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Swiss Industry and Households Feel Strain From Rising Prices-Data
Date: May 2, 2022
ZURICH (Reuters) – Switzerland’s manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) continued its downward trend in April, data released on Monday showed, as prices continued to rise on a broad scale. The consumer sentiment index, published by the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) also on Monday, showed a marked deterioration in consumer sentiment as households feel...
U.S. Will No Longer Enforce Mask Mandate on Airplanes, Trains After Court Ruling
Date: April 19, 2022
By David Shepardson, Rajesh Kumar Singh and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON/CHICAGO (Reuters) -The Biden administration will no longer enforce a U.S. mask mandate on public transportation, after a federal judge in Florida on Monday ruled that the 14-month-old directive was unlawful, overturning a key White House effort to reduce the spread of COVID-19. Soon after the...
Russians Twice as Optimistic Since Ukraine Intervention – Pollster
Date: March 30, 2022
(Reuters) – Twice as many Russians are optimistic about the future now, a month into Moscow’s military intervention in Ukraine, as at the end of December, according to an opinion poll published on Wednesday. In a survey of 1,500 people conducted on March 20 by the pollster FOM, which provides research for the Kremlin, 49%...
War, Inflation Hit French, German Consumer Morale More Than Feared
Date: March 29, 2022
By Leigh Thomas and Zuzanna Szymanska PARIS (Reuters) -France and Germany saw bigger than expected drops in consumer confidence this month as government steps to help with rising fuel costs and other inflation gave little relief following the impact of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, surveys showed on Tuesday. The European Central Bank says it remains...
Spanish Truckers Protest in Madrid After Rejecting New Government Aid Package
Date: March 25, 2022
By Inti Landauro and Susana Vera MADRID (Reuters) -Spain’s transport minister agreed to meet with striking truck drivers on Friday after they rejected a 1 billion euro ($1.10 billion) support package aimed at defusing a 12-day walkout over fuel prices that has caused sporadic goods shortages. Minister Raquel Sanchez announced the measures, which include a...
Record Slump in German Investor Morale Raises Spectre of Recession
Date: March 15, 2022
By Miranda Murray and Paul Carrel BERLIN (Reuters) -German investor sentiment suffered a record slide in March due to the war in Ukraine and economic sanctions on Russia, a survey showed on Tuesday, with collapsing expectations making a recession in Europe’s largest economy “more and more likely”. The ZEW economic research institute said its economic...