GDP of Thailand grew by 4.6% in annual terms in the second quarter after an increase of 4.9% in the first quarter, according to data from the Office for Economic and Social Development. The pace of economic growth in Thailand has slowed mainly ...
Chief Economist of the Bank of England Andy Haldane believes that the use of artificial intelligence technologies can lead to massive unemployment in the UK, the Financial Times writes. Haldane notes that the country needs to take into account ...
Real incomes of the population of the most developed countries, members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, in the first quarter of 2018 increased by 0.7% compared to the previous quarter, when growth was 0.4%. At ...
In the euro area, construction volumes increased in June this year by 0.2% compared to May, when their growth was 0.3%, according to the data of Eurostat. Compared to June last year, the indicator grew by 2.6%. The volume of construction in ...
The monthly rent for housing in Beijing for the period from January to July 2018 increased by 25.6%, according to a study by the Chinese search engine Zhuge. As the Financial Times writes with reference to the search engine, the price increase ...
Domestic wholesale sales in Singapore in the second quarter, seasonally adjusted, increased by 2.4% after growing by 6.2% in the previous quarter, finversia.ru writes, citing data from the Statistics Department of Singapore. The volume of domestic ...
In July, consumer prices in the euro area increased by 2.1% compared with July last year, after rising by 2% in June, according to the final data of Eurostat. The increase in consumer prices in July this year has been the strongest since December ...
LCX Cryptocurrency Exchange and one of the largest international online exchange services for digital currencies Binance jointly launch a trading platform for European users, finversia.ru wrote. According to Cointelegraph, customers of the ...
On August 20, Greece withdraws from the assistance program. The 9-year crisis reduced the Greek economy by 25% and forced the country's authorities to take unpopular measures of tough economy. After leaving the assistance program, Greece intends ...
Microsoft conducted a global survey that showed that 94% of all executives consider artificial intelligence to be important for solving the strategic tasks of their companies. 37% of respondents describe this technology as “very important”. ...
The currency of South Africa, the leading platinum producer, weakened as a result of the collapse in Turkey, which hit other markets, Reuters reports. The South African rand lost 10% last week against the US dollar. The price of platinum fell ...
Trade unions representing employees of Air France-KLM, badly perceived the appointment of Benjamin Smith as the new general director of the French airline. In addition, in the Netherlands, the pilots announced preparations for strikes due to ...
Following the results of the last week, Brent crude oil fell by 1.5%, WTI - by 2.7%. The seven-week drop for WTI is the longest period of decline since 2015. Brent is losing in price for the third consecutive week. On Friday, oil prices rose ...
In August, the US consumer confidence index fell to 95.3 from 97.9 in July, the lowest since September 2017, preliminary data from the University of Michigan showed. Analysts had predicted growth to 98.5 points. The attitude of American consumers ...
Consumer prices in Canada rose by 3% in July this year compared to the same month last year after rising by 2.5% a month earlier, according to the country's Department for Statistics. Compared to the previous month, the price increase in July ...
In July, consumer prices in the euro area increased by 2.1% compared with July last year, after rising by 2% in June, according to the final data of Eurostat. The increase in consumer prices in July this year has been the strongest since December ...
Electricity consumption in China for the period from January to July increased by 9% in annual terms to 3 trillion 880 billion kilowatt-hours, the National Development and Reform Commission said. Compared with the same period last year, when ...
Sanctions imposed by the United States against Iran led to the withdrawal from the Iranian market of the German communications service provider Deutsche Telekom and the Deutsche Bahn railway concern, finversia.ru wrote with reference to the ...
Unemployment in Australia fell to 5.3% in July from 5.4% in the previous month, according to figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The July unemployment rate in the country has become minimal for six years. Analysts did not expect ...
In June, the eurozone foreign trade surplus with non-member countries rose to 22.5 billion euros from 16.5 billion euros in May, according to Eurostat. Exports from 19 eurozone countries rose by 5.7% in annual terms to 198 billion 600 million ...