Economic Indicators News

By Ambar Warrick Investing.com -- Australia’s trade balance shrank more than expected in December, data showed on Tuesday, driven largely by a fall in the exports of mineral...

(Bloomberg) -- Economists are scratching their heads as to whether the US labor market is truly as strong as the latest employment report indicates or if wonky adjustments are...

(Bloomberg) -- The unemployment rate for Black Americans in January dropped to match a record low, as the labor market’s surprise strength benefited a broad swathe of...

By Geoffrey Smith  Investing.com -- A key gauge of service-sector activity in the U.S. rose strongly in January, adding to evidence earlier Friday that the economy still has plenty...

By Geoffrey Smith  Investing.com -- Job growth in the U.S. blew past expectations in January, the latest in a series of bewilderingly strong data from the labor market.  The Labor...

By Ambar Warrick  Investing.com -- Chinese services sector activity surged back into expansion territory in January, a private survey showed on Friday, as the sector took great...

By Scott Kanowsky Investing.com -- Inflation in the Eurozone slowed by more than expected in January, according to preliminary data from Eurostat, although the figures only...

By Ambar Warrick Investing.com -- Chinese manufacturing activity shrank in January, a private survey showed on Wednesday, painting a less rosy picture of the economy than official...

(Bloomberg) -- Even as reams of corporate earnings pour in, the Federal Reserve and its intentions for interest-rate policy still dominate sentiment on Wall Street. Take Tuesday,...

(Bloomberg) -- Wage growth was easing in most US cities by the end of last year and remained below the inflation rate in almost all of them, according to the latest regional pay...

By Ambar Warrick Investing.com -- Chinese business activity grew past expectations in January, government data showed on Tuesday, as the recent relaxing of anti-COVID measures and...

By Ambar Warrick Investing.com -- Australian retail sales tumbled in December, data showed on Tuesday, as spending was strained by rising living costs and as a bulk of holiday...

(Bloomberg) -- Americans stashed more money away last month, pulling back on discretionary spending amid a cloudier economic outlook.  The saving rate rose for a third month to...

By Scott Kanowsky Investing.com -- The Federal Reserve's preferred measure of inflation accelerated slightly as expected in December compared to the prior month, according to data...

By Ambar Warrick Investing.com -- Inflation in Japan’s capital grew more than expected in January, data showed on Friday, heralding a similar rise in nationwide inflation and...

(Bloomberg) -- Sales of new US homes rose for a third month in December, wrapping up an otherwise disappointing year in which soaring borrowing costs stifled demand and weighed on...

By Scott Kanowsky Investing.com -- U.S. economic growth eased, albeit by slightly less than expected, in the last three months of 2022, in a sign of the impact the Federal...

(Bloomberg) -- The Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauges probably cooled in December to the slowest paces in more than a year, reinforcing a step down in the pace of...

By Ambar Warrick Investing.com -- Australian consumer price index inflation grew more than expected in December, data showed on Wednesday, pointing to increased pressure on the...

By Ambar Warrick Investing.com -- New Zealand’s consumer price index remained pinned to a 32-year high in the fourth quarter, heralding continued pressure on the economy from...

(Bloomberg) -- It’s still a good time for Americans to switch jobs.  Workers who jumped ship to a new employer late last year got bigger salary bumps than they did in early 2022,...

By Geoffrey Smith  Investing.com -- Retail sales slumped again in the U.K. in December, while consumer confidence fell to a new low as Britons counted the cost of an expensive...

By Scott Kanowsky  Investing.com -- Germany's producer price index fell for the third straight month in December, although that decline was less than expected as a recent decrease...

By Ambar Warrick Investing.com -- Japan’s core consumer price index rose as expected to a 41-year high in December, data showed on Friday, signaling more pressure on the...

By Geoffrey Smith Investing.com -- A key gauge of U.S. manufacturing activity improved in January, but another reading implying a fall in activity did little to calm fears of a...

By Ambar Warrick Investing.com -- Australia’s job market unexpectedly shrank in December as the participation rate fell from record highs, although employment conditions...

By Liz Moyer Investing.com -- The Federal Reserve in its periodic beige book on Wednesday said economic activity hasn't changed much since its last report in November, with its...

By Scott Kanowsky  Investing.com -- U.S. consumers pulled back on spending by more than expected in December, according to advance estimates from the Census Bureau on...

By Geoffrey Smith Investing.com -- U.K. inflation stayed stuck at over 10% in December amid signs that consumers kept spending over the Christmas period despite an intensifying...

By Geoffrey Smith Investing.com -- A key gauge of U.S. manufacturing sent an alarm signal on Tuesday, highlighting a growing divergence between a relatively strong labor market...

By Noreen Burke Investing.com -- Investor sentiment towards the German economy unexpectedly rebounded in January, according to a key monthly confidence gauge, returning to positive...

By Geoffrey Smith  Investing.com -- The U.K. labor market stayed stronger than expected in December, with the number of benefit claimants rising only moderately.  At the same time,...

By Ambar Warrick  Investing.com -- Chinese retail sales fell much lesser than expected in December, while industrial production beat expectations as some facets of the economy...

By Ambar Warrick  Investing.com -- The Chinese economy grew at a slower pace in the fourth quarter of 2022, data showed on Tuesday, as disruptions caused by the country’s now...

By Ambar Warrick Investing.com -- Australian consumer sentiment improved more in January, a private survey showed on Tuesday, as consumers welcomed a brief respite from the Reserve...