Economic Indicators News

By Lucia Mutikani

By Lucia Mutikani

U.S. consumer optimism waned in January, hitting its lowest level since Donald Trump was elected president, as a host of factors, including the partial government shutdown weighed on sentiment.

By Tonderai Gonorenda

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) - U.S. manufacturing output increased by the most in 10 months in December, boosted by a surge in the production of motor vehicles and a range of other goods, which could allay fears of a sharp slowdown in factory activity.

The overall rate of inflation in Canada picked up in December, Statistics Canada said on Friday.

(Bloomberg) -- Market-based recession indicators are flashing red. To some economists, they’re better left ignored.

By Polina Devitt and Elena Fabrichnaya

LONDON, Jan 18 (Reuters) - - British retail sales fell for the first time since March during the three months to December, confirming a slowdown in consumer spending as Brexit draws near, official data showed on Friday.

LONDON, Jan 18 (Reuters) - - British retail sales fell for the first time since March during the three months to December, confirming a slowdown in consumer spending as Brexit draws near, official data showed on Friday.

UK retail sales fell 0.9% in December, the Office for National Statistics said on Friday.

By Nandita Bose and Howard Schneider

(Bloomberg) -- Japan’s key inflation gauge slowed in the first back-to-back decline since April, highlighting the difficulty of the Bank of Japan’s price goal ahead of its policy meeting next week.

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil far-right President Jair Bolsonaro's economic team wants trade to account for 30 percent of gross domestic product (GDP)by the end of his four-year term, a senior administration source said on Thursday, adding that growing commerce was a priority.

By Lucia Mutikani

(Bloomberg) -- U.S. consumers this month were the most downbeat on the economy since November 2016, a third straight drop after expectations reached a 16-year high just three months earlier, as the partial government shutdown wears on toward a fourth week.

By Lucia Mutikani

The Philadelphia Fed's manufacturing index rose in January, to a reading of 17.0 from 9.1 in December, the Philly Fed reported on Thursday.

The number of people who filed for unemployment assistance in the U.S. fell unexpectedly last week, hitting their lowest level in five weeks.

By Andy Bruce and William Schomberg

By Eliana Raszewski

By Sinéad Carew and Kate Duguid

Euro zone consumer prices rose in December, according to a revised estimate released on Thursday.

LONDON, Jan 17 (Reuters) - - Lenders in Britain expect demand for mortgages and credit card lending to fall by the greatest extent in several years, a Bank of England survey showed on Thursday, adding to signs of an economic slowdown before Brexit.

By Eric Knecht