The US Department of Commerce published data on the dynamics of retail sales in April. Last month, retail sales fell by 0.2% in the United States compared to March, when they grew by 1.7%. For experts, the decline was a surprise, they had expected ...
The introduction of new technologies in the process of lithium mining in China has reduced the cost of production of this essential component of batteries for electric vehicles to 15,000 yuan per ton, which is a record low, the South China ...
In April, industrial production in the United States fell by 0.5%, noting the third drop in the index over the past 4 months, the Federal Reserve reported. Economists had not expected a decline. They had predicted an increase of 0.1%. American ...
In April 2019, the number of cars sold in India amounted to 247,541 cars, the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers reported. The fall in sales relative to the same month last year was 17.1% and was the most significant since 2011. Car ...
Japanese car manufacturer Nissan Motor reported on the results of the fiscal year, which ended on March 31. According to published reports, its operating income declined 1.8 times, reaching 318.2 billion yen. Net profit at the end of the year ...
The results of a survey conducted by ZEW showed a deterioration of economic sentiment in Germany in May. The index of investor and analyst sentiment for the next six months fell to minus 2.1 points from 3.1 points in the previous month. Experts ...
Insurance company Allianz, the largest insurance company in Europe in terms of market value and revenue, reported that in the first quarter its operating profit amounted to 2.962 billion euros, having increased by 7.5% over the year, mainly ...
The UK recorded the lowest unemployment rate of 3.8% since 1974 in the first quarter. According to the Office for National Statistics, the index fell by 0.2 percentage points from the previous quarter. In the specified period, 1.3 million unemployed ...
The Chinese Association of Automobile Manufacturers reported that in April, car sales in China fell by 14.6% compared with the same month a year earlier to 1.98 million vehicles after a decline of 5.2% in March. The fall of the indicator has ...
Reuters conducted a survey of 22 bank economists and analysts on the prospects for the German economy. According to participants in the survey, German GDP in the first quarter of 2019 will grow by an average of 0.4%. Economists also expressed ...
The price of bitcoin this weekend rose to its maximum value since August, exceeding the mark of 7,500 dollars. Then, during the day, it decreased by 2.95% to 7,663 dollars, finversia.ru reports. On Saturday, May 11, bitcoin grew by 9%, almost ...
The Associated Press, based on information from Saudi Arabia, reported that two oil tankers in the country suffered significant damage as a result of sabotage. At the same time, victims and oil spills were avoided. The threat to the free movement ...
The failed IPO of Uber led to serious losses for the Japanese telecommunications company SoftBank, Bloomberg writes. Losses amounted to about 9 billion dollars of its capitalization. On the first day of Uber’s share placement on the New ...
Trade negotiations between the United States and China did not bring positive results. US authorities said that Chinese imports amounting to about $200 billion in duties are rising from 10% to 25%. In addition, US President Donald Trump announced ...
In April, annual inflation in India was 2.92%, having accelerated from 2.86% in March, official data showed. The April inflation rate was the highest in the last six months. Economists had expected an even greater acceleration of inflation ...
A study commissioned by the European Commission, showed that in the aviation sector of the European Union, CO2 emissions could be reduced by 10% due to a tax on aviation fuel of 0.33 Euro per liter. Therefore, the study recommends the European ...
Japanese corporation Toshiba, following the results of the past fiscal year, published a report, according to which, its net profit increased by 25% and amounted to a record 1.01 trillion yen. At the same time, the company reported a drop in ...
The US budget deficit for the 7 months of the current fiscal year, which began on October 1, 2018, amounted to 530.87 billion dollars. According to the US Treasury, the figure rose 37.7% from a year earlier. The amount of budget revenues in ...
In April, the annual consumer price inflation in China was 2.5%, having accelerated from March's value of 2.3%, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed. Inflation reached its highest level since October 2018 amid rising food prices. ...
In March, in the UK, industrial production grew by 0.7% against February. As the data of the ONS management showed, the growth rate accelerated in comparison with the rise by 0.6% in February. Its increase has been observed for the past three ...