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Euro zone inflation hits record high 10%, raising pressure on ECB
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Euro zone inflation zoomed past forecasts to hit a fresh record high this month, reinforcing expectations for another jumbo interest rate hike from the European Central Bank in O...
Sep 30, 2022
Euro zone unemployment unchanged at record low of 6.6%
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Euro zone unemployment was unchanged at a record low of 6.6% of the workforce in August, the European Union's statistics office Eurostat said on Friday, matching expectations of e...
Sep 30, 2022
Factbox-What South Korea has done and could do to defend won
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea has issued warnings and made various efforts to prop up the won, one of the world's worst performing major currencies this year. The won, near its lowest level since Marc...
Sep 30, 2022
UK mortgage approvals jump unexpectedly in August: BoE data
LONDON (Reuters) - British lenders approved many more mortgages than expected in August, Bank of England data showed on Friday. Mortgage approvals rose to 74,340 last month, up from 63,740 in July and...
Sep 30, 2022
Hong Kong retail sales slip 0.1% in August
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's August retail sales slid 0.1% from a year earlier amid a high base of comparison, government data showed on Friday. Sales decreased to HK$28.6 billion ($3.64 billion)...
Sep 30, 2022
UK retailer Currys raises staff pay for third time in 13 months
LONDON (Reuters) - British electricals retailer Currys said on Friday it was raising hourly pay rates for a third time in 13 months as competition heats up to attract and retain staff in a tight labou...
Sep 30, 2022
Bulgaria’s central bank raises capital buffer as loan risk remains high
SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgarian banks will have to accumulate more capital in 2023 to counter a build-up of systemic risks linked to persistently high levels of borrowing and increased economic uncertaint...
Sep 30, 2022
Toshiba says it received multiple ‘in-depth’ potential partnership requests
TOKYO (Reuters) - Toshiba Corp said on Friday it had received multiple "more in-depth" written indications of interest by potential partners in the second bidding round for its restructuring plans. To...
Sep 30, 2022
Chinese artist records era of COVID, one test at a time
By Casey Hall SHANGHAI (Reuters) - For most of China's 1.4 billion people, regular COVID-19 tests have become a way of life. Siyuan Zhuji is trying to turn them into a work of art. Since March, the 33...
Sep 30, 2022
French inflation eases again in September
PARIS (Reuters) - French inflation slowed for a second month running in September, bucking the trend in neighbouring Germany, helped by a deceleration in the increases of prices of energy and services...
Sep 30, 2022
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