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FinanceGerman unemployment rate rises with economic malaise
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FinanceItaly dec jobless rate rises to 6.2%, employment stable
HeadlinesEuro zone economy stagnated last quarter, foreshadowing weak 2025
Spain's economy outperforms euro zone in 2024 with 3.2% growth
Date: January 29, 2025
By Inti Landauro and Marta Serafinko MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's economy expanded 3.2% in 2024, outstripping official forecasts and far outperforming its euro zone peers, preliminary data from the...
Hopes for German economic recovery vanish as election nears
Date: January 29, 2025
BERLIN (Reuters) - German exports are expected to decline by 0.3% in 2025 due to weakening competitiveness as well as growing geopolitical and trade tensions, according to the government's annual...
Spain's unemployment rate falls to lowest since 2008
Date: January 28, 2025
By Joao Manuel Vicente Mauricio (Reuters) -Spain's unemployment rate in the fourth quarter fell to its lowest in more than 16 years, data from the National Statistics Institute showed on Tuesday, as...
China's frugal young adults accelerate saving, raising economic risks
Date: January 20, 2025
By Ethan Wang, Yukun Zhang and Ryan Woo BEIJING (Reuters) - The frugal trend that began in China during the economic disruption of the pandemic and deepened amid the crisis in the property market is...
China's economy meets official growth target, but many feel worse off
Date: January 17, 2025
BEIJING (Reuters) -China's economy grew 5% last year, matching the government's target, but in a lopsided fashion, with many people complaining of worsening living standards as Beijing struggles to...
Brace! Risks stack up for the global economy in 2025
Date: December 23, 2024
By Mark John (Reuters) – No sooner had the global economy started to put the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic behind it than a whole new set of challenges opened up for 2025. In 2024, the world’s central banks were finally able to start lowering interest rates after largely winning the battle against inflation without...