India to take steps to achieve 6.5%-7% GDP growth target
(Reuters) -The Indian government is taking steps to achieve its economic growth target of 6.5%-7% this fiscal year, the economic affairs secretary said on Monday, after...
Budget woes push French borrowing costs above crisis-scarred Greece
By Harry Robertson LONDON (Reuters) -French borrowing costs rose above those of Greece on Monday for the first time, as Michel Barnier's government teetered on the brink of...
UK economy to still feel tariff impact even if not directly targeted, says UBS
-- The UK economy is expected to feel the ripple effects of new trade tariffs proposed by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, even if it avoids being directly...
Fed's Powell may have made US monetary policy boring again
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - For much of the past 17 years the Federal Reserve has been the central player in U.S. economic policy, throwing multi-trillion-dollar...
ECB to continue cutting rates in December, Stournaras says
ATHENS (Reuters) - The European Central Bank is expected to continue cutting interest rates this month, ECB policymaker Yannis Stournaras said on Monday. "Apparently, we will...
Indonesia, Canada sign comprehensive economic partnership
By Dewi Kurniawati JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia and Canada on Monday signed a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) that aims to strengthen economic ties between...
Italy's tax system under scrutiny as study shows it favours rich
By Giuseppe Fonte, Gavin Jones and Alvise Armellini ROME (Reuters) -Italy's tax system is skewed in a way that lets society's wealthiest 7% pay proportionately less tax than low...
Exclusive-Top Russian banker says easing of tensions with West uncertain under Trump
By Elena Fabrichnaya and Gleb Bryanski MOSCOW (Reuters) -The next U.S. administration may make an effort to ease tensions with Moscow but Western sanctions are unlikely to be...
Japanese bank Resona says inflation is boosting SME loan demand, pay hikes
By Anton Bridge TOKYO (Reuters) - The return of inflation in Japan is pushing up loan demand from the country's small and midsize firms for capital investment and digitalisation,...
Futures slip, Stellantis CEO resigns - what’s moving markets
– U.S. futures are slightly lower as the year-end comes into view, U.S. jobs data is in focus this week, Stellantis (NYSE:STLA) CEO resigns abruptly, and Canada...