In June, the German Statistical Office Destatis recorded inflation at 1.6% in the country. Regarding the May consumer price increase of 1.4%, annual inflation accelerated last month, confirming economists' forecasts. Prices in monthly terms increased by 0.3%, which also met the expectations of economists. The population of Germany paid for central heating last month by 5.6% more than a year earlier. Natural gas went up by 4.1%, electricity – by 3.4%. The cost of fuel rose by 1.2%. The June acceleration of inflation is due to rising prices on holidays. Food for the year went up by 1.2%, while consumer electronics fell by 6.1%.
June had seen Japan’s industrial output breaking its four-month slump. The recuperation could be attributed to a modest recovery seen in broader business and consumer activity after the world’s third-biggest economy suffered from ...
Spain’s unemployment rose to 15.33% for the second quarter of 2020, according to Tuesday’s data from the National Statistics Institute amid the worsening COVID-19 situation in the country. The unemployment rate surged past the ...
Australia had seen its employment rate dropping 1.1% between mid-June and mid-July, weekly data showed on Tuesday. In addition to this, the southeastern state of Victoria recorded the sharpest plunge in employment as the state suffers from ...
The Dollar traded lower earlier on Thursday in European markets after new hope of an economic recovery in Europe bolstered sentiment. The Dollar index fell by 0.1% to 954.808 at 3:10 AM ET (0710 GMT), gaining only slightly from the four-month ...
China's diesel exports for June fell by 50% year-on-year, a record low since September 2018 as lockdown measures around the world continued to curb fuel demand. China exported has 1.04 million tons of diesel, compared to the 1.45 million and ...