• US pending home sales grow a tad more quickly than expected in February

  Thursday 27 Mar 2025

  (Sharecast News) - The growth in the number of home sales signed in the US continued to be subdued last month.

• Europe close: Report of imminent US car tariffs hits shares

  Wednesday 26 Mar 2025

  (Sharecast News) - European shares were lower on Wednesday amid ongoing uncertainty and nervousness around the expected 2 April date for Washington's announcement of reciprocal trade tariffs.

• US services activity picks up in March, but expectations deteriorate sharply

  Monday 24 Mar 2025

  (Sharecast News) - Business activity in the US picked up in March, but not in manufacturing, according to the preliminary results of two closely followed surveys.

• UK consumer confidence up in March but still 'fragile', GfK says

  Friday 21 Mar 2025

  (Sharecast News) - Consumer confidence in the UK improved slightly in March, but remained "fragile", the results of a closely followed survey showed.

• Fed still sees two rate cuts, to slow balance sheet reduction

  Wednesday 19 Mar 2025

  (Sharecast News) - Rate-setters in the US voted to stand pat on rates, but said that they would slow the pace at which the central bank reduced its balance sheet until a deal was reached on the government debt ceiling.

• US industrial output beats forecasts in February, but economists cautious

  Tuesday 18 Mar 2025

  (Sharecast News) - Industrial production in the US jumped last month as aircraft and automobile manufacturing rebounded.

• Russian president backs idea of stopping hostilities, but calls for 'enduring peace'

  Friday 14 Mar 2025

  (Sharecast News) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said that he agreed with the proposal to stop the hostilities, but that it should lead to long-term peace and eliminate the original roots of the crisis.

• US small company hiring plans slip in February

  Friday 07 Mar 2025

  (Sharecast News) - Job openings at small companies in the US rose a bit last month, even as plans to hire continued to fall back, the results of a closely followed survey revealed.

• US foreign trade balloons, set to drag Q1 GDP into the red

  Thursday 06 Mar 2025

  (Sharecast News) - America's shortfall on trade with the rest of the world ballooned at the start of 2025, as companies and individuals tried to front run the imposition of new trade tariffs.

• Initial weekly US jobless claims decline by more than expected

  Thursday 06 Mar 2025

  (Sharecast News) - Unemployment claims fell by more than expected during the previous week and remained at a historically low level.

• ECB says policy becoming 'meaningfully less restrictive'

  Thursday 06 Mar 2025

  (Sharecast News) - Rate-setters at the European Central Bank announced a further interest rate cut and said that monetary policy was becoming "meaningfully less restrictive".

• Positive ISM services surprises, but respondents worried by tariffs

  Wednesday 05 Mar 2025

  (Sharecast News) - Services sector activity in the US experienced a modest acceleration last month, the results of a closely followed survey revealed.

• US retail sales drop as demand for motor vehicles and at non-store retailers falls back

  Friday 14 Feb 2025

  (Sharecast News) - Americans pulled back on their spending at the start of the year.

• US producer prices come in a tad higher than forecast in January

  Thursday 13 Feb 2025

  (Sharecast News) - Inflation at the wholesale level in the US came in a tad hotter-than-expected at the start of 2024.

• US consumer confidence dips, inflation expectations surge

  Friday 07 Feb 2025

  (Sharecast News) - Consumer confidence in the US dipped slightly, amid concern around the impact of tariffs on the cost of purchasing durable goods, preliminary survey data showed.

• US consumer spending accelerates in December, price gains ebb

  Friday 31 Jan 2025

  (Sharecast News) - Americans spent more freely at the tail-end of 2024, while price pressures ebbed as forecast.

• ECB cuts rates, says that disinflation is 'well on track'

  Thursday 30 Jan 2025

  (Sharecast News) - The European Central Bank cut rates again and expressed confidence that inflation would continue to head lower.

• Fed decision to stand on the sidelines seen by some as a 'hawkish hold'

  Wednesday 29 Jan 2025

  (Sharecast News) - America's central bank stood pat on monetary policy as economists had anticipated and appeared to be biding its time before making any further changes to interest rates.

• US services activity slows in January but hiring 'surges', S&P says

  Friday 24 Jan 2025

  (Sharecast News) - Economic activity in the States slowed noticeably at the start of 2025 as the services sector cooled, survey results showed.

• US services activity slows in January but hiring 'surges', S&P says

  Friday 24 Jan 2025

  (Sharecast News) - Economic activity in the States slowed noticeably at the start of 2025 as the services sector cooled, survey results showed.

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