According to a preliminary estimate of Eurostat, the annual consumer price growth in the eurozone accelerated in April to 1.7% from 1.4% in March. At the same time, economists predicted annual inflation at 1.6% last month. The inflation rate, ...
The net profit of the British bank HSBC in the first quarter amounted to 4.13 billion dollars, an increase of 33.7% over the year. This was facilitated by the growth of the adjusted pre-tax profits of the retail banking and wealth management ...
In April, a slowdown in business activity was recorded in the US services sector. According to the Institute for Supply Management ISM, processing the data of US companies representing 62 segments of the service sector, the corresponding index ...
French bank Societe Generale, following the results of the first quarter, reported the fall in net profit by 26% to 631 million euros, which, however, surpassed the figure predicted by economists in 558 million euros. Revenue at 6.19 billion ...
The German sporting goods manufacturer Adidas reported that in the first quarter its net profit increased by 17.1% relative to the same period a year earlier, reaching 632 million euros. The index exceeded the forecasts of economists, who had ...
In the first quarter of this year, the demand for gold in the world compared to the same period last year showed an increase of 7%, amounting to 1,053.3 tons. As reported by the World Gold Council, the quarterly growth rate was recorded due ...
According to the results of the first quarter, pharmaceutical concern Bayer reported revenue growth and lower profits. The quarterly report of the German company showed that due to the costs associated with the restructuring and acquisition ...
The world's largest express delivery service, United States company United Parcel Service, following the results of the first quarter, reported the decline in net profit due to the costs of business reorganization, as well as due to bad weather ...
The American company Tesla, specializing in the production of electric cars and solar panels, reported a net loss of $702,135,000 in the first quarter of 2019. The index slightly decreased compared with a loss of 709 million 551 thousand dollars ...
The financial results of the world's largest software maker Microsoft in the third fiscal quarter ended March 31 were higher than market forecasts. The company recorded net profit growth of 18.7% from the same period of the previous year to ...
American Facebook, which owns the world's largest social network of the same name, reported that in the first quarter its net profit due to payments made for possible payments fell by 51% compared to the same period last year to 2,430 million ...
At the end of the April meeting, the Bank of Japan announced its intention to keep the rate “extremely low” at least until spring of 2020. The bank first indicated the date until which this level would be maintained. The Japanese regulator ...
The Bank of Korea published preliminary data on the state of the economy in the first quarter, which showed a decline in GDP by 0.3% compared to the fourth quarter of last year and its growth by 1.8% compared with the same quarter a year earlier. ...
Switzerland's largest bank UBS, following the results of the first quarter, reported that net profit fell by 27% from the same period a year earlier to $1 billion 141 million. Economists had expected a further fall in the index - up to $900 ...
American company Visa in the second fiscal quarter, which ended in March, recorded a net profit of $2 billion 977 million, which is 14.3% higher than the same period of the previous year. Earnings per share were at the level of 1 dollar 31 ...
Commerzbank reported on a decision taken jointly with Deutsche Bank to terminate negotiations on merging the operations of two German financial institutions, as their specialists, after careful analysis, concluded that “the merger does not ...
During a financial summit held in Riyadh on Wednesday, Saudi Finance Minister Mohammed al-Jadaan reported that following the results of the first quarter, the country recorded a budget surplus of 27 billion 800 million Saudi riyals for the ...
The French producer of alcoholic beverages, Remy Cointreau, published a report on financial results for the fiscal year that ended on March 31. Its revenue reached a record level of 1 billion 220 million euros, an increase of 7.8% in organic ...
The ifo research institute reported an unexpected weakening of German businessmen’ confidence in the German economy in March. The corresponding index calculated by it was 99.2 points, down from the March value of 99.7 points. Economists had ...
Swiss bank Credit Suisse in the first quarter of 2019 recorded a net profit growth of 8% compared to the same period last year to 749 million Swiss francs. The figure exceeded the estimates of experts who had expected it at the level of 682 ...