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(Bloomberg) -- Germany’s inflation rate fell further below zero as the pandemic curtailed demand, adding to the case for more monetary stimulus from the European Central...

(Bloomberg) -- China reduced the pace of its purchases of U.S. goods in August, making slow progress in meeting the goals of its trade deal with the world’s biggest economy. The...

(Bloomberg) -- America’s small businesses are slightly more bullish about their own survival than five months ago, with a majority now saying they expect to be operating beyond six...

(Bloomberg) -- China’s economic rebound showed signs of plateauing in September, weighed down by lackluster home and car sales, a weaker stock market and worsening business...

(Bloomberg) -- The world’s largest agricultural commodity traders are making the most money in years exporting everything from soybeans to corn and wheat from American ports. And...

(Bloomberg) -- Consumer confidence in South Korea slipped for the first time in five months as a jump in virus cases and tighter social restrictions made households more...

(Bloomberg) -- If the U.S. could instantly end the most severe forms of economic discrimination against African Americans, it could give a $5 trillion boost to gross domestic...

ABUJA, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Nigeria's gross revenues inchedup 0.8% in August to 682.1 billion naira ($1.79 billion) fromthe previous month as a rise in VAT and corporate tax...

(Adds details)ABUJA, Sept 15 (Reuters) - Annual inflation in Nigeria rosein August for the 12th month in a row, reaching a more-thantwo-year high, as the coronavirus pandemic...

ABUJA, Sept 15 (Reuters) - Annual inflation in Nigeria stoodat 13.22% in August, up from 12.82% in July, the National Bureauof Statistics said on Tuesday. A separate food price...

PARIS, Aug 27 (Reuters) - France's foreign minister said onThursday that the transition in Mali needs to be quick, but thatthe coup d'etat in the country would not stop French...

(.) ABUJA, Aug 26 (Reuters) - The leaders of the military coupin Mali have told a delegation of West African mediators thatthey want to stay in power for a three-year transition...

* Nigeria imposed lockdowns in Lagos and Abuja in Q2 * Oil sector contracted by 6.63% * Nigeria is Africa's largest economy * Government says economy may shrink by up to 8.9% this...

LAGOS, Aug 24 (Reuters) - Nigeria's economy contracted by6.1% in the second quarter of 2020 from a year earlier, thestatistics office said on Monday, as lockdowns in its two...

(Adds further details, analyst comment) By Chijioke Ohuocha Aug 17 (Reuters) - Annual inflation in Nigeria rose for the11th straight month in July, the statistics office said...

Aug 17 (Reuters) - Annual inflation in Nigeria stood at12.82% in July, up from 12.56% in June, the National Bureau ofStatistics said on Monday in a report.A separate food price...

(Adds figure of total in work, oil price information and quote) By Libby George LAGOS, Aug 14 (Reuters) - More than a quarter of Nigeria'sworkers were out of a job in the second...