Canada: New Housing Price Index, March 2017
The New Housing Price Index (NHPI) rose 0.2% in March compared with the previous month. Higher new h...
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BoE’s Carney Sees Tougher Time for Households
Mark Carney warned that U.K. households will face a difficult year, underpinning the Bank of England...
OPEC Revises Non-Member Output Forecast to 950K daily barrels
OPEC on Thursday sharply raised its forecast for oil supply from non-member countries in 2017 as hig...
Oil Prices Rose Despite OPEC Forecasting Higher Production From Non-members
Oil prices rose on Thursday, with benchmark Brent crude trading comfortably above $50 a barrel after...
Fed’s Dudley Says Trade Protectionism a Dead End
Trade protectionism is a “dead end” that may score political points but will ultimately ...
japan Posts Largest Account Surplus Since 2007
Japan posted a current account surplus of 20.20 trillion yen ($177 billion) in fiscal 2016, the larg...
New Zealand ratifies TPP
New Zealand formally ratified the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal Thursday, becoming the second...
Washington Would not Object to TPP Going Ahead Without US
U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross indicated on May 9 that Washington would not object to an 11-par...
Bank of England Held Rates at 0.25% Lowered Growth Forecasts
The Bank of England (BOE) held interest rates steady at 0.25 percent, as expected, on Thursday while...
OPEC Output Falls in April Despite Saudi Arabia Bump
OPEC continued to reduce production in April, but output from top exporter Saudi Arabia ticked up la...
Ireland’s Interests will be EU Interests in Brexit Negotiation
The EU’s chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier has said that securing Ireland’s interes...
European Commission Raises Growth Forecasts for Region
Euro zone economic growth should grow a bit faster this year than previously believed and the unempl...
US PPI Rose 0.5% in April
U.S. producer prices showed a broad-based gain in April, which pushed the annual increase up to the ...
Canadian House Prices Rise 0.2% in March
Prices for new housing in Canada rose by 0.2 percent in March from February on gains in Toronto and ...
Citi Economist Says Openness Doesn’t Come Naturally to Central Banks
Central banks tend to find transparency difficult when it comes to declaring the reasoning behind th...
Six Canadian Banks Cut by Moody’s on Consumers’ Debt Burden
Six of Canada’s largest banks had credit ratings downgraded by Moody’s Investors Service on conc...
US Jobless Claims at 28-year Lows
A decline in U.S. jobless-benefit rolls to a 28-year low adds to signs of a tight labor market, as i...
CAC Flat Ahead of French Nonfarm Payrolls, German GDP
The CAC is unchanged in the Thursday session, as the index is trading at 5,396.80. On the release fr...
BoE CPI Forecasts Could Signal Earlier Rate Hike
It’s been a relatively calm start to trading on Thursday, as we await the latest monetary policy d...
DAX Shrugs Off Stronger German Inflation Report, German GDP Next
The DAX index continues to have a quiet week and is almost unchanged in the Thursday session. Curren...