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WASHINGTON — The number of laid-off Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell last week to 787,000, a sign that job losses may have eased slightly but are still running at historically … Read More
A potentially sharp rebound from the gloom and doom of the circuit breaker may prompt a revision of the official full-year growth forecast this week, but experts still think 2020 … Read More
LONDON (REUTERS) – Britain’s unemployment rate rose by more than expected to 4.5 per cent in the three months to August, up from 4.1 per cent in the three months … Read More
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – The effects of climate change since 2000 will slow US economic growth slightly over the next 30 years, adding another drag on an economy that will struggle … Read More
SINGAPORE (THE BUSINESS TIMES) – Employment expectations among businesses in Singapore have taken a turn for the worse for the last quarter of this year, while the overall business sentiment … Read More
SINGAPORE – Private-sector economists have lowered their 2020 forecast for Singapore’s economy but they turned more bullish over the strength of a recovery next year and suggest the worst of the … Read More
HONG KONG (BLOOMBERG) – Chinese consumers are back to binging on luxury handbags, cosmetics and cars. But this shopping enthusiasm is not extending to mass consumption in sporting goods, beer … Read More
WASHINGTON — For decades, the Federal Reserve made clear its readiness to raise interest rates at the earliest signs of creeping inflation. That was then. In a sign of how … Read More
SINGAPORE – Finance professionals expect a slow return to normal from the impact of the coronavirus-induced recession, according to a survey by the Association of Certified Chartered Accountants (ACCA) Singapore. … Read More
PARIS (NYTIMES) – At BP, 10,000 jobs. At Lufthansa, 22,000. At Renault, 14,600. When European countries ordered businesses to shutter and employees to stay home as the coronavirus spread, governments … Read More
BENGALURU (REUTERS) – Australia’s Ampol Ltd said on Monday (Aug 17) it would sell a 49 per cent stake in a property trust that owns convenience stores to Singapore sovereign … Read More
SYDNEY (REUTERS) – A measure of Australian consumer sentiment fell sharply in August as a strict coronavirus lockdown in Victoria state darkened the mood in a major setback to the … Read More
