by finance minister Rishi Sunak's extension of tax cut for buyers,...

By Dominique Vidalon PARIS (Reuters) - The French economy will return to its pre-COVID 19 levels of economic activity by the first half of 2022, said French Finance Minister Bruno...

(Bloomberg) -- Australia’s business sentiment broke new records in April in a result National Australia Bank (OTC:NABZY) Ltd.’s Alan Oster described as “simply stunning,” with the...

By Geoffrey Smith  Investing.com -- The U.S. economy created far fewer jobs in April than estimated, casting doubt over the strength of the economic recovery.  The :Labor...