In May, the volume of net borrowings of the public sector in the UK fell to 5 billion pounds from 6 billion 900 million pounds in April, according to the Office fro National Statistics. Analysts had predicted a reduction in volume to 6 billion 300 million pounds. The British government has been taking steps since 2010 to reduce the budget deficit. The budget deficit and government borrowing in the UK last fiscal year, ending March 31, fell to the lowest level of 39.5 billion pounds sterling for 11 years.
Britain on Wednesday signed a supply deal for up to 60 million doses of a possible COVID-19 vaccine that is being developed by pharmaceutical companies GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and Sanofi. The financial details of the agreement were not disclosed. However, ...
The reimplementation of virus-related lockdowns in some states dragged the U.S. economic outlook in the past month, according to economists in a Reuters poll who also warned that the monitored rebound in employment may reverse by the end of ...
Japan's industrial output is expected to recover in June from a double-digit decline in May amid hopes that factory activity may have reached its lowest due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to a Reuters’ poll of 13 economists. While ...
The Bank of Thailand chief on Monday said that it could take several years for the country’s foreign tourism industry to recover as the economy continues to take a beating from the COVID-19 pandemic. The central bank expects foreign ...
Britain’s retail industry encouraged UK and EU negotiators to arrive at a post-Brexit trade deal. This came after the retail industry stated that consumers will endure higher prices from next year if a tariff-free trade is not guaranteed. Thousands ...