Economic Indicators News

(Bloomberg) -- Japan’s consumer prices stopped falling in August for the first time in 13 months, ending the country’s longest deflationary stretch since 2011. Prices, excluding...

(Bloomberg) -- Applications for U.S. state unemployment benefits unexpectedly rose last week, a sign of choppy weekly data as the labor market continues its broad recovery. Initial...

(Bloomberg) -- Fitch Ratings lowered China’s economic growth projections for 2021 and 2022 as a slowdown in the property market weighs on domestic demand.  Gross domestic product...

(Bloomberg) -- U.S. housing starts rose by more than expected in August, suggesting that the supply and labor constraints that have been holding back construction eased in the...

(Bloomberg) -- U.S. retail sales unexpectedly rose in August as a pickup in purchases across many categories more than offset weaker demand for vehicles.  The value of overall...

(Bloomberg) -- New Zealand’s better-than-expected economic growth data has seen traders ratchet up odds of an interest-rate hike next month, and also propelled the kiwi toward a...

(Bloomberg) -- Australia’s economy shed more jobs than expected in August as an outbreak of the delta variant of coronavirus forced a prolonged lockdown in the nation’s two largest...

(Bloomberg) -- Inflation in Canada accelerated to the fastest pace since 2003, a political headache for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau only five days before an election. The...

By Gina Lee Investing.com – China's factory and retail sectors hit a bump on the road to economic recovery in August thanks to COVID-19 outbreaks and supply disruptions. Data from...

(Bloomberg) -- China’s economy weakened further in August after the government imposed stringent measures to contain a widespread Covid-19 outbreak, curbing consumer spending and...

(Bloomberg) -- Prices paid by U.S. consumers rose in August by less than forecast, suggesting that some of the upward pressure on inflation is beginning to wane. The consumer price...

(Bloomberg) -- China’s economy likely slowed further in August, with data on consumption, industrial output and investment due Wednesday to reveal the extent of the damage caused...

By Gina Lee Investing.com – China’s factory gate inflation rose to a 13-year high in August. Soaring raw material prices contributed to the gains while exerting further pressure on...

(Bloomberg) -- China’s factory-gate inflation accelerated in August to a 13-year high, with commodity prices remaining elevated despite Beijing’s battle to curb gains.   Producer...

(Bloomberg) -- Japan’s economy was expanding at a faster pace than initially estimated last quarter ahead of a record surge in virus cases that contributed to Prime Minister...

By Gina Lee Investing.com – China’s trade data for August was surprisingly better than expected, with solid global demand counteracting the impact from the country’s latest...

(Bloomberg) -- China’s export growth unexpectedly surged in August, with port disruptions due to fresh outbreaks of the delta virus having limited impact on trade. Exports rose...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's exports unexpectedly grew at a faster pace in August, as solid global demand offset some of the pressure on the world's second-biggest economy from a...

(Bloomberg) -- Japanese households cut spending for a third month in July as the spread of the delta variant prompted the government to call another state of emergency.  Spending...

By Geoffrey Smith  Investing.com -- Job creation in the U.S. slowed sharply in August as the spread of Covid-19 across southern states and the big coastal cities increasingly acted...

By Gina Lee Investing.com – China’s services sector entered contraction territory in August, with recent COVID-19 restrictions continuing to thwart the country’s economic...

(Bloomberg) -- Applications for U.S. state unemployment benefits fell last week to a fresh pandemic low amid a recovering economy. Initial unemployment claims in regular state...

By Gina Lee Investing.com – China’s factory activity entered contraction territory for the first time in nearly one-and-a-half years in August. Lockdown measures to contain the...

(Bloomberg) -- Australia’s economy expanded faster than expected last quarter as strong household and government spending outweighed a drop in export volumes, underscoring the...

  By Gina Lee Investing.com – China’s economic recovery from COVID-19 came under more pressure in August, with factory activity expanding at a slower pace and the services sector...

(Bloomberg) -- China’s economic activity weakened in August as an outbreak of the delta virus variant curbed consumer spending and travel, while surging materials costs and...

(Bloomberg) -- Applications for U.S. state unemployment rose for the first time in five weeks as the labor market makes its way to a full recovery in fits and starts. Initial...

(Bloomberg) -- Applications for U.S. state unemployment benefits dropped for a fourth consecutive week, a trend that suggests labor market conditions are improving as the economy...

(Bloomberg) -- Australia’s unemployment rate unexpectedly fell further as a decline in hours worked and fewer people seeking jobs cushioned the blow from Sydney’s lockdown in...

(Bloomberg) -- U.S. retail sales fell in July by more than forecast, consistent with a steady shift in spending toward services and indicating consumers may be growing more price...

(Bloomberg) -- Prices paid to U.S. producers rose in July by more than expected, suggesting that higher commodity costs and supply bottlenecks are still adding to inflationary...

(Bloomberg) -- Applications for U.S. state unemployment benefits dropped for the third week in a row, another incremental highlight in the labor market’s recovery. Initial...

(Bloomberg) -- Prices paid by U.S. consumers climbed in July at a more moderate pace, marking a deceleration that stops short of full relief from cost increases weighing on...

(Bloomberg) -- Australia’s consumer confidence declined this month, though not as far as might have been feared given its two largest cities are under stay-at-home orders to try to...

(Bloomberg) -- Australian business sentiment tumbled in July as Sydney’s outbreak of the delta strain of coronavirus forced even tighter stay-at-home orders and leaks of the virus...