MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has signed a decision imposing extra duties of 25-40 percent on some imports from the United States in response to Washington’s tariff move, the Russian economy ministry said on Friday. The extra duties... More »
SAN MIGUEL, Argentina (Reuters) – At an abandoned train station in Buenos Aires’ working-class suburb of San Miguel, hundreds of Argentines gather with bags of clothes, rice, flour and sugar to trade. Most are women, some accompanied by children. Cardboard sig... More »
Euro zone factory growth slowed to an 18-month low in June, slipping for the sixth month in a row amid widespread concerns about trade barriers and their impact on overall economic activity, a survey showed on Monday. IHS Markit’s June final manufacturing Purc... More »
BERLIN (Reuters) – German manufacturing export sales and new orders grew at their slowest pace in more than two years in June, a survey showed on Monday, adding to signs the sector is cooling as fears of a full-blown global trade war cloud the economic outlook... More »
TOKYO (Reuters) – Business confidence among Japan’s big manufacturers worsened for a second straight quarter in the three months to June, a Bank of Japan survey showed, with the outlook clouded by U.S. trade protectionism and rising input costs. It was the fir... More »
AMMAN (Reuters) – Hundreds of Jordanians took to the streets of the capital Amman on Sunday in a fourth day of nightly protests against IMF-backed price increases that have shaken the kingdom, witnesses said. They said demonstrators who converged near the cabi... More »
LONDON/BEIJING (Reuters) – Factory growth in major manufacturing hubs showed signs of cooling last month as companies braced for potential damage from rising global trade tensions while also grappling with accelerating inflation and a strong dollar. U.S. Presi... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – May was a manic month for markets but brace yourself for June. An unprecedented summit between North Korea and the United States is back on the agenda, and there are other events on the radar to potentially convulse world markets — from Turk... More »
TOKYO (Reuters) – A self-driving car service could be on Tokyo’s public roads in time for the 2020 Olympics as Japan looks to drive investment in new technology to drive economic growth, according to a government strategic review announced on Monday. The strat... More »
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s jobless rate held steady in April and the availability of jobs also remained unchanged, government data showed on Tuesday. The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate stood at 2.5 percent, the Internal Affairs ministry said. The result ... More »
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela warned businesses on Monday not to slow operations during next week’s monetary overhaul to remove three zeros from the hyperinflationary economy’s prices, a measure critics say could create chaos because it is being implemented so... More »
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Monday members of the government’s top economic council agreed that the central bank is guiding monetary policy appropriately. Abe also said the government and the Bank of Japan have reaffirmed their... More »
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s exports accelerated in April on increased shipments of cars and machines used to make semiconductors, with rising volumes suggesting healthy overseas demand could help the economy recover quickly from a dip in the first quarter. Expor... More »
TOKYO (Reuters) – Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda on Tuesday signaled the possibility of allowing long-term interest rates to rise above zero before his 2 percent inflation target is met. “It’s not as if we will defend the 10-year yield target of around... More »
BERLIN (Reuters) – German economic growth slowed slightly more than expected in the first quarter of the year due to weak trade, data showed on Tuesday, but analysts called it a blip and predicted Europe’s biggest economy would shift into a higher gear again. ... More »
BEIJING (Reuters) – China reported weaker-than-expected investment and retail sales in April and a drop in home sales, clouding its economic outlook even as policymakers try to navigate debt risks and defuse a heated trade row with the United States. Fixed ass... More »
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey’s Tayyip Erdogan said he plans to take greater control of the economy after presidential elections next month and the central bank will have to take note of what the president says and act accordingly. His comments helped pushed the... More »
DUBAI (Reuters) – Kuwait will not implement value-added tax before 2021 but will push ahead with introducing excise tax, parliament’s budget committee said in a statement posted on the assembly’s website on Tuesday. “The committee said implementation of value-... More »
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s property investment growth slowed in April while sales marked their biggest fall in six months as higher borrowing costs and increased curbs on buyers weighed on demand, backing views that a key driver of the economy is losing some ... More »
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Damaging revelations of widespread misconduct in Australia’s banking sector could hurt house price growth and household spending, the country’s central bank said on Tuesday in a fresh signal that rates will stay at record lows for some time.... More »
BERLIN (Reuters) – German industrial orders unexpectedly dropped for the third month running in March due to weak foreign demand, data showed on Monday, suggesting factories in Europe’s largest economy are shifting into a lower gear. Contracts for German goods... More »
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia’s central bank is expected to leave its benchmark interest rate unchanged at a policy meeting on Thursday, a day after the country holds a general election, a Reuters poll showed. Eleven economists polled by Reuters were unani... More »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. job growth likely accelerated in April after a weather-related slowdown in the previous month, with the unemployment rate expected to drop to near a 17-1/2-year low of 4.0 percent. The Labor Department’s closely watched employment r... More »
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s central bank kept policy steady on Friday but ditched a timeframe it had set for hitting an inflation target, in a surprise move analysts say is aimed at keeping market expectations for more stimulus in check. The Bank of Japan at its... More »
SINGAPORE/HONG KONG (Reuters) – Asia’s most externally vulnerable economies – India, Indonesia and the Philippines – have just taken a one-two punch. U.S. 10-year Treasury bond yields US10YT=RR hit 3 percent this week, a level long touted as one to watch for p... More »
BEIJING (Reuters) – Growth in China’s vast manufacturing sector is expected to have eased slightly in April, as factory-gate prices stayed subdued in a possible sign of slowing domestic demand, while a simmering Sino-U.S. trade row heightened risks for the ind... More »
PARIS (Reuters) – French economic growth slowed slightly more than expected in the first quarter as business investment and exports eased, a first estimate from the INSEE statistics agency said on Friday. The euro zone’s second-biggest economy grew 0.3 percent... More »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. economy likely slowed in the first quarter as growth in consumer spending braked sharply, but the setback is expected to be temporary against the backdrop of a tightening labor market and large fiscal stimulus. Gross domestic pr... More »
BEIJING (Reuters) – China will strive hard to achieve this year’s economic targets, the politburo, a top decision-making body of the ruling Communist Party said on Monday, according to state media. China still faces many difficulties in fighting what the gover... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – Business activity across the euro zone was still growing as the second quarter began, but at a more modest rate than around the turn of the year, a survey showed on Monday. The euro zone unexpectedly was one of the best-performing major econ... More »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. retail sales rebounded in March after three straight monthly declines as households boosted purchases of motor vehicles and other big-ticket items, suggesting consumer spending was heading into the second quarter with momentum. The ... More »
HOSSZUHETENY, Hungary (Reuters) – The pre-election fanfare over Hungary’s stellar growth and surging wages hardly registers with Laszlo Reisch, an employee in a government works program who is stuck on the wrong side of a growing social divide. Prime Minister ... More »
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese business sentiment worsened for the first time in two years in the three months to March, a closely watched central bank survey showed on Monday, as rising raw materials and labor costs weigh on an otherwise steady economic recovery.... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s current account deficit was much smaller than expected last year, its statistics office said on Thursday, potentially easing concerns about the country’s reliance on foreign investors to fund itself as Brexit nears. The Office for ... More »
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s government began laying the groundwork on Thursday for big spending next year to offset the impact of a planned nationwide sales tax hike. The government should manage fiscal policy to prevent growth from collapsing and should keep th... More »
FILE PHOTO: South Korean Finance Minister Kim Dong-yeon speaks during his inaugural ceremony in Sejong government complex in Sejong, South Korea, June 15, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea will “deploy all possible means” to respond to U.... More »
The famous skyline with its banking district is pictured as a rescue helicopter flies by in Frankfurt early evening April 13, 2015. The European Central Bank’s governing council will meet in Frankfurt on Wednesday, April 15. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach LONDON, (Re... More »
The famous skyline with its banking district is pictured in early evening next to the Main River in Frankfurt, Germany, January 19, 2016. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach BERLIN, (Reuters) – Growth in Germany’s private sector slowed in February from a month earlier but... More »
A general view shows the Eiffel Tower and the financial and business district in La Defense, west of Paris, France November 22, 2017. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes PARIS, (Reuters) – French business activity softened more than first thought in February, growing at t... More »
Waiters from “Los Galayos” restaurant put away tables and chairs for the night in the Plaza Mayor in Madrid, Spain, September 16, 2017. REUTERS/Paul Hanna MADRID, (Reuters) – Spain’s service sector, which accounts for around half of total economic activity, ex... More »
FILE PHOTO: Shopping mall Blechen Carre is seen in Cottbus, Germany, January 24, 2018. REUTERS/Axel Schmidt/File Photo BERLIN (Reuters) – German monthly retail sales unexpectedly declined in January, data showed on Friday, in a sign that private consumption ma... More »
FILE PHOTO – Bank of Korea Governor Lee Ju-yeol speaks during a news conference in Seoul, South Korea, November 30, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea has reappointed current central bank chief Lee Ju-yeol for another term on Friday, a mov... More »
Bank of Japan (BOJ) Governor Haruhiko Kuroda attends a lower house budget committee session at the parliament in Tokyo, Japan, February 13, 2018. REUTERS/Toru Hanai TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s central bank chief said on Friday it would consider ending ultra-loos... More »
FILE PHOTO: Chinese Minister of Science and Technology Wan Gang attends the International Forum on Electric Vehicle Pilot Cities and Industrial Development in Beijing, China June 6, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas Peter SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s total spending on rese... More »
Pakistan’s new finance ministry chief Miftah Ismail speaks with a Reuters correspondent during an interview in Islamabad, Pakistan December 28, 2017. Picture taken December 28, 2017. REUTERS/Faisal Mahmood ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s de facto finance mini... More »
FILE PHOTO: A man sits near a cargo area at a port in Tokyo, Japan, October 20, 2015. REUTERS/Toru Hanai/File Photo TOKYO (Reuters) – Buoyant sales of cars and electronics led Japan’s exports to a 14th straight month of growth in January but manufacturers’ bus... More »
FILE PHOTO: A woman shops in a supermarket in London, Britain April 11, 2017. REUTERS/Neil Hall/File Photo LONDON (Reuters) – British households’ gloom about their finances deepened this month, and most now expect borrowing costs to rise again within six month... More »
FILE PHOTO: A picture illustration taken with the multiple exposure function of the camera shows a one Euro coin and a map of Europe, January 9, 2013. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach LONDON, Feb 5 (Reuters) – Euro zone businesses started 2018 by increasing activity fa... More »
Newly hired employees take a break from training to pose for a group photo at the chain’s soon-to-open 54th outlet in Oakland, California ,U.S., January 24, 2018. REUTERS/Ann Saphir OAKLAND, Calif./CANTON, N.Y./WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The kind of pay raises for... More »
A man walks past the Bank of Japan building in Tokyo, Japan January 15, 2018. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon – TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s government will likely present to parliament its nominees of next central bank governor and deputy governors around mid- to late Fe... More »
Employees work on an electrical tower in Qingdao, China January 26, 2018. Picture taken January 26, 2018. REUTERS/Stringer BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s economic growth will likely slow to 6.5-6.8 percent this year, a senior official at the country’s top economi... More »
FILE PHOTO: Saudi Arabian billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal sits for an interview with Reuters in the office of the suite where he has been detained at the Ritz-Carlton in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia January 27, 2018, REUTERS/Katie Paul /File Photo DUBAI (Reuters... More »
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s top securities watchdog said it had fined a blogger 200,000 yuan ($31,650) for producing and spreading information that was inaccurate and market-disturbing, the harshest penalty for such behavior. In a post on the popular social me... More »
FILE PHOTO: A man is silhouetted as he walks past the Bank of England in the City of London, Britain, December 12, 2017. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne LONDON (Reuters) – British economic growth unexpectedly picked up speed in the last three months of 2017, accordin... More »
FILE PHOTO: A worker stands outside a factory of Contemporary Amperex Technology Ltd (CATL) in Ningde, Zhejiang province, China, December 16, 2016. REUTERS/Jake Spring/File Photo BEIJING (Reuters) – Profits for China’s industrial firms rose at the slowest pace... More »
Liu He, Member of a Political Bureau of CPC Central Committee, smiles during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland January 24, 2018. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse BEIJING (Reuters) – China is set to name Liu He, a Harvard-trained econom... More »
A woman shops at Brookfield Place in Lower Manhattan in New York City, U.S., December 1, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. economy likely maintained a brisk pace of growth in the fourth quarter, driven by an acceleration in consume... More »
FILE PHOTO: A Chinese ship is loaded with soybeans at Port of Santos May 19, 2015. REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker/File Photo BEIJING/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Brazil’s share of soybean exports to China, the world’s top buyer of the commodity, grew to the largest on record... More »
Buildings are seen as vehicles pass through the financial district of Makati city, metro Manila, Philippines November 22, 2017. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines’ economy was expected to have ended 2017 on a solid footing with growth in t... More »
People walk past a store with signboards offering 70% off on store products in downtown Sao Paulo, Brazil January 9, 2018. REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker BRASILIA (Reuters) – Economic activity in Brazil expanded for a third straight month in November, the longest stre... More »
FILE PHOTO: French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire attends a news conference after a meeting about Lactalis baby milk contamination scandal at the Bercy Finance Ministry in Paris, France, January 12, 2018. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes PARIS (Reuters) – French gross... More »
FILE PHOTO: Workers lay bricks to build a wall around a construction site in Beijing, China, December 15, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas Peter/File Photo BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s economic growth is expected to have slowed slightly in the fourth quarter from the previ... More »
FILE PHOTO: A Chinese national flag flutters at the headquarters of a commercial bank on a financial street in central Beijing, China November 24, 2014. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo BEIJING (Reuters) – Total profit of enterprises owned by China’s central ... More »
FILE PHOTO: Turkey’s Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekci makes a speech in Cologne, Germany, March 5, 2017. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay/File Photo ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey’s cabinet is likely to announce an incentive scheme this month to boost investment in 20 projec... More »
PARIS (Reuters) – The French government aims to broaden its powers to block foreign takeovers of French companies deemed as strategic, to also include firms involved in data protection and artificial intelligence (‘AI’), the finance minister said on Friday. Br... More »
FILE PHOTO: Workers are seen in the Canary Wharf financial district in London, Britain, November 11, 2013. REUTERS/Eddie Keogh/File Photo LONDON (Reuters) – Prospects that business investment in Britain will strengthen this year have been dealt an early blow b... More »
FILE PHOTO: A Thailand Baht note is seen in this illustration photo June 1, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas White/Illustration/File Photo BANGKOK (Reuters) – The Thai military government’s plan to expand the industrial east drew more than $9 billion in pledges of private... More »
FILE PHOTO: Workers prepare their store for customers at a newly built Walmart Super Center prior to its opening in Compton, California, U.S., January 10, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Walmart’s tit-for-tat minimum wage battle with... More »
FILE PHOTO: A man collects recyclables from an alley as smoke billows from the chimney of a factory in rural Gaoyi county, known for its ceramics production, near Shijiazhuang, Hebei province, China December 7, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas Peter/File Photo BEIJING (Re... More »
A customer sits at a table behind a window displaying an employment sign in a cafe located in central Sydney, Australia, April 12, 2017. REUTERS/Steven Saphore SYDNEY (Reuters) – Job vacancies in Australia climbed to their highest on record in the three months... More »
Shoppers and tourists walk along Oxford Street during the sales in central London, Britain, December 28, 2017. REUTERS/Russell Boyce LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s economy looks set for an underwhelming 2018, according to a major survey on Wednesday that showed ... More »
FILE PHOTO: A container ship is seen at the shipping terminal Eurokai in the Port of Hamburg, Germany November 6, 2017. REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer/File Photo LONDON/HONG KONG (Reuters) – Euro zone factories ended 2017 growing at their fastest pace in more than two ... More »
Atsushi Miyanoya, Bank of Japan (BOJ) Executive Director, speaks during an interview with Reuters at the BOJ headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, December 22, 2017. REUTERS/Issei Kato TOKYO (Reuters) – Prolonged ultra-easy monetary policy is weighing heavily on Japan... More »
A man rides a tricycle past vehicles through a junction in Beijing, December 10, 2013. REUTERS/Jason Lee SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China will invest a similar amount next year on transportation infrastructure as it did in 2017, with projects to include 5,000 km of ... More »
FILE PHOTO: A worker jokes and beckons at her colleague as she rolls away carts of unused tools between rows of spinning machine at a factory owned by Hong Kong’s Novetex Textiles Limited in Zhuhai City, Guangdong Province, China December 13, 2016. REUTERS/Ven... More »
A Chinese flag flutters at Xinhuamen Gate of Zhongnanhai leadership compound in central Beijing, China December 15, 2017. REUTERS/Jason Lee BEIJING (Reuters) – China needs to let local governments take responsibility for their finances, including allowing bank... More »
Bank of Japan (BOJ) Governor Haruhiko Kuroda attends a news conference at the BOJ headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, December 21, 2017. REUTERS/Issei Kato TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe likely feels the economy is in good shape thanks to effor... More »
A China yuan note is seen in this illustration photo May 31, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas White/Illustration BEIJING (Reuters) – China is likely to set its 2018 money growth target at an all-time low of around 9 percent to curb debt risks and contain asset bubbles, th... More »
FILE PHOTO: Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov attends a session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), Russia, June 2, 2017. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin/File Photo MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s economy is expected to grow between 1.8 and ... More »
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: A Japan Yen note is seen in this illustration photo taken June 1, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas White/Illustration/File Photo TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s cabinet endorsed a record $860 billion budget for fiscal 2018 on Friday, opt... More »
International Monetary Fund headquarters building is seen during the IMF/World Bank annual meetings in Washington, U.S., October 14, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s economy is starting to recover more rapidly from years of international sanc... More »
China World Trade Center Tower III (L) and China Zun Tower under construction are pictured behind a Chinese flag in Beijing’s central business area, China December 14, 2017. REUTERS/Jason Lee BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s top leaders have started an annual meeti... 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: Freight containers stand half immersed in water after the Elbe River broke its bank at a storage facility at the harbour in Riesa, Germany, June 6, 2013. REUTERS/Thomas Peter/File Photo BERLIN (Reuters) – The frustration of Roberto Azevedo was evid... 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 containership is loaded at a terminal at the harbour in Hamburg, late March 30, 2011. REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer/File Photo BERLIN (Reuters) – German exports fell unexpectedly in October while vibrant domestic demand pushed up imports, narrowing its trade surplus... More »
PARIS (Reuters) – French industrial output rose unexpectedly in October, blowing past forecasts as production of pharmaceutics and cars surged, figures from the INSEE official statistics agency showed on Friday. Industrial production rose 1.9 percent from Sept... More »
FILE PHOTO: Containers are seen at a port of Shanghai Free Trade Zone, February 11, 2014. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s exports and imports unexpectedly accelerated last month in an encouraging sign for the world’s second-biggest econ... More »
FILE PHOTO: An employee rides a bike on a road near refinery plants of Chambroad Petrochemicals, in Boxing, Shandong Province, China, May 10, 2016. REUTERS/Meng Meng/File Photo BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s commodity imports roared back in November as supply wor... More »
Brochures are displayed for job seekers at the Construction Careers Now! hiring event in Denver, Colorado U.S. August 2, 2017. REUTERS/Rick Wilking WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. job growth likely increased at a strong clip in November and wages rebounded as the ... More »
A security guard walks on the bund in front of the financial district of Pudong in Shanghai, China July 27, 2017. REUTERS/Aly Song/Files BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s economic growth target for 2018 will reflect new changes in the economy as the government put m... More »
Central Bank Governor Haruhiko Kuroda of the Bank of Japan attends ECB’s Central Bank Communications Conference in Frankfurt, Germany, November 14, 2017. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach TOKYO (Reuters) – Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda on Monday urged financial... More »
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro looked to the world of digital currency to circumvent U.S.-led financial sanctions, announcing on Sunday the launch of the "petro" backed by oil reserves to shore up a collapsed economy. 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: Container boxes are seen at the Yangshan Deep Water Port, part of the Shanghai Free Trade Zone, in Shanghai, China September 24, 2016. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s trade deficit in services narrowed to $17.8 billion in Oc... More »
FILE PHOTO: Uzbekistani Som banknotes are seen in this picture illustration taken May 4, 2017. REUTERS/Mukhammadsharif Mamatkulov/Illustration/File Photo TASHKENT/ALMATY (Reuters) – Sensing change in his native Uzbekistan, Hikmat Abdurahmonov plans to build a ... More »
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s government is set to compile an extra budget worth around 2.7-2.9 trillion yen ($24-26 billion) for the fiscal year to March 2018, with additional bond issuance of around 1 trillion yen to help fund the spending, government sources to... More »
FILE PHOTO: Chinese national flags are flying near a steel factory in Wu’an, Hebei province, China, February 23, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas Peter/File Photo Beijing (Reuters) – China’s industrial firms weathered a broad government crackdown on financial risks as pro... More »
FILE PHOTO: Containers are stacked at the port of Auckland September 30, 2011. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth/File Photo WELLINGTON (Reuters) – New Zealand’s trade deficit narrowed in October as dairy and lamb shipments fueled a jump in exports, despite imports hittin... More »
