By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) – More than a quarter of Britain’s single parent households have recently run out of food and been unable to afford more, according to a survey from the[...]
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Czech lawmakers give initial backing to $7 billion budget savings package
PRAGUE (Reuters) – The Czech parliament’s lower house gave initial backing on Friday to the centre-right government’s package of spending cuts and tax hikes aimed at cutting the budg[...]
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India’s June trade deficit in line with expectations
By Shivangi Acharya and Riddhima Talwani NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India’s merchandise trade deficit in June was in line with expectations at $20.13 billion, according to a Reuters calculation based[...]
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UN agency calls for debt pause option as poverty rates rise
By Emma Farge and Marc Jones GENEVA/LONDON (Reuters) – A United Nations agency urged global finance ministers to give poor countries debt repayment breaks, estimating the COVID-19 pandemic and s[...]
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Exclusive-Canada unfreezes talks with Turkey on export controls after NATO move-source
By Jonathan Spicer and Huseyin Hayatsever ANKARA (Reuters) -Canada has unfrozen talks with Turkey on lifting export controls on drone parts after Ankara gave its nod for Sweden to join NATO, a person[...]
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Wall St ends up, extends recent gains on cooling US inflation
By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks extended recent gains to end higher on Thursday, with the Nasdaq rising more than 1% for a second straight day, as data showed the annua[...]
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Cooler inflation keeps stocks up, dollar and yields down
By Lawrence Delevingne and Huw Jones (Reuters) -U.S. stocks rose again and global equities hit new highs for 2023 on Thursday, while the dollar and Treasury yields continued to slide, as slowing U.S.[...]
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IMF sees ‘pockets of resilience’, slowing momentum in global economy
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The International Monetary Fund said on Thursday that first quarter global growth slightly outpaced projections in its April forecasts, but data since then has sh[...]
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U.S. Treasury posts sharply higher $228 billion June deficit
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government posted a $228 billion budget deficit for June, up 156% from a year earlier as revenues continued to weaken and July benefit payments we[...]
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