Economic Indicators News

Investing.com - Core retail sales in Canada fell more than expected in November, while total retail sales figures also missed expectations, official data showed on Wednesday. Core...

By Fergal Smith and Dale Smith TORONTO/OTTAWA, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Canadian factory sales and wholesale trade both slumped more than expected in November, supporting the Bank of...

(Bloomberg) -- The services sectors that account for the biggest chunk of China’s expansion slowed more sharply than the overall economy last quarter. Growth in the retail...

(Bloomberg) -- China’s more than $13 trillion economy will likely stabilize in the second half of 2019 without the need for aggressive stimulus, according to Goldman Sachs...

(Bloomberg) -- China’s economy expanded at the slowest pace since the global financial crisis, as a domestic financial clean-up, weakening global demand and trade conflict...

TORONTO, Jan 18 (Reuters) - Jan 18 (Reuters) - Canada's annual inflation rate in December rose to 2.0 percent from 1.7 percent in November as rising air transportation and...

By Fergal Smith and Dale Smith TORONTO/OTTAWA, Jan 18 (Reuters) - Canada's annual inflation rate climbed in December, matching the Bank of Canada's 2 percent target, but stable...

TORONTO, Jan 18 (Reuters) - Canada's annual inflation rate in December firmed to 2.0 percent from 1.7 percent in November, on the back of rising air transportation and telephone...

Investing.com - The overall rate of inflation in Canada picked up in December, Statistics Canada said on Friday. The consumer price index rose 2% last month, compared with the...

(Bloomberg) -- Market-based recession indicators are flashing red. To some economists, they’re better left ignored. At the moment that’s easier said than done. Among a...

(Bloomberg) -- Japan’s key inflation gauge slowed in the first back-to-back decline since April, highlighting the difficulty of the Bank of Japan’s price goal ahead of...

(Bloomberg) -- U.S. consumers this month were the most downbeat on the economy since November 2016, a third straight drop after expectations reached a 16-year high just three...

TORONTO, Jan 17 (Reuters) - Canada lost 13,000 jobs in December, driven by hiring decline in the trade, transportation and utilities and construction sectors, according to a report...

(Bloomberg) -- Turkey’s central bank held rates for a third straight meeting as a weak lira stalks an economy still reeling from a summer currency crash. The lira...

(Bloomberg) -- A key measure of U.S. producer prices unexpectedly fell in December and the overall gauge declined more than forecast amid lower oil prices, signaling potential...

(Bloomberg) -- A market-soothing set of minutes to the Federal Reserve’s Dec. 18-19 policy meeting raised questions Wednesday over why investors didn’t get that same...

(Bloomberg) -- China’s factory inflation slowed sharply in December, continuing the slowdown for a sixth straight month to the weakest level since late 2016 on softening...

Investing.com – The Bank of Canada (BoC) decided to keep its benchmark interest rate unchanged on Wednesday, amid signs that the current trade conflict between the U.S. and...

(Bloomberg) -- China’s Finance Ministry is set to propose a small increase in the targeted budget deficit for this year as officials seek to balance support for the economy...

(Bloomberg) -- Expansion in U.S. service industries slowed by more than expected in December to end the year on a weaker note as measures of business and employment fell, though...

TORONTO, Jan 7 (Reuters) - The pace of purchasing activity in Canada showed a surprise pick-up in December as supplier deliveries rebounded, according to Ivey Purchasing Managers...

OTTAWA, Jan 4 (Reuters) - Canada added 9,300 jobs in December on an increase in part-time hiring, slightly more than markets had expected, while the unemployment rate remained at...

Investing.com - Nonfarm payrolls (NFP) rose by 312,000 in December, according to official data released on Friday. The data was compared to the consensus estimate for the creation...

Investing.com - The Canadian economy created 9,300 jobs in December, data from Statistics Canada showed on Friday. Economists had forecast a gain of 6,800 jobs. The unemployment...

(Bloomberg) -- U.S. employers probably capped a strong year of hiring with a gain just short of the average pace in 2018. Nonfarm payrolls rose by 184,000 in December, according...

(Bloomberg) -- Singapore’s economic growth slowed toward the year-end as global trade tensions and rising interest rates took their toll on the export-reliant city...

(Bloomberg) -- Factory conditions across some of Asia’s most export-oriented economies slumped in December, hit by the U.S.-China trade war and a fading technology boom. In...

(Bloomberg) -- The downturn in Sydney’s property market is set to deepen this year as tighter lending standards and the worst slump in values since the late 1980s cause...

(Bloomberg) -- A gauge of China’s manufacturing industry weakened to the lowest level since early 2016, underscoring concerns over the slowing domestic economy and the...

(Bloomberg) -- China’s economy slowed for a seventh straight month in December, as the trade war, subdued domestic demand and decelerating factory inflation combined to...

(Bloomberg) -- Home prices in 20 U.S. cities slowed in October for a seventh consecutive month, extending the longest streak since 2014, a sign of waning demand amid higher...

By David Ljunggren and Fergal Smith OTTAWA/TORONTO, Dec 21 (Reuters) - Canada's economy expanded at a faster-than-expected pace in October, but evidence of economic momentum...

OTTAWA, Dec 21 (Reuters) - The Canadian economy expanded by a greater-than-expected 0.3 percent in October from September, pushed higher by strength in manufacturing, finance and...

TORONTO, Dec 20 (Reuters) - Canada added 39,100 jobs in November, with broad-based gains across industries led by a pick-up in hiring in the trade, transportation and utilities...

(Bloomberg) -- For the first time in seven years, the Swedish central bank raised interest rates, surprising many in the market as policy makers chose to focus on low unemployment...