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By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) - Asia's factory activity contracted in January as the boost from China's COVID reopening had yet to offset headwinds from slowing U.S. and...

By Ambar Warrick  Investing.com-- Chinese manufacturing activity shrank in January, a private survey showed on Wednesday, painting a less rosy picture of the economy than official...

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Irish manufacturing activity eked out growth in January after two months of contraction, boosting confidence in the sector as cost pressures also eased...

BERLIN/PRAGUE (Reuters) - Seven European Union member states from the north and east of the bloc have written to Valdis Dombrovskis, vice president of the European Commission, to...

(Bloomberg) -- Even as reams of corporate earnings pour in, the Federal Reserve and its intentions for interest-rate policy still dominate sentiment on Wall Street. Take Tuesday,...

MADRID (Reuters) -Spain's leftist coalition government is set to approve an 8% rise to the national minimum wage in this election year, Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez told...

(Bloomberg) -- Wage growth was easing in most US cities by the end of last year and remained below the inflation rate in almost all of them, according to the latest regional pay...

By Gavin Jones ROME (Reuters) - Italy's economy shrank by 0.1% in the fourth quarter of last year from the previous three months, preliminary data showed on Tuesday, a slightly...

BERLIN (Reuters) - The European Union does not want to wage a subsidy war against the United States over its Inflation Reduction Act, EU Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni said in...

By Antonella Cinelli and Valentina Consiglio ROME (Reuters) - Marta Pizza, a 26-year-old swimming instructor, has worked at a Rome sports centre for the last two years earning...

By Joe Cash BEIJING (Reuters) -China's economic activity swung back to growth in January, after a wave of COVID-19 infections passed through the country faster than expected...

By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) -More companies suffered insolvency last year in England and Wales than any time since 2009, government figures showed on Tuesday, reflecting...

By Sergio Goncalves and Andrei Khalip LISBON (Reuters) -Portugal's economy grew 6.7% in 2022, its strongest rate in 35 years, boosted by domestic demand and booming tourism, but...

By Maria Martinez and Rachel More BERLIN (Reuters) -German retail sales unexpectedly fell in December as a Christmas shopping period weighed down by high inflation and the energy...

LONDON (Reuters) - Mortgage approvals in Britain slumped in December to levels seen during the global financial crisis, Bank of England data showed on Tuesday in a further...

By James Davey LONDON (Reuters) - British grocery inflation hit a record 16.7% in the four weeks to Jan. 22, dealing another blow to consumers battling an escalating...

BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany's unemployment rate remained stable in January, Labour Office figures showed on Tuesday. The Federal Labour Office said the number of people out of work...

PARIS (Reuters) - French inflation rose in January on higher energy prices after the government phased out some measures that had reined in increases, according to preliminary...

LONDON (Reuters) - The British public's predictions for inflation cooled again in January, according to a survey on Tuesday that should further comfort the Bank of England that...

PARIS (Reuters) -France managed to eke out meagre growth in the final quarter of 2022 as falling energy imports and firm business investment offset a pullback in consumer...

By Sachin Ravikumar and Will Russell LONDON (Reuters) - London school teacher Lucy Preston will miss her son's fourth birthday on Thursday because she has to work a second job in...

By Ambar Warrick Investing.com -- Chinese business activity grew past expectations in January, government data showed on Tuesday, as the recent relaxing of anti-COVID measures and...

By Ambar Warrick Investing.com -- Australian retail sales tumbled in December, data showed on Tuesday, as spending was strained by rising living costs and as a bulk of holiday...

By Muvija M LONDON (Reuters) -British firefighters have voted for a nationwide strike over a pay dispute, their trade union said on Monday, stopping short of setting out exact...

BERLIN (Reuters) - The German economy unexpectedly shrank in the fourth quarter, data showed on Monday, a sign that Europe's largest economy may be entering a much-predicted...

(Bloomberg) -- Americans stashed more money away last month, pulling back on discretionary spending amid a cloudier economic outlook.  The saving rate rose for a third month to...

By Scott Kanowsky Investing.com -- U.S. consumer spending contracted in the closing month of the year, according to Commerce Department data on Friday, in a possible sign that...

LONDON (Reuters) - Finance minister Jeremy Hunt said on Friday leaving the European Union has made the government's plan for growth possible, adding that Britain needs to make...

By Belén Carreño MADRID (Reuters) -Spain's gross domestic product grew a faster-than-expected 5.5% in 2022 as the country avoided a recession in the final quarter despite fears of...

LONDON (Reuters) - Soaring growth in the cost of rents in Britain is expected to cool as an increase in the number of homes on the market helped to cool competition between...

By Ambar Warrick Investing.com -- Inflation in Japan’s capital grew more than expected in January, data showed on Friday, heralding a similar rise in nationwide inflation and...

BERLIN (Reuters) - The tax revenues of Germany's federal and state governments increased by 7.1% in 2022 compared with the previous year, beating previous forecasts of a 6.4%...

By Asif Shahzad and Sudarshan Varadhan ISLAMABAD/SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Pakistan's generators produced more power than was required on Monday, causing voltage fluctuations that...

(Bloomberg) -- Sales of new US homes rose for a third month in December, wrapping up an otherwise disappointing year in which soaring borrowing costs stifled demand and weighed on...

BERLIN (Reuters) - German wholesalers can expect sales growth to halve in 2023 after a jump last year fuelled by rising prices, the BGA wholesale and foreign trade association...