In June 2018, industrial production in the euro area declined by 0.7% compared to May, when the index rose by 1.4%, according to Eurostat. Analysts had predicted an increase of 0.4%. In annual terms, industrial production grew by 2.5%. Experts ...
In the second quarter, unemployment in the UK, calculated according to the methodology of the International Labor Organization, fell to 4%, marking a minimum since February 1975, compared to the first quarter of 4.2%, according to the Office ...
The aggregate net profit of China's commercial banks in the first half of 2018 increased by 6.37% year-on-year to 1 trillion 30 billion yuan, the National Committee for Control and Management of Banking and Insurance Activities said. As of ...
October futures for Brent crude on Tuesday at 14:43 Moscow time went up by 90 cents to 73 dollars 51 cents per barrel. The price of September futures for WTI oil also rose by 90 cents to 68 dollars 10 cents per barrel. On Monday, oil prices ...
Since the beginning of the year to July, the capitalization of the cryptocurrency market has lost more than 70%, falling below $200 billion for the first time this year. On Tuesday, market capitalization shrank to the lowest level since November ...
The Swiss bank Credit Suisse will reorganize the asset management division of wealthy clients to provide regional structures with more freedom in decision-making, Bloomberg writes with reference to informed sources. The number of regional offices ...
The largest in the US chain of stores for household goods, Home Depot, reported that in the second fiscal quarter ended in July, its net profit rose to $3 billion 510 million from $2 billion 670 million in the same period last year. Per share, ...
Hong Kong International Airport serviced in July a record 6 million 700 thousand passengers, according to a press release from the airport. The July figure was 2.2% higher than in July 2017. The number of takeoff and landing operations amounted ...
The international agency Fitch Ratings has affirmed the long-term issuer default ratings of the issuer of Lithuania in foreign and local currency at the level of “A-”. Short-term issuer default ratings are affirmed at “F1”, the country ceiling ...
On Monday, oil prices declined moderately based on Baker Hughes data on the increase in operating rigs in the US. The number of operating oil installations in the US increased last week by 10 units to a maximum from March 2015 to 869 units. ...
American corporation VF, the owner of many well-known brands of fashion, sports and work clothes, intends to allocate such jeans brands as Lee, Wrangler, Rustlers and Rock and Republic in a separate company. The shares of the new company, the ...
In the second quarter, the volume of non-performing loans of Chinese banks grew at the most significant rates in more than 10 years by 183 billion yuan and reached 1 trillion 960 billion yuan, the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission ...
Over the past month, ICO stratapes have got rid of the second in terms of capitalization cryptocurrency Ethereum in the amount of about $40 million, finversia.ru writes with reference to the TrustNodes portal. Projects for the primary placement ...
The OPEC monthly report says that the world oil market may again face an excess of supply due to a sharp increase in production in countries outside the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. As a result of the second quarter, world ...
The European Commission decided to invest 145.5 million euros in the construction of the Pogórska Wola-Tworzeń gas pipeline in the south of Poland with a length of 168 kilometers. EC spokesman Christian Spar said at a briefing in Brussels that ...
The rapid growth in property prices in Hong Kong does not allow people with low purchasing power to buy houses, so potential buyers are increasingly turning their attention to the final price, rather than looking for a low cost per square meter. ...
Quotes of gold futures on the London Metal Exchange on Monday fell to less than 1 thousand 200 dollars per troy ounce for the first time in 17 months. On the New York Stock Exchange Comex, December contracts fell 1.2% to 1,204 dollars 20 cents ...
GDP growth in the UK in the second quarter of 2018 accelerated to 0.4% from 0.2% in the first quarter, according to preliminary data from the office for National Statistics. In annual terms, the British economy grew by 1.3% compared to the ...
According to trading data, on Friday, the price of gold on the New York Stock Exchange Comex increased by $3.5 to $1,223.70 cents per troy ounce against the backdrop of worsening tension due to a twofold increase in US duties on steel and aluminum ...
A monthly study by The Wall Street Journal showed that bank analysts doubted that the trend to reduce fuel stocks in the world remains and thus have worsened the forecasts of oil prices for the third month in a row. Negative impact on prices ...