By Howard Schneider and Ann Saphir WASHINGTON, April 17 (Reuters) – Reopened Middle East shipping and plummeting oil prices on…
Category: Economy
Wall Street opens subdued in last session of 2025, eyes yearly gains
Dec 31 (Reuters) – Wall Street’s main indexes opened muted on the last trading day of 2025, but approached a…
US stocks extend gains after Powell opens door to interest-rate cuts
(Reuters) – U.S. stock indexes extended gains on Friday after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell pointed to a possible rate…
European farmers facing higher costs after EU tariffs on Russian fertiliser imports
By Alexander Marrow LONDON (Reuters) -EU tariffs on Russian fertiliser imports that aim to cut funding for Moscow’s war in…
Argentina’s economy expected to grow 6.4% y/y in June
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) -Argentina’s economic activity likely grew 6.4% year-on-year in June according to median forecasts of analysts polled by…
S&P 500, Nasdaq hover near record highs on September rate cut hopes
By Johann M Cherian and Sanchayaita Roy (Reuters) – The benchmark S&P 500 and the Nasdaq hovered near record highs…
Indonesian economists question upside surprise in quarterly GDP
JAKARTA (Reuters) -Several Indonesian economic think tanks called on Wednesday for a more detailed explanation of the government’s gross domestic…
Irish tax take boosted by another jump in corporate receipts
DUBLIN (Reuters) -Ireland collected 1.2 billion euros ($1.4 billion) of corporate tax in July, over three times as much as…
European Q2 corporate profit outlook improves after U.S. trade deal
By Marleen Kaesebier (Reuters) -The outlook for European corporate health has further improved, the latest earnings forecasts showed on Tuesday,…
Instant View: Bank of Canada leaves benchmark interest rate unchanged
TORONTO (Reuters) -The Bank of Canada on Wednesday held its benchmark interest rate at 2.75%. MARKET REACTION: The loonie was…