A shopper (L) checks items inside a shoes shop at Shibuya shopping and amusement district in Tokyo, Japan, June 2, 2016. REUTERS/Issei Kato TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s consumer prices were expected to rise fractionally for an 11th straight month in November, a R... More »
FILE PHOTO: Traders react at the closing bell on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, (NYSE) in New York, U.S., November 30, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo LONDON (Reuters) – Two-thirds of investors believe U.S. tax cuts will boost equity marke... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – U.S. large cap stocks attracted their biggest inflows since April in the week Wednesday to Wednesday, Bank of America Merril Lynch (BAML) data showed on Friday, as investors eyed progress on long-awaited U.S. tax cuts. The planned tax overha... More »
TBILISI (Reuters) – Georgia expects state revenues and spending to rise next year and forecasts 4.5 percent economic growth in the budget passed by the parliament on Friday. The former Soviet republic, through which pipelines carry Caspian oil and gas to Europ... More »
FILE PHOTO: A man walks past a factory at the Keihin industrial zone in Kawasaki, south of Tokyo, Japan, August 18, 2016. Picture taken on August 18, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo TOKYO (Reuters) – A measure of business confidence among big Japanese ... More »
A manufacturer displays camera housing during the China Public Security Expo in Shenzhen, China October 30, 2017. Picture taken Octoberr 30, 2017. REUTERS/Bobby Yip LONDON/HONG KONG (Reuters) – Global manufacturing expanded at the fastest pace in years last mo... More »
FILE PHOTO: An employee works at a beer production line at Japanese brewer Kirin Holdings’ factory in Toride, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan July 14, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese manufacturing activity expanded at the fastest p... More »
German Chancellor Angela Merkel of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) during the exploratory talks about forming a new coalition government in Berlin, Germany, November 19, 2017. REUTERS/Axel Schmidt BERLIN (Reuters) – Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday... More »
FILE PHOTO: A worker looks on as a drill breaks the pavement on a construction site next to Barangaroo building complex in Sydney’s central business district (CBD) Australia, November 9, 2017. REUTERS/Daniel Munoz SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s economy is expe... More »
Japanese wages will rise by 2.0 percent to 2.5 percent at next spring's annual negotiations, falling short of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's goal of 3 percent, economists polled by Reuters predicted. More »
A burst of Chinese data over the next few weeks is expected to show the world's second-biggest economy cooled further in October as policy makers harden efforts to reduce financial risks and foster long term sustainable growth. More »
South Korea's central bank is expected to raise interest rates for the first time in more than six years at its Nov. 30 meeting, months earlier than previously anticipated, after the economy grew at a robust pace in the third quarter. More »
U.S. economic growth probably slowed in the third quarter as hurricanes Harvey and Irma restrained consumer spending and undercut construction activity, but underlying momentum likely remained strong amid robust business investment on equipment. More »
Singapore's labor demand is expected to improve in the near term but accumulated slack in the market will take time to be absorbed and wage pressures are unlikely to build up rapidly, the central bank said on Friday. More »
The European Central Bank on Thursday took a step towards weaning the euro zone off loose money on Thursday but promised years of stimulus and even left the door open to backtracking. More »
Japanese banks lag behind their global counterparts in boosting profitability as they compete for dwindling lending opportunities in a shrinking market, the country's central bank said on Monday. More »
Members of the Bank of England interest rate setting committee were speaking in parliament on Tuesday. They also supplied statements to the Treasury Committee. Below are some of their comments: More »
New Bank of England Deputy Governor Dave Ramsden said on Tuesday he was in no hurry to vote for an interest rate hike because he saw little sign of inflation pressure building in Britain's labor market. More »
British inflation rose to its highest level in more than five years in September, according to official data that could make the Bank of England more likely to raise interest rates next month. More »
Wages and inflation in the 19-country euro zone will eventually rise but more slowly than earlier thought, requiring continued patience from policymakers, European Central Bank President Mario Draghi said on Saturday. More »
Business activity in China's services sector grew at its slowest pace in 21 months in September as the pace of new business cooled, a private survey showed. More »
Fostering monetary conditions conducive to economic growth were a constant consideration for Indian policymakers, but would not take priority over achieving the central bank's inflation target, Governor Urjit Patel told a newspaper on Monday. More »
Venezuelan auto worker Celso Nunez spends his days moonlighting as a mover and trading salvaged building materials in his worn-out red pick-up. More »
Japanese companies' inflation expectations eased slightly in September from three months ago in a worrying sign the economy continues to struggle with a deflationary mindset. More »
Euro zone inflation undershot expectations in September, Eurostat data showed on Friday, highlighting that price growth remained week and supporting the European Central Bank's case for only gradual removal of stimulus. More »
Hopes for higher wage growth across Britain are receding, apart from in a few sectors of the labor market that suffer from acute skill shortages, according to a report published on Monday by recruitment company Hays. More »
The wealth of U.S. households rose to $96.2 trillion in the second quarter of this year as U.S. stock prices hit record highs and home values continued to climb, a report by the Federal Reserve showed on Thursday. More »
The European Central Bank will maintain its ultra-easy policy stance until it is happy with the path of inflation in the euro zone, ECB's policymaker Philip Lane said, citing a new round of cheap loans to banks as one of the available tools. More »
Japan's economy grew in the second quarter at the fastest pace in more than two years as consumer spending and capital expenditure both rose at the fastest in more than three years, highlighting stronger domestic demand. More »
FILE PHOTO – Shoppers look at meat on offer on a market stall in Moscow February 8, 2013. By Zlata GarasyutaMOSCOW – Russia faces the prospect of slightly higher inflation this year and a weaker rouble than previously expected, a Reuters p More »
FILE PHOTO: A businessman walks past the Reserve Bank of Australia in Sydney February 4, 2014. Australia’s central bank on Tuesday marked a full year without changing interest rates, and many economists suspect rates could stay at record lows of 1.5 percent fo... More »
FILE PHOTO: Employees work at a engine factory of CSSC Wartsila Engine (Shanghai) Co. Ltd in Shanghai, China June 13, 2017. Factories in China and Japan motored ahead in July, giving investors optimism that the global economy can carry momentum through into th... More »
FILE PHOTO: Newly manufactured cars of the automobile maker Honda await export at port in Yokohama, Japan, January 16, 2017. – Japan’s manufacturing activity grew in July at the slowest pace in eight months as export demand weakened, a private survey showed on... More »
FILE PHOTO: Customers push shopping trolleys on an escalator at the Bercy shopping centre in Charenton Le Pont, near Paris, August 29, 2013. Data in the coming week should confirm the euro zone economy is running hot, after the IMF upgraded growth forecasts an... More »
Following are five themes likely to dominate thinking of investors and traders in the coming week and the Reuters stories related to them. More »
FILE PHOTO: Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz (L) speaks with Bank of England governor Mark Carney as they gather for a family photo after a meeting of G-20 finance ministers and central bank governors during the IMF-World Bank annual meetings in Washingto... More »
FILE PHOTO: A man looks at a mobile phone in front of the Bank of Japan building in Tokyo, Japan June 16, 2017. REUTERS/Toru Hanai/File Photo Japan’s central bank will cut its inflation forecasts but hold off expanding stimulus this month, people familiar with... More »
FILE PHOTO: A view of a vegetable market in La Trinidad, Benguet in northern Philippines August 6, 2016. REUTERS/Erik De Castro The Philippines’ annual inflation eased for a second straight month in June due to slower price increases in food and transport, dat... More »
FILE PHOTO: San Francisco Federal Reserve President John Williams speaks to Reuters in San Francisco, California, U.S. on September 27, 2016. REUTERS/Stephen Lam/File Photo With the U.S. economy at full employment and inflation set to hit the Federal Reserve’s... More »
A man looks at a mobile phone in front of the Bank of Japan building in Tokyo, Japan June 16, 2017. REUTERS/Toru Hanai Japanese big manufacturers’ confidence is expected to have improved for a third straight quarter in June to match the peak seen two years ago... More »
FILE PHOTO: A woman checks vegetables at the Biocompany organic supermarket in Berlin, January 31, 2013. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch/File Photo Germans’ purchasing power increased in the first quarter at its weakest rate in more than three years as inflation accel... More »
Jeffrey Gundlach, Chief Executive Officer, DoubleLine Capital LP., speaks at the Sohn Investment Conference in New York City, U.S. May 4, 2016. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid The U.S. Treasury yield curve flattening could become a concern for economic growth when tw... More »
A man stands in the middle of Grand Central Terminal as he speaks on a cell phone, in New York, September 25, 2013. REUTERS/Zoran Milich Americans’ love of their smartphones and apps may be contributing to the sluggish pace of inflation that is worrying Wall S... More »
Incoming Philippine Central bank Governor Nestor Espenilla speaks during a news conference at the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas in Manila, Philippines May 9, 2017. REUTERS/Karen Lema The Philippines central bank is closely watching the rapid pace of domestic cre... More »
FILE PHOTO: Workers chat outside a construction site in Beijing’s central business district, December 29, 2014. REUTERS/Jason Lee/File Photo China’s economy generally remained on solid footing in May, but tighter monetary policy, a cooling housing market and s... More »
Customers peruse goods at Makola market in Accra, Ghana, June 15, 2015. REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko/File Photo Ghana’s annual consumer price inflation fell to 12.6 percent in May from 13.0 percent the previous month, the statistics office said on Wednesday. More »
FILE PHOTO: A huge Euro logo is pictured by the headquarters of the European Central Bank (ECB) in Frankfurt, September 29, 2011. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski/File Photo The impact of the European Central Bank’s 2.3 trillion asset purchase program on inflation has b... More »
Flags fly over the Federal Reserve Headquarters on a windy day in Washington, U.S., May 26, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque A surprisingly weak run of U.S. inflation data has investors backing off bets the Federal Reserve will meet its three targeted interest rat... More »
Bank of Korea Governor Lee Ju-yeol speaks during a news conference at Seoul Foreign Correspondent’s Club January 22, 2015. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji South Korean President Moon Jae-in said on Monday unemployment was “very serious” and it could turn into a national c... More »
European Central Bank President Mario Draghi listens during a news conference following the Governing Council meeting in Tallinn, Estonia, June 8, 2017. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins Euro zone bond yields hit multi-month lows and the euro dipped below $1.12 on Thursday... More »
FILE PHOTO: People walk in Omotesando shopping district in Tokyo, Japan May 17, 2017. REUTERS/Toru Hanai/File Photo Japan’s economic growth was much weaker in the first quarter than initially estimated, the Cabinet Office said, but analysts made light of the d... More »
Ken Griffin, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Citadel, speaks during the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., May 1, 2017. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson Ken Griffin, founder and chief executive of hedge fund firm Citadel LLC, s... More »
FILE PHOTO – John C. Williams, President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, speaks at the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California, U.S. on May 2, 2016. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo The U.S. economy is at or near ... More »
San Francisco Federal Reserve President John Williams said on Monday that medium-term trends in inflation remain “pretty favorable,” despite some recent soft U.S. consumer price data. More »
Two people walk towards the entrance of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand located in the New Zealand capital city of Wellington, March 22, 2016. REUTERS/Rebecca Howard/File Photo New Zealand’s central bank on Monday said that a world of “radical uncertainty” has... More »
Canada’s Finance Minister Bill Morneau (R) speaks with Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann during the G7 for Financial ministers meeting in the southern Italian city of Bari, Italy May 12, 2017. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi An economic recovery and robust outlook... More »
Bank of England Governor Mark Carney leaves after speaking at 2017 Institute of International Finance (IIF) policy summit in Washington, U.S., April 20, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas Faced with Brexit unknowns, a national election and mixed economic data, Bank of ... More »
Two people walk towards the entrance of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand located in the New Zealand capital city of Wellington, March 22, 2016. REUTERS/Rebecca Howard/File Photo The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) defied market expectations it would adopt a ... More »
FILE PHOTO: A cashier displays the new 2000 Indian rupee banknotes inside a bank in Jammu, November 15, 2016. REUTERS/Mukesh Gupta/File photo India’s inflation likely cooled in April due to lower food prices, but the pullback may not give the Reserve Bank of I... More »
FILE PHOTO: A man runs past the Bank of Japan (BOJ) building in Tokyo, Japan, July 29, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo The Bank of Japan kept monetary policy unchanged on Thursday and offered its most optimistic assessment of the economy in nine years,... More »
FILE PHOTO – A worker verifies a product at a steel factory in Dalian, Liaoning province, China September 1, 2016. China Daily/via REUTERS China’s producer price inflation cooled for the first time in seven months in March as iron ore and coal prices tumbled, ... More »
Workers work at a construction site in front of Shanghai’s financial district of Pudong in Shanghai, China March 27, 2017. REUTERS/Aly Song Developing Asia is on track to post its slowest annual growth in 16 years this year as it adjusts to China’s rebalancing... More »
File photo: Jeffrey Gundlach, Chief Executive Officer, DoubleLine Capital LP., speaks at the Sohn Investment Conference in New York City, U.S. May 4, 2016. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid There is no risk of a high-yield junk bond “meltdown” because the risk of a rec... More »
FILE PHOTO – A man works around a metal procession machine at a factory in Urayasu, east of Tokyo October 9, 2014. REUTERS/Issei Kato Japanese big manufacturers’ business confidence improved for a second straight quarter to hit a one-and-a-half year high in Ma... More »
Japanese manufacturing activity expanded in March at a slightly slower pace than the previous month as growth in new export orders and output slowed, a revised survey showed on Monday. More »
U.S. dollar bank notes are seen in a bank in Budapest August 8, 2011. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo As doubts grow over whether the dollar will resume the rally that took it to 14-year highs against other major currencies early this year, at least one measure seems ... More »
With the U.S. workforce nearly fully employed and inflation heading toward 2 percent, the Federal Reserve should raise interest rates two more times this year and continue work on a plan to gradually trim its massive balance sheet, Dallas Federal Reserve Bank ... More »
Rick Rieder, BlackRock’s Global Chief Investment Officer, speaks during the Reuters Global Investment Outlook Summit in New York City, U.S., November 14, 2016. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid Markets are emboldened by the tone of monetary policymakers following an in... More »
Indonesia’s central bank is widely expected to keep its policy interest rate unchanged on Thursday to support growth while it guards against rising inflation and capital outflow pressures. More »
China’s Premier Li Keqiang waves as he arrives for a news conference after the closing ceremony of China’s National People’s Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, March 15, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas Peter Premier Li Keqiang said on Wedne... More »
China aims to cut taxes and fees for companies by 1 trillion yuan ($144.65 billion) this year, Premier Li Keqiang said Wednesday. More »
China’s Premier Li Keqiang gestures during a news conference after the closing ceremony of China’s National People’s Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, March 15, 2017. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj China needs to relocate nearly 1 million... More »
China’s Premier Li Keqiang gestures during a news conference after the closing ceremony of China’s National People’s Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, March 15, 2017. REUTERS/Jason Lee China will continue to push yuan exchange r... More »
FILE PHOTO: Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen delivers semiannual monetary policy testimony during a House Financial Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S. on February 15, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas/File Photo The Federal Reserve is exp... More »
FILE PHOTO – A police officer keeps watch in front of the U.S. Federal Reserve in Washington, DC, U.S. on October 12, 2016. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo U.S. household wealth has hit record levels. U.S. stock prices recently hit all-time highs. Inflation ... More »
FILE PHOTO – A Japanese flag flutters atop the Bank of Japan building in Tokyo, Japan, September 21, 2016. REUTERS/Toru Hanai/File Photo The Bank of Japan is expected to keep monetary policy steady on Thursday and stress that inflation is nowhere near levels t... More »
U.S. President Donald Trump’s senior advisor Jared Kushner (L) and the head of the National Economic Council Gary Cohn, talk with Fiat Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne (C) during Trump’s meeting with U.S. auto industry CEOs at the White House in Washington Janua... More »
A man counts U.S dollar bills at a money exchange office in central Cairo, Egypt, March 7, 2017. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany The dollar firmed to seven-week highs against the yen on Friday, as investors awaited U.S. jobs data ahead of next week’s Federal Rese... More »
The likelihood of a more aggressive U.S. Fed after an expected March rate rise failed to dent stock market investments over the past week, with equity funds receiving $11.8 billion for a 10th straight week of inflows, data showed on Friday. More »
President of the European Central Bank (ECB) Mario Draghi arrives for a news conference after the bank’s governing council meeting at the ECB headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany, March 9, 2017. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach The European Central Bank no longer sees a ... More »
The European Central Bank should roll back its monetary stimulus since inflation in the euro zone has reached its price stability objective, the head of Germany’s Ifo economic institute said on Thursday as the central bank gathered for a policy meeting. More »
People walk in front of a store on a commercial street in downtown Sao Paulo December 4, 2014. REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker Brazil’s annual inflation rate probably fell in February to its lowest level since 2010, easing below 5 percent to approach the government tar... More »
FILE PHOTO: A worker works at a construction site in Shanghai, China March 3, 2017. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo Lin Wong More »
China will ensure prices stay basically stable this year while at the same time deepening price reform, a vice chairman at the state planner said on Monday. More »
The Federal Reserve building is seen in Washington June 19, 2012. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas Two tools that the Federal Reserve heavily relies upon to predict U.S. inflation in fact provide little practical help, and the Fed would be wise to only modestly overshoot i... More »
People are seen at a market street in Tokyo, Japan, January 23, 2017. Picture taken on January 23, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon Japan’s core consumer prices rose for the first time in over a year in January thanks to a pickup in energy costs, but a slump in ho... More »
An employee works on an assembly line producing automobiles at a factory in Qingdao, Shandong Province, China, March 1, 2016. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo Asian factories extended a global manufacturing revival as activity picked up steam in February, though th... More »
A labourer cuts steel bars at a railway bridge construction site in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, China, September 12, 2015. REUTERS/China Daily China’s factory activity expanded faster than expected in February as domestic and export demand picked up, adding... More »
FILE PHOTO: A police officer keeps watch in front of the U.S. Federal Reserve building in Washington, DC, U.S., October 12, 2016. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque Risks of both rising stock market volatility and inflation coupled with substantial underpricing on both fr... More »
A factory floor of XCMG Group is seen in Xuzhou, Jiangsu province, China August 14, 2015. REUTERS/Brenda Goh/File Photo Activity in China’s manufacturing sector likely grew modestly for the seventh month in a row in February as resources prices extended a rapi... More »
FILE PHOTO:Fireworks explode next to the Quadriga sculpture atop the Brandenburg gate during New Year celebrations in Berlin, Germany, January 1, 2017. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch/File Photo Over the years, euro zone economic growth has been a bit like the Sirens ... More »
President Donald Trump is interviewed by Reuters in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., February 23, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday spoke positively about a border adjustment tax being pushed by Republi... More »
Malawi’s President Peter Mutharika has dismissed the agriculture minister after an investigation into claims that the country paid too much for a delivery of maize from Zambia. More »
FILE PHOTO:A worker walks in the foundry at the Areva Creusot Forge site in Le Creusot, France, January 11, 2017. REUTERS/Robert Pratta/File Photo Euro zone inflation rose to an annual rate of 1.8 percent in January, the European Union statistics agency said o... More »
Men walk toward the Bank of Japan (BOJ) building in Tokyo, Japan, September 21, 2016. REUTERS/Toru Hanai The likelihood of more monetary stimulus in Japan is diminishing, according to a Reuters poll of economists who were largely split on the central bank’s ne... More »
Alejandro Diaz de Leon, the newest member of the Mexican central bank, attends an interview with Reuters in Mexico City, Mexico February 20, 2017. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez Mexico’s central bank will focus on risks to inflation as well as economic growth when... More »
Alejandro Diaz de Leon, the newest member of the Mexican central bank, speaks on the phone before an interview with Reuters in Mexico City, Mexico February 20, 2017. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez Mexico’s central bank faces difficult decisions as it balances a sp... More »
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Urjit Patel smiles while attending a seminar during the Vibrant Gujarat investor summit in Gandhinagar, India, January 11, 2017. REUTERS/Amit Dave The governor of India’s central bank said it needs to look beyond recent... More »
India’s central bank needs to ensure that the hard earned gains with regard to macro-economic stability are maintained and able to withstand global financial volatility, said Governor Urjit Patel in an interview to CNBC-TV18 news channel. More »
United States one dollar bills are seen on a light table at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington in this November 14, 2014, file photo. REUTERS/Gary Cameron/Files The dollar ground out an 11th straight daily rise on Wednesday, as investors’ focus... More »
