TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan’s factory output in September rose 1.4% from the previous month, versus a median market forecast for a 1% rise, government data showed on Thursday. Manufacturers surveyed by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry expect seasonally adjusted […]
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By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump’s end-of-campaign arguments to voters choosing between him and Democrat Kamala Harris have focused on an old standby in U.S. politics: Asking voters whether they are better
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By Naomi Rovnick and Yoruk Bahceli LONDON (Reuters) – UK markets were spared painful blows from the new Labour government’s first budget on Wednesday, which announced 40 billion pounds of tax hikes to plug shortfalls but soothed jitters about public
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By Ankika Biswas and Pranav Kashyap (Reuters) -Europe’s main stock index fell 1% to its lowest in over a month on Wednesday, as technology and mining stocks led a broader market decline in the aftermath of disappointing corporate earnings and
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By Fergal Smith TORONTO (Reuters) – The Canadian province of Ontario on Wednesday projected a narrower budget deficit for the current fiscal year and proposed providing rebates to taxpayers as its economy slowed less than previously anticipated, a fiscal update
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FRANKFURT (Reuters) – The European Central Bank does not have to cut interest rates to a level that will start stimulating the economy because inflation is unlikely to ease below its 2% target, ECB board member Isabel Schnabel said. “The
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By Yousef Saba, Pesha Magid and Federico Maccioni RIYADH (Reuters) -Saudi Arabia is strengthening its commitment to a plan designed to wean the economy off oil, its finance minister said on Wednesday, during a business event at which deals were
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MADRID (Reuters) -The Spanish economy grew at a faster-than-expected rate in the third quarter to again outpace its European peers thanks to a strong tourism season and exports, preliminary data showed on Wednesday. Spain’s gross domestic product grew 0.8% in
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India’s fiscal deficit for April-September was 4.75 trillion rupees ($56.50 billion), or over 29% of the estimate for the financial year, government data showed on Wednesday. Net tax receipts for the first six months of the current
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By Balazs Koranyi FRANKFURT (Reuters) -The euro zone economy grew faster than expected last quarter but threats of oversized tariffs from a potential Trump presidency, escalating trade tensions with China and muted consumer confidence are keeping the outlook weak. Gross
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