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UK Business Confidence Falls From Eight-Year High, Lloyds Says
Date: September 30, 2024
By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) – British business confidence ebbed slightly this month after reaching an eight-year high in July and August, as concerns about the broader economic outlook rose to a six-month high, a survey from Lloyds Bank showed on Monday. Lloyds’ overall business barometer – which represents the difference between the percentage...
Analysis-Extreme Weather Adds to Fiscal Strains in Central Europe
Date: September 20, 2024
By Jan Lopatka, Karol Badohal and Gergely Szakacs PRAGUE/WARSAW (Reuters) – Just a week ago, before deadly floods swept through central Europe, the Czech Republic looked on track to become the first country in the region since COVID-19 to pull its budget deficit firmly below the 3% of GDP cap set by European Union rules....
German Tax Revenue Rose by 5.3% in August
Date: September 20, 2024
By Maria Martinez BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s federal and state governments’ tax revenue rose 5.3% in August compared with the same month last year, the finance ministry said on Friday. The federal and state governments’ tax revenue reached a total of 61.9 billion euros ($68.9 billion) last month, according to the ministry’s monthly report....
French Central Bank Sees Consumer Gains Easing Budget Pains
Date: September 18, 2024
PARIS (Reuters) – France’s economy is set to gain momentum in the coming two years as lower inflation boosts consumer spending, helping to offset the drag from government belt-tightening, the central bank forecast on Tuesday. The euro zone’s second-biggest economy was set to grow 1.1% this year, the Bank of France said in its...
French Central Bank Sees Consumer Gains Easing Budget Pains
Date: September 17, 2024
PARIS (Reuters) – France’s economy is set to gain momentum in the coming two years as lower inflation boosts consumer spending, helping to offset the drag from government belt-tightening, the central bank forecast on Tuesday. The euro zone’s second-biggest economy was set to grow 1.1% this year, the Bank of France said in its quarterly...
US Dollar Strengthens Ahead of Fed Rate Cut Move
Date: September 17, 2024
By Chibuike Oguh NEW YORK (Reuters) -The U.S. dollar strengthened against most major currencies on Tuesday following better-than-expected retail sales data that seemed to support a less aggressive stance by the Federal Reserve when it delivers a much expected interest rate cut. Commerce Department data showed on Tuesday that U.S. retail sales unexpectedly rose 0.1%...