Factory chimneys are seen at Keihin industrial zone in Kawasaki, south of Tokyo, Japan, August 18, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo Japan’s factory output rose in November and manufacturers expect to ramp up production in coming months, data showed on W... More »
Japanese retail sales rose 1.7 percent in November from a year earlier, government data showed on Wednesday, compared with a median market forecast for a 0.6 percent increase. More »
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A worker walks between shipping containers at a port in Tokyo, Japan, February 18, 2016. REUTERS/Thomas Peter Japan’s export performance improved strongly in November as rapid decline in the yen and a recovery in overseas demand boosted shipments from the trad... More »
An apartment building is seen on a hazy day in Hefei, Anhui province, March 26, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo China’s home prices slowed further last month as a raft of curbs cooled a furious price rally, but a supply shortage in parts of the nation and si... More »
Euro zone lenders put a short-term debt relief deal for Greece on hold on Wednesday after the Athens government proposed a one-off payout to pensioners, the euro zone bailout fund ESM said. More »
Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos delivers a speech during a parliamentary session before a budget vote in Athens, Greece, December 10, 2016. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos on Thursday defended Athens’ plans to pay... More »
Heavy machineries are seen next to a subway train at a construction site in Tokyo, Japan, March 13, 2016. REUTERS/Yuya Shino Japan’s October core machinery orders rose for the first time in three months to beat expectations, government data showed – a tentativ... More »
A container ship is loaded at a terminal in the harbour of Hamburg, Germany September 23, 2012. REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer/File Photo Britain’s decision to leave the European Union, unpredictable U.S. policy under president-elect Donald Trump, and political uncerta... More »
By Lisa Rapaport(Reuters Health) – When parents have a history of depression, teens are at greater risk for developing the disorder themselves, and s More »
By Gene Emery(Reuters Health) – Two of the largest suppliers of the life-saving drug naloxone have dramatically increased their prices in recent year More »
Euro coins are seen in front of a displayed Greece flag in this picture illustration, June 29, 2015. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo Euro zone finance ministers hope to reach a compromise on Greek reforms on Monday in a final bid to get International Monetary Fu... More »
Chinese 100 yuan banknotes are seen in this picture illustration taken in Beijing July 11, 2013. REUTERS/Jason Lee/File Photo Growth in China’s services sector accelerated to a 16-month high in November, a private survey showed, though the increase in new orde... More »
Business activity growth in the United Arab Emirates’ non-oil private sector rebounded slightly in November from a six-month low in October, according to a corporate survey published on Monday. More »
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras (L) and French President Francois Hollande attend a European Union leaders summit in Brussels, Belgium October 21, 2016. REUTERS/Stephane De Sakutin/Pool – RTX2PU1R Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and French President Fr... More »
A truck transports containers at Hanjin Shipping’s container terminal at the Busan New Port in Busan, about 420 km (261 miles) southeast of Seoul August 8, 2013. REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won South Korea’s exports are expected to rise in November for the first time sinc... More »
A worker stands in front of containers at a port in Shanghai. China May 10, 2011. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo China’s trade deficit in services narrowed to $20.9 billion in October from $23.3 billion in September, the foreign exchange regulator said on Monday.... More »
German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble takes questions from reporters during a press conference with Chinese Finance Minister Lou Jiwei (not pictured) at the annual meetings of the IMF and World Bank Group in Washington October 7, 2016. REUTERS/James Lawle... More »
By Lisa Rapaport(Reuters Health) – A new calculator can help couples see their odds of success with in vitro fertilization (IVF) before they start tr More »
A general view shows Yanjiao, Hebei province, China, November 13, 2015. REUTERS/Jason Lee/File Photo China’s real estate investment growth quickened in October to its highest since April 2014, but analysts say stepped up measures to curb a red-hot housing mark... More »
Government spending in China posted a rare drop in October, but still surged 10 percent in the first 10 months of the year as officials looked to shore up economic growth. More »
New houses are seen in Huaxi village, at Jiangsu province December 3, 2010. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo China’s economy largely showed further signs of steadying in October as expected, but disappointing retail sales growth and fears of U.S. trade frictio... More »
U.S. President elect Donald Trump speaks at election night rally in Manhattan, New York, U.S., November 9, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo After Donald Trump’s unexpected victory in the U.S. presidential election, investors may refocus in the coming week o... More »
Shoppers sit with bags in London, Britain August 25, 2016. REUTERS/Neil Hall British consumers ramped up their spending last month but some of the increase was due to higher motor fuel prices and concerns about higher inflation are growing, surveys showed on T... More »
Cranes are seen above piles of steel pipes to be exported at a port in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, China, December 1, 2015. REUTERS/China Daily/File Photo China’s exports and imports fell more than expected in October, with weak domestic and global demand a... More »
Shoppers ride an escalator at a Target Store in Chicago, November 25, 201. REUTERS/John Gress The U.S. economy is on track to grow at a 3.1 percent annualized pace in the fourth quarter due to expected stronger consumer spending and equipment investments as we... More »
U.S. worker productivity increased at its fastest pace in two years in the third quarter, More »
A job seeker (L) talks with a corporate recruiter (R) as he peruses the man’s resume at a Hire Our Heroes job fair targeting unemployed military veterans and sponsored by the Cable Show, a cable television industry trade show in Washington, June 11, 2013. REUT... More »
An assembly line to produce hybrid engine’s motor is pictured at Honda’s transmission factory in Hamamatsu, Japan, August 23, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon Japanese manufacturing activity expanded in October at the fastest pace in nine months as new orders rose... More »
A laborer works in a container area at a port in Tokyo, Japan, March 16, 2016. REUTERS/Toru Hanai/File Photo – RTX2H39B Japan’s exports fell for a 12th straight month in September from a year earlier, official data showed, as the yen’s gains undermined export ... More »
A man carrying an umbrella passes as storm clouds gather over Shell’s Pulau Bukom oil refinery in Singapore, December 17, 2014. REUTERS/Edgar Su/File Photo During Singapore’s full moon festival last month, employer John Kong was focused more on cost-cutting th... More »
An aerial view of shipping containers stacked at the port of Singapore February 14, 2012. REUTERS/Edgar Su/File Photo Singapore’s exports in September slid less than expected as shipments to top customer China declined at a slower pace and sales to Europe rebo... More »
China’s national flag is seen in front of cranes on a construction site at a commercial district in Beijing, China, January 26, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon China’s economic growth is expected to cool to 6.6 percent this year and slow further to 6.5 percent in... More »
By Madeline Kennedy(Reuters Health) – Health might be its own reward, but even cash incentives only work in the short term to motivate people to exer More »
The logo of the Bank of Korea is seen on the top of its building in Seoul, South Korea, July 14, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji South Korea’s central bank is forecast to keep interest rate policy on hold on Thursday as board members weigh the risks from household d... More »
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan attends a joint news conference with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin (not pictured) following their meeting in Istanbul, Turkey, October 10, 2016. REUTERS/Osman Orsal Turkish President Erdogan told Iraqi Prime Minister H... More »
South Korea’s finance minister said on Tuesday that Samsung Electronic Co Ltd’s (005930.KS) deepening crisis over its Galaxy Note 7 smartphone would hurt exports if the phone model is scrapped altogether. More »
By Lisa Rapaport(Reuters Health) – Chemotherapy regimens for breast cancer can vary wildly in price even when they are comparable in their ability to More »
By Andrew M. Seaman(Reuters Health) – People with terminal illnesses may legally end their lives with certain medications in the U.S. state of Washi More »
Takayasu Watanabe holds a box of chalks at his office where he used to run chalk-making business for decades before closing down last year, during an interview with Reuters in Nagoya, Japan, August 9, 2016. REUTERS/Tetsushi Kajimoto Japan’s small firms, many o... More »
A chimney emitting fire is seen in a factory at Keihin industrial zone in Kawasaki, Japan, September 14, 2016. Picture taken September 14, 2016. REUTERS/Toru Hanai Japanese manufacturing activity expanded for the first time in seven months in September, a priv... More »
A vegetable vendor (R) takes money from customer at a morning market in Jakarta, Indonesia, October 3, 2016. REUTERS/Beawiharta Indonesia’s annual inflation rate in September rose slightly from the pace in August, but remained close to near seven-year lows, da... More »
By Lisa Rapaport(Reuters Health) – Women with early-stage breast cancer may have fewer treatment complications and lower costs when they don’t get a More »
The shock over Britain’s decision to quit the European Union has been overcome for now, Ifo economist Klaus Wohlrabe told Reuters on Monday after the institute’s monthly survey showed business morale in Germany surging in September. More »
People walk on a shopping street in the southern German town of Konstanz January 17, 2015. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann German business morale rose far more than expected in September, reaching its highest level in more than two years, a survey showed on Monday, sign... More »
Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Barack Obama discussed the conflicts in Syria and Ukraine at their meeting on the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit in China’s Hangzhou, Russian media cited the Kremlin spokesman as saying on Monday. More »
Companies in China may save up to 150 billion yuan ($22.5 billion) a year if they are allowed to contribute less to employees’ social security and housing plans, a research institute at the top economic planning agency said on Monday. More »
By Leika Kihara and Tetsushi Kajimoto | TOKYO TOKYO Japan’s economic growth ground to a halt in April-June as weak exports and shaky domestic demand prompted companies to cut spending, putting fresh pressure on premier Shinzo Abe to come up with policies that ... More »
NEW YORK The U.S. economy is on track to grow at a 3.5 percent annualized rate in the third quarter following weaker-than-expected data on retail sales in July, the Atlanta Federal Reserve’s GDP Now forecast model showed on Friday. The latest third-quarter GDP... More »
CAIRO Egypt has reached a preliminary agreement with the International Monetary Fund after nearly two weeks of talks to secure a $12 billion lending program and will make an announcement on Thursday, two government sources said. The sources said no deal had be... More »
BERLIN Audi (VOWG_p.DE) sold 2.3 percent more cars in July on growing demand for the redesigned top-selling A4 saloon, though kept trailing behind German luxury rivals BMW (BMWG.DE) and Mercedes-Benz (DAIGn.DE). Audi’s global sales increased to 149,400 cars an... More »
BASRA, Iraq Iraq’s oil exports from its southern ports rose to 3.2 million barrels per day (bpd) on average in July, up from 3.175 million bpd in June, as the OPEC nation increased crude production, Iraqi oil officials said. Output at the Luhais field, operate... More »
LONDON Aug 1 – Manufacturing growth across the euro zone eased in July, a survey showed on Monday, and signs of a sharper slowdown outside powerhouse Germany may add to calls for the European Central Bank to loosen policy again. Markit’s Purchasing Managers’ I... More »
BEIJING Activity in China’s manufacturing sector eased unexpectedly in July as orders cooled and flooding disrupted business, an official survey showed, adding to fears the economy will slow in coming months unless the government steps up a huge spending spree... More »
BRUSSELS Economic growth in the euro zone slowed in the second quarter as uncertainty before the British vote to leave the European Union swirled, data showed on Friday, and economists said it could be a sign of future weaker growth. Gross domestic product (GD... More »
BRUSSELS Inflation rose more than expected in the euro zone in July, driven mostly by higher prices of food, alcohol and tobacco products, according to a first estimate from the EU’s statistics agency released on Friday. Eurostat said that inflation in the 19 ... More »
TOKYO Japan’s exports fell less than expected in June in a tentative sign that overseas demand could be recovering from persistent weakness that set in last year. Slowing decline in exports could ease concerns for Japan’s policymakers as they try to revive gro... More »
SYDNEY Australian inflation likely braked to all-time lows in the second quarter, if analyst forecasts prove right, cementing the case for another cut in interest rates as early as next month. When underlying inflation slowed surprisingly sharply to a record l... More »
SEOUL South Korea’s economic growth was expected to show little improvement over April-June versus the first quarter in sequential terms, a Reuters poll found on Monday, as weak exports and capital investment continue to undermine growth. The economy was expec... More »
LONDON Retail tycoon Philip Green’s greed and disregard for corporate governance led to the demise of BHS and the loss of 11,000 jobs, a joint parliamentary committee said, calling the collapse of the British stores group “the unacceptable face of capitalism.”... More »
ANKARA The Turkish economy will not suffer permanently from Friday’s failed coup attempt despite a short-lived, downward impact on growth, Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Simsek said on Monday. Simsek said Turkey’s macroeconomic fundamentals were solid and the go... More »
BEIJING Home price rises in China slowed in June for a second straight month, adding to fears that a construction-led rebound in the economy may not be sustainable. The property market is a key driver of the world’s second-largest economy and a robust recovery... More »
TAIPEI Orders for Taiwan’s exports in June probably contracted for the 15th straight month, as sluggish global demand continued to hit the island’s technology products, a Reuters poll showed. Twelve economists surveyed forecast export orders would contract for... More »
LONDON Britain’s biggest companies are beset by doubts about the future after last month’s vote to leave the European Union and have slashed their investment plans, according to a survey on Monday that bodes poorly for the economy. Some 82 percent of chief fin... More »
BEIJING China’s exports fell more than expected in June as global demand remained stubbornly weak and as Britain’s decision to leave the European Union clouds the outlook for one of Beijing’s biggest markets. Imports also shrank more than forecast, indicating ... More »
WASHINGTON U.S. retail sales rose strongly in May as Americans bought automobiles and a range of other goods, even as they paid more for gasoline, suggesting that economic growth was gaining steam despite a sharp slowdown in job creation. Other data on Tuesday... More »
WASHINGTON, June 14 U.S. business inventories barely rose in April as sales recorded their biggest increase in more than two years, pointing to a slow pace of inventory accumulation that could weigh on economic growth in the second quarter. The Commerce Depart... More »
WASHINGTON, June 14 – U.S. import prices recorded their biggest increase in more than four years in May on rising costs of petroleum and other products, pointing to firming inflation as the drag from a strong dollar and lower oil prices fades. The Labor Depart... More »
WASHINGTON The U.S. economy created the fewest number of jobs in more than 5-1/2-years in May as manufacturing and construction employment fell sharply, which could make it harder for the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates. Nonfarm payrolls increased by o... More »
ATHENS Greece’s government trumpeted a debt relief deal with other euro zone countries on Wednesday as the beginning of the end of its bruising six-year financial crisis but Greeks remained skeptical and markets were cautious. After years of austerity demanded... More »
NEW YORK – Pfizer Inc has taken steps to ensure that none of its products are used in lethal injections, the largest U.S. drugmaker said on Friday. “We are enforcing a distribution restriction for specific products that have been part of, or considered by some... More »
BEIJING China’s consumer inflation remained modest in April, while producer prices’ four-year slump moderated as commodity prices rebounded, easing concerns about deflationary risks to the world’s second-largest economy. But analysts disagreed on whether the p... More »
WASHINGTON U.S. small business confidence rebounded from a two-year low in April amid growing labor market optimism, supporting views economic growth will regain momentum in the second quarter. The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) said on Tue... More »
BENGALURU/SYDNEY Asian factories barely grew in April and those in the euro zone did little better despite heavy discounting, setting a sluggish tone on Monday for the global economy in the second quarter. Japanese manufacturing activity shrank last month at t... More »
BRUSSELS/BERLIN Overcoming years of poor health and crisis, the euro zone economy grew at its fastest pace in five years in the first quarter, driven by unlikely stars such as France and Spain. It now stands larger that in did at its peak before the financial ... More »
(Reuters Health) – While many forms of e-cigarette advertising increase the odds that teens will try the devices, a new U.S. study suggests that this generation of digital natives is most enticed by promotions they see online. Big U.S. tobacco companies are al... More »
JAKARTA A tax amnesty program planned by Indonesia’s government could potentially attract home 560 trillion rupiah ($42.38 billion) of assets stashed offshore, the central bank governor told a parliamentary commission on Monday. The amnesty program could also ... More »
BEIJING China’s economy expanded a seasonally-adjusted 1.1 percent in the first quarter of 2016 from the fourth quarter of last year, National Bureau of Statistics data showed, the lowest quarterly expansion on record since 2010. The slower-than-expected quart... More »
NEW DELHI India’s finance ministry is asking for regular progress reports from tax collectors and has set a date for an amnesty to pay off arrears on undeclared domestic assets, as the government intensifies efforts to meet its ambitious deficit target. A seri... More »
SHANGHAI China’s consumer price inflation rose less than expected in March, flattening out after a four-month strengthening trend, but wholesale prices remained stubbornly in deflation. Consumer prices in March rose 2.3 percent, below a median forecast of 2.5 ... More »
SYDNEY Australian retail sales were surprisingly muted in February, a red flag for hopes that consumer spending could offset global headwinds and keep the economy accelerating through the first half. Combined with a very subdued private-sector reading on infla... More »
BEIJING Capital expenditure by Chinese companies fell to the lowest in at least five years in the first quarter, a private survey showed, highlighting persistent weakness in the economy even as the government ratchets up policy support to head off a sharper sl... More »
CAIRO Egypt promised tough action to restore growth on Sunday with a government program that aimed to reduce the budget deficit while protecting the poor as public anger mounts over a deteriorating economy. Prime Minister Sherif Ismail, reading out a 79-page p... More »
(Reuters Health) – U.S. doctors and hospitals throw out almost $3 billion (roughly 2.7 billion euros) in unused cancer drugs each year because the medicines come in supersized single-use packages and excess medicine must be discarded for safety reasons, a rece... More »
NEW YORK Home prices are rising faster than wages in most of the United States, making homeownership increasingly difficult for average Americans in some of the most populous areas of the country, according to a report released on Thursday. The report found th... More »
TOKYO Japan’s core machinery orders jumped in January, inflated by large orders from the steel industry, but economists say excluding this factor orders were probably flat from the previous month. The 15.0 percent monthly rise in core orders, a highly volatile... More »
LONDON Iran has managed to sell only modest volumes of oil to Europe since the lifting of sanctions seven weeks ago and several former buyers are staying away, citing legal complications and Tehran’s reluctance to sweeten terms to win back customers. Tehran ha... More »
TOKYO Japan’s industrial output rose the most in a year in January, tentatively signaling a pick up in factory activity, but the outlook remains far from assured given global market jitters and weakening demand both at home and abroad. The 3.7 percent month-on... More »
NEW DELHI India will release data on Monday showing it remains one of the fastest growing economies in the world, but economists are struggling to reconcile that rosy picture with ground realities like weak exports, investment, and flat corporate order books. ... More »
BEIJING Activity in China’s manufacturing sector contracted more than expected in January, missing market expectations and weaker than the previous month, an official survey showed on Monday. The official Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) stood at 49.4 in Janua... More »
SHANGHAI Chinese highly volatile shares ended lower again on Wednesday after plunging on Tuesday, taking losses in 2016 to about 22 percent or 12 trillion yuan ($1.8 trillion). The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index ended down 0.5 percent, having been up in th... More »
SYDNEY Australian price pressures remained restrained last quarter as underlying inflation slowed to the very bottom of policy makers’ target range, offering the scope but not necessarily the trigger for a cut in interest rates. Key measures of underlying infl... More »
BEIJING China’s economic growth in the fourth quarter slowed to the weakest since the financial crisis, adding pressure on a government that is struggling to restore the confidence of investors after perceived policy missteps jolted global markets. Concerns ab... More »
PARIS Economic conditions are stabilizing in China and the outlook is for steady growth in the euro zone, while the U.S. and UK economies are losing steam, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development said on Monday. The Paris-based OECD said tha... More »
BERLIN Economic sentiment in the euro zone deteriorated more than expected in January as an economic slowdown in China and its impact on the world economy unsettled investors, survey data released on Monday showed. The Frankfurt-based Sentix research group’s i... More »
LONDON Moribund. Decrepit. Sclerotic. Popular words to describe the economy shared by the 19 countries of the euro zone – but perhaps no longer apt. Very slowly – and primarily because of massive stimulus from the European Central Bank – the euro zone is showi... More »
BENGALURU/NEW YORK The global economy finished last year on a fragile footing, with factory activity in China shrinking for the 10th month running in December, while euro zone manufacturing picked up but U.S. activity slowed. Coming on a day of volatility in A... More »
BEIJING The International Monetary Fund’s decision on Ukraine’s debt to Russia did not change anything to Moscow, Russian Deputy Finance Minister Sergei Storchak told reporters in Beijing on Thursday. The International Monetary Fund’s Executive Board decided t... More »
BERLIN German industrial output inched up in October, data from the Economy Ministry showed on Monday, in a sign that this sector of Europe’s largest economy is recovering slightly at the start of the fourth quarter after a rough patch in the summer. While the... More »
SHANGHAI China’s economy will likely grow at or above 6.5 percent next year, an official think-tank said in a report in the China Securities Journal on Monday. The country’s consumer price index (CPI) will rise about 1.5 percent, government think-tank the Stat... More »
