Confidence rises sharply in growing Irish manufacturing sector – PMI

[ad_1] FILE PHOTO: Cranes are seen along the skyline in the Irish Financial Services Centre in Dublin, Ireland April 24, 2017. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne DUBLIN (Reuters) – Irish manufacturing growth picked…

U.S. consumer spending decreases further; inflation creeping up

[ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. consumer spending fell for a second straight month in December amid renewed business restrictions to slow the spread of COVID-19 and a temporary expiration of…

POLL-Ukraine’s economic contraction expected to be less severe in Q3

[ad_1] * GDP Q3 poll data reuters://realtime/verb=Open/url=cpurl://apps.cp./Apps/econ-polls?RIC=UAGDPQ%3DECI * GDP full year poll data reuters://realtime/verb=Open/url=cpurl://apps.cp./Apps/econ-polls?RIC=U reuters://realtime/verb=Open/url=cpurl://apps.cp./Apps/econ-polls?RIC=UACPIAPAGDPAP KYIV, Nov 5 (Reuters) – Ukraine’s economic contraction was expected to slow in the third…

TREASURIES-Soft data, dovish Fed push 30-year yield below 3 pct

[ad_1] (Recasts; adds PMI news; updates yields) NEW YORK, Jan 31 (Reuters) – The 30-year Treasury yield fell below 3 percent on Thursday after manufacturing data disappointed and a measure…

Switzerland enters recession after COVID-19 causes biggest ever GDP drop

[ad_1] * Swiss economic output falls 8.2% in Q3, enters recession * Government says recovery now underway * Says economy may return to pre-crisis level by end of 2021 *…

HIGHLIGHTS-BOJ Governor Kuroda’s comments at news conference

[ad_1] Oct 29 (Reuters) – The Bank of Japan on Thursday trimmed its economic and price forecasts for the current fiscal year, but offered a more upbeat view on the…