STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Sweden’s economy will likely contract next year as high inflation and rising interest rates weigh on households…
Column-Forecasts become a vortex of guesswork: Mike Dolan
By Mike Dolan LONDON (Reuters) – It’s the time of year for financial and economic forecasting – but you may…
Analysis-Russian gold removed from some Western funds after Ukraine
By Peter Hobson LONDON (Reuters) – Hidden inside high-security bank vaults in London, Zurich and New York, billions of dollars’…
Factbox-Russian gold taken out of exchange-traded fund stockpiles
By Peter Hobson LONDON (Reuters) – Gold worth $2.2 billion has left the accounts of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) since July…
TikTok ban for U.S. government phones advances, threatening its ad revenue, experts say
By David Shepardson and Alexandra Alper WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A proposal to bar federal employees from using Chinese app TikTok…
South Korea’s president stresses need for labour reforms
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol said on Wednesday reforming practices in the labour market should be a…
Indonesia’s 2022 fiscal deficit seen at 2.49% of GDP-president
JAKARTA (Reuters) -Indonesia’s fiscal deficit for the whole of 2022 will likely be 2.49% of gross domestic product, much smaller…
Portugal approves windfall tax on energy firms, food retailers
By Sergio Goncalves LISBON (Reuters) – Portugal’s parliament on Tuesday approved a 33% tax on the windfall profits that energy…
U.S. Senate $1.66 trillion gov’t funding bill secures enough votes to advance
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A $1.66 trillion bill to fund the U.S. government secured enough support to advance in the Senate’s…
U.S. expands dispute settlement consultations over Canadian dairy tariff policies
OTTAWA (Reuters) -The Biden administration said on Tuesday it was requesting new dispute settlement consultations under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA)…