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By Ambar Warrick Investing.com-- A gauge of Australian consumer sentiment stayed negative for a ninth consecutive month in August as rising inflation and interest rates, coupled...
By Scott Kanowsky Investing.com -- U.S. job growth unexpectedly accelerated in July, running counter to concerns that soaring price inflation and surging interest rates are...
By Scott Kanowsky Investing.com -- U.K. home prices dropped for the first time in a year in July, signaling a potential slowdown in activity in the country's housing market as...
By Geoffrey Smith Investing.com -- German industrial production eked out a surprise gain in June, as Europe's manufacturing heart steadied after the initial shock of Russia's war...
By Scott Kanowsky Investing.com -- The U.S. trade deficit shrank by more than expected in June as strengthening international demand offset a domestic slump spurred on by soaring...
By Geoffrey Smith Investing.com -- The slow rise in the number of U.S. people claiming jobless benefits continued last week, with initial claims edging back toward a seven-month...
By Geoffrey Smith Investing.com -- German factory orders ended the second quarter on a weak note, but performed better than expected in a month overshadowed by a growing energy...
By Ambar Warrick Investing.com-- Australia’s trade surplus grew more than expected to a record high in June, underpinned by steady exports and a small rise in imports from...
By Scott Kanowsky Investing.com -- Non-manufacturing activity in the U.S. jumped in July, according to data from the Institute for Supply Management on Wednesday, despite fears...
By Geoffrey Smith Investing.com -- Germany's export motor sprang back into life in June, while the country made further progress in re-directing its energy purchases away from...
By Geoffrey Smith Investing.com -- The number of vacancies across the U.S. fell more sharply than expected in June to its lowest level since September, suggesting that the labor...
(Bloomberg) -- The official arbiters of US recessions look at six monthly indicators in determining whether the nation is indeed in a downturn -- and they’re not flashing red. The...
By Scott Kanowsky Investing.com -- U.S. manufacturing activity slowed for the second straight month in July as firms remain wary of a weakening economic outlook and supply...
By Scott Kanowsky Investing.com -- Hong Kong has slumped to its second recession since 2019 as strict COVID restrictions and tightening financial conditions weighed on...
By Geoffrey Smith Investing.com -- German retail sales suffered their sharpest annual fall in decades in June as rampant inflation ate into consumers’ spending...
By Scott Kanowsky Investing.com -- Eurozone economic growth rose in the second quarter, according to preliminary figures from Eurostat, surprising estimates of an inflation-induced...
By Ketki Saxena Investing.com -- Statistics Canada reported today that the number of employees on the payroll, measured by the Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours (SEPH) as...
By Scott Kanowsky Investing.com -- U.S. growth contracted in the second quarter, as the world's largest economy failed to avoid slumping into a so-called technical...
(Bloomberg) -- Orders placed with US factories for durable goods rose unexpectedly in June, fueled by a surge in defense aircraft and pointing to sustained demand for equipment...
By Scott Kanowsky Investing.com -- Growth in American home prices slowed in May, signaling that a Federal Reserve-induced rise in mortgage rates may be weighing on demand. U.S....
By Scott Kanowsky Investing.com -- U.S. business activity contracted for the first time in more than two years in July, according to a closely watched survey of companies, as weak...
By Geoffrey Smith Investing.com -- U.K. business activity hit a 17-month low in July, hurt by continued high labor costs and by the falling pound, according to a closely-watched...
By Scott Kanowsky Investing.com -- Inflation-driven declines in both domestic and foreign demand caused business activity in Germany to contract for the first time this year in...
By Geoffrey Smith Investing.com -- U.K. retail sales volumes edged down in June as the high price of fuel damped demand, while the Queen's Platinum Jubilee boosted food and drink...
By Geoffrey Smith Investing.com -- The U.S. labor market appears to be cooling at last. The number of people making initial claims for jobless benefits rose by more than expected...
By Geoffrey Smith and Scott Kanowsky Investing.com -- The number of sales of existing homes fell sharply in June, adding to a miserable month for data from a slowing housing...
By Scott Kanowsky Investing.com -- Applications for mortgages in the U.S. touched their lowest level in 22 years last week, in a sign that soaring inflation and concerns over a...
By Geoffrey Smith Investing.com -- U.K. inflation rose to its highest in 40 years in June, as big monthly rises at both the consumer and producer price levels pointed to continued...
By Geoffrey Smith Investing.com -- The U.S. housing market stayed reasonably solid in June, according to data published Tuesday, with housing starts and building permits falling...
By Geoffrey Smith Investing.com -- The number of people claiming jobless benefits fell by 20,000 in June, less than expected, while average earnings growth slowed and fell further...
By Geoffrey Smith Investing.com -- Activity in the U.S. housing market slowed the most since the start of the pandemic in July, as high prices, poor affordability and skyrocketing...
By Geoffrey Smith Investing.com -- U.S. retail sales rose by more than expected in June, as consumers maintained their spending despite having to pay more and more for an...
By Geoffrey Smith Investing.com -- U.S. producer prices rose by more than expected in June, piling more pressure on the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates to bring inflation...
By Investing.com Staff An indicator of economic distress, the yield curve inversion between 10-year and 2-year rates, moved to its biggest point since the year 2000 on...
By Scott Kanowsky Investing.com -- The euro slumped to below parity against the dollar for the first time in 20 years on Wednesday, as investors fled for the safety of the...