By 15:01 Moscow time on Tuesday, september futures for Brent crude went up by 85 cents to 78 dollars 15 cents per barrel. August WTI crude oil futures added 89 cents and amounted to 74 dollars 83 cents per barrel. According to MarketWatch, ...
In May this year, prices of European manufacturers rose by 3% in annual terms, the Statistical Office Eurostat reported. Compared with the growth of 1.9% in April, the rise in May accelerated and became the maximum for the year. Relative to ...
In May 2018, British companies placed and sold new bonds for 11 billion pounds, which was a record volume of corporate obligations. As reported by the Bank of England, the purpose of corporate bonds placing was to finance mergers and acquisitions. ...
The Central Bank of Brazil lowered the country's GDP growth forecast for 2018 from 2.6% to 1.6% against the backdrop of a worsening economic situation in the second quarter of this year. The Central Bank also raised the inflation forecast for ...
Following the results of the meeting, the Central Bank of Indonesia raised the rate of 7-day REPO by 50 basis points to 5.25%. Also, the interest rate on loans was also increased by 50 points - up to 6%, and the rate on deposits - up to 4.5%. ...
Consumer prices in the euro area grew by 2% in June in annual terms, reaching the European Central Bank's growth target for the first time since February 2017. This is evidenced by preliminary data from the Statistical Office of Eurostat. The ...
According to the Office for National Statistics, the final estimate of the UK GDP growth for the first quarter is confirmed at 1.2% in annual terms, which is the weakest growth rate of the British economy since the second quarter of 2012. Compared ...
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Canada stated that the government, starting from July 1, 2018, introduced “moderate and proportionate measures” in the amount of 16 billion 600 million Canadian dollars for steel, aluminum and other products ...
The economy of Georgia grew by 7.5% in May, having recorded the highest growth in annual terms over the past few years, according to the National Statistical Service of the country. This was announced at a briefing by the Prime Minister of ...
Citigroup, one of the largest banks in the US, independently identified overpayment of customers with their credit cards in total of $335 million and informed the American Bureau of Consumer Protection in the financial sector. The regulator ...
Following the results of the past week, Brent crude rose by 5.2% , of the month - by 2%, and of the quarter – by 16%. Since the beginning of the year its price has increased by 22%. The price of WTI oil for the week increased by 8.3%, for the ...
In June, the US consumer confidence index rose to 98.2 points from 98 points in May, according to the final data from the University of Michigan. Experts had expected the index to rise to 99 points. The ratio of US citizens to the current financial ...
The consolidated index of business and consumer confidence in the euro area economy fell in June to 112.3 points from 112.5 points in the previous month, noting the minimum value for 10 months, according to the data of the European Commission. ...
Japanese corporation Line, which owns the most popular instant messenger in the country, is preparing to launch a cryptocurrency exchange in Singapore next month. According to the Financial Times, the company intends to gain an advantage over ...
The American conglomerate Walt Disney reported that the Antitrust Division of the the US Department of Justice approved a deal to acquire the assets of Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox. At the same time Walt Disney must fulfill the condition, ...
Two major automobile trading groups warned the administration of President Donald Trump that the application of 25% duty on imported cars would lead to the loss of hundreds of thousands of jobs in the sector and significantly raise prices. ...
In May this year, production of cars in the UK increased by 1.3% in annual terms to 137 thousand 225 units due to domestic demand, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders said. The production for domestic buyers increased by 12.8%. At ...
Consumer prices in Germany, calculated according to the standards of the European Union, increased in June by 2.1% in annual terms after the increase by 2.2% in the previous month, according to preliminary data from the Federal Statistical ...
Last week, the number of the US citizens, who had applied for unemployment benefits for the first time, increased by 9,000 to 227, the country's Ministry of Labor reported. Analysts had predicted that the figure would increase to 220 thousand. ...
On Wednesday, oil prices rose on fears of interruptions in fuel supplies from ports of Libya. The chairman of the board of directors of the Libyan national oil and gas corporation National Oil, Mustafa Sanallah, expressed concern that the US ...