Economic Indicators News

ABUJA, May 25 (Reuters) - Nigeria's economy grew 1.87% inthe first three months of 2020 from a year earlier, thestatistics office said on Monday, shrinking from the previousquarter...

(Bloomberg) -- The coronavirus pandemic ripped through the economy with frightening speed, spurring job losses in every U.S. state in April. The largest deterioration in the labor...

(Bloomberg) -- Inflation is one of the great question marks of the coronavirus era, with some economists predicting it’s poised to take off and others warning of a deflationary...

(Bloomberg) -- In what may prove to be one of the most dragged out earnings seasons ever, Japanese companies are reporting their worst drop in operating profits since the financial...

(Bloomberg) -- China will not set a numerical target for gross domestic product growth this year, according to the text of Premier Li Keqiang’s annual policy address set for Friday...

(Bloomberg) -- China’s top leaders should reveal Friday how much they’re planning to spend on stimulus to support the post-virus economy, when they belatedly announce their...

(Bloomberg) -- For decades, the U.S. jobless-claims report has provided a straightforward, routine read on the labor market every Thursday. Now it carries a variety of...

(Bloomberg) -- The South African Reserve Bank cut its benchmark interest rate for the fourth time in four months in a bid to support an economy forecast to slump deeper into...

ABUJA, May 21 (Reuters) - Annual inflation in Nigeria stoodat 12.34% in April, compared with 12.26% in March, the NationalBureau of Statistics said on Thursday.A separate food...

(Bloomberg) -- A potential $1 trillion could be lost from global growth as female workers fall out of the workforce during the coronavirus, according to a new analysis by...

By Yasin Ebrahim  Investing.com - Federal Reserve members expressed caution on the prospect of a speedy economic recovery and remained committed to keeping policy accommodative...

LONDON, May 20 (Reuters) - A number of frontier marketcountries are facing rising funding gaps with Nigeria standingout as a high-risk case, the Institute of International...

(Bloomberg) -- When Chinese Premier Li Keqiang delivers his annual report on economic policy this Friday, there’s a chance that the document’s most important number will be...

(Bloomberg) -- Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) expects India will experience its deepest recession ever after a poor run of data underscored the damaging economic impact of lockdowns in...

(Bloomberg) -- U.S. consumer sentiment posted a surprise increase in early May amid widespread virus-relief payments and discounts for big-ticket items, though pessimism deepened...

(Bloomberg) -- Prices paid to U.S. producers declined in April from a year earlier by the most since 2015, reflecting falling energy costs and signaling waning inflation pressures...

(Bloomberg) -- The U.K. economy shrank almost 6% in March as the nation went into lockdown, plunging into what may be its deepest recession in more than three centuries. The slump...