On Friday, oil prices fell based on the statements of the US President, Donald Trump, that fuel prices are artificially inflated thanks to the efforts of OPEC. By 18:03 Moscow time, June futures for Brent crude fell 45 cents to 73 dollars 33 ...
Michael Saunders, member of the Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee, said that it was necessary to raise interest rates in the coming years to keep inflation under control. He noted that inflationary pressures in the UK were increasing, ...
In February, retail sales in Canada grew by 0.4% to 49 billion 760 million Canadian dollars, compared with January, when their growth was at the level of 0.1%, according to the statistics of the country. The indicator coincided with the estimates ...
Italy can return to the market of dollar bonds for the first time since 2010 and place dollar state bonds either at the end of this year or in the first half of 2019. This was stated at a meeting with institutional investors by the new head ...
French oil giant Total planned to buy a majority stake in the electricity supplier Direct Energie for 1.4 billion euros, the finversia.ru project wrote with reference to the message from Dow Jones Total, like other major oil players, is trying ...
The US Department of Commerce said it was necessary to set compensation duties on the import of aluminum sheets and alloys from China at a level of 113%, since it had previously determined that it was being subsidized. The US Department of ...
More than 30 technology companies, including Facebook and Microsoft, intend to announce a statement of public refusal to take part in cyber attacks organized by the government of any country, The New York Times writes. The document, named the ...
The economy of China in the first quarter increased by 6.8%, exceeding the expected growth of 6.7%. This was facilitated by reliable investments in real estate and sustainable consumer demand, as well as growth in construction and industry. ...
During trading on Wednesday, oil prices rose on signals of a reduction in US fuel supply. The American Petroleum Institute reported that last week US oil inventories fell by 1 million 50 thousand barrels. The reserves of gasoline fell by 2 ...
This February, construction volumes in the euro area decreased by 0.5% compared to January, when the decline was 0.8%. In annual terms, construction volumes increased by 0.4%, according to the data of the Statistical Office of Eurostat. In ...
The second-largest producer of alcohol in France, Remy Cointreau, has reported on the results of 2017-2018, which ended March 31, announcing the increase in revenue in annual terms by 2.9% to 1 billion 127 million euros. Organic revenue growth ...
Consumer prices in the UK increased in March by 0.1% compared to February and by 2.5% compared to March of last year, the statistics showed. Analysts had predicted growth of the first indicator by 0.3%, the second - by 2.7%. It is noted that ...
In March, consumer prices in the euro area rose relative to February by 1% and in annual terms by 1.3%, according to the final data of Eurostat. Analysts had expected annual inflation at 1.4%. Excluding energy, food and alcohol prices, consumer ...
In the first quarter, Morgan Stanley increased its net profit by 38% in annual terms to 2 billion 668 million dollars. Quarterly revenues amounted to 11 billion 77 million dollars, increased by 14%. Analysts had expected the figure at 10 billion ...
China intends to remove the restrictions on the share of foreign companies in joint ventures for the production of cars by 2022, which will provide significant support to foreign automakers in the Chinese market. The National Development and ...
For the period from December 2017 to February 2018, unemployment in the UK, calculated according to the methodology of the International Labor Organization, fell to 4.2% after 4.3% in the three previous months, according to the Office for National ...
The American company Johnson & Johnson, the world's largest producer of health products, reported that in the first quarter its net profit fell by 1.1% in annual terms to 4 billion 370 million dollars. The profit without taking into account ...
Bank of America Merrill Lynch conducted a survey among global fund managers from 6 to 12 April this year. The survey showed that most global investors believed in the growth of stock value and believed that the increase in quotes had not yet ...
Industrial production in the US rose by 0.5% in March, compared to a 1% increase in February, the Federal Reserve said. Analysts had expected the growth of the index by 0.3%. In the processing industry, output increased by 0.1%. The output ...
This March, consumer prices in Italy, calculated according to national standards, increased in annual terms by 0.8% after an increase of 0.5% in February, the final data of the statistical agency Istat showed. The price increase relative to ...