Economic Indicators News

(Bloomberg) -- Hong Kong’s economic growth is expected to have continued slowing last quarter, as the U.S.-China trade dispute and the deceleration on the mainland worsen the...

TORONTO, Nov 15 (Reuters) - Canada lost 23,000 jobs in October, driven by a decline in hiring in the trade, transportation and utilities and natural resources and mining sectors,...

(Bloomberg) -- Australian employment surged in October, led by full-time jobs, as record-low interest rates helped spur hiring. The currency jumped. The data suggest policy...

Investing.com - U.S. consumer prices accelerated in October, underlining the case for the Federal Reserve to move forward with its plan for gradual interest rate hikes. The Labor...

(Bloomberg) -- Japan’s economy contracted more than expected in the third quarter after an earthquake, typhoons and torrential rain battered production at home while exports...

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho, Nov 12 (Reuters) - Slow wage growth probably reflects the fact that people are entering the workforce at below-average wages, San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank...

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho, Nov 12 (Reuters) - With the U.S. economy at or beyond full employment and inflation likely to rise slightly above a 2 percent goal over the next year, the...

TORONTO, Nov 8 (Reuters) - Canadian housing starts rose in October as groundbreaking on multiple-unit urban homes climbed 16.8 percent, offsetting a drop in single-detached urban...

(Bloomberg) -- German exports unexpectedly declined in September, a weak end to a quarter that could see the economy stagnate for the first time in more than three years. Exports...

(Bloomberg) -- Chinese export growth accelerated in October as companies rushed to make shipments before higher tariffs kick in. Exports rose 15.6 percent in dollar terms in...

TORONTO, Nov 7 (Reuters) - Canadian purchasing activity expanded at a faster pace in October as measures of employment and inventories rose, according to Ivey Purchasing Managers...

(Bloomberg) -- Turkey’s consumer inflation accelerated more than expected last month as the weak lira continued to fuel price gains. Key Insights The inflation rate rose...

(Bloomberg) -- Australia’s falling house prices are raising doubts about the resilience of household spending. There are signs of weakness emerging, with data Friday showing...

Investing.com - Nonfarm payrolls (NFP) rose by 250,000 in October, according to official data released on Friday. That was higher than the consensus estimate for the creation of...

OTTAWA, Nov 2 (Reuters) - The Canadian economy added 11,200 jobs in October on higher full-time hiring, and the unemployment rate dipped to 5.8 percent, although wage growth was...

Investing.com - The Canadian economy added 11,200 jobs in October, data from Statistics Canada showed on Friday. Economists had forecast an increase of 12,700 jobs. The...

OTTAWA, Oct 31 (Reuters) - Canada's economy grew for the seventh month in a row in August, its longest stretch of expansion for more than a year, in part as a result of strength in...

Investing.com - The Canadian economy expanded in August, according to official data released on Wednesday. Canada’s gross domestic product, or the broadest measure of goods...

(Bloomberg) -- An official gauge of activity in China’s manufacturing sector worsened in October as the effects of an ongoing trade war with the U.S. hit home. The...

(Bloomberg) -- An official gauge of activity in China’s manufacturing sector worsened in October as the effects of an ongoing trade war with the U.S. hit home. The...

Investing.com - U.S. economic growth slowed in the third quarter, but posted a better-than-expected reading that left the American economy on track to post its best annual...

(Bloomberg) -- Friday’s U.S. gross domestic product report, the last before the midterm elections that will determine control of Congress, will show just how much support the...

(Bloomberg) -- Weaker-than-expected growth in South Korea’s economy is raising fresh questions about whether the Bank of Korea will get its long-awaited interest rate hike...

Investing.com - The Bank of Canada increased interest rates as expected on Wednesday on the back of a solid global economic outlook, although policymakers voiced their concern over...

By David Ljunggren OTTAWA, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Although Canadian inflation and retail sales data came in weaker than expected on Friday, market operators predicted the Bank of...

OTTAWA, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Canada's annual inflation rate in September fell to 2.2 percent from 2.8 percent in August as pressures from gasoline, air transportation and travel tour...

OTTAWA, Oct 19 (Reuters) - The value of Canadian retail trade unexpectedly fell by 0.1 percent in August, the second decline in three months, in part due to lower sales of gas and...

OTTAWA, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Canada's annual inflation rate dropped sharply in September, falling to 2.2 percent from 2.8 percent in August as transitory price pressures from...

Investing.com - The overall rate of inflation in Canada rose less than expected in September, Statistics Canada said on Friday. The consumer price index rose 2.2% last month,...

Investing.com - Canadian retail sales fell 0.1% in September, Statistics Canada said on Friday. This was compared to a gain of 0.2% in the previous month, which was revised down...

(Bloomberg) -- Japan’s key inflation gauge edged up in September, bringing the Bank of Japan back to the halfway point toward its price target, though gains are still largely...

(Bloomberg) -- Gross domestic product increased 6.5 percent in the third quarter from a year earlier, compared to 6.6 percent in a Bloomberg survey and down from the 6.7 percent...

(Bloomberg) -- U.S. filings for unemployment benefits fell last week and continuing claims dropped to the lowest level since 1973, indicating the job market remains solid, Labor...

TORONTO, Oct 18 - Canada added 28,800 jobs in September, helped by a pickup in hiring in the trade, education and health care industries, according to a report from ADP released on...

(Bloomberg) -- Australia’s jobless rate fell in September to 5 percent -- a level estimated by policy makers to signal the beginning of labor shortages -- but the driving...