Continuing this week's series of announcements of the results of its long-term securities auctions, the Treasury Department on Tuesday revealed this month's auction of $42 billion worth of ten-year notes attracted below average demand. The ten-year note auction drew a high yield of 4.468 percent and...
With energy prices surging, the Labor Department released a report on Tuesday showing consumer prices in the U.S. increased in line with economist estimates in the month of April. The Labor Department said its consumer price index climbed by 0.6 percent in April after advancing by 0.9 percent in March. The growth matched expectations.
Brazil's consumer price inflation accelerated for the second straight month in April. The consumer price index climbed 4.39 percent year-over-year in April, faster than the 4.14 percent rise in March. Economists had expected inflation to rise to 4.41 percent. The annual price growth in food and beverages accelerated to 2.69 percent from 2.16 percent, and housing inflation climbed to 6.19 percent.
India's consumer price inflation rose slightly in April, the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation said Tuesday. Consumer price inflation rose less-than-expected to 3.48 percent in April from 3.40 percent in March. Inflation was forecast to rise to 3.8 percent. At the same time,...
With energy prices surging, the Labor Department released a report on Tuesday showing consumer prices in the U.S. increased in line with economist estimates in the month of April. The Labor Department said its consumer price index climbed by 0.6 percent in April after advancing by 0.9 percent in March....
South Africa's jobless rate increased in the first quarter of 2026. The jobless rate rose to 32.7 percent in the first quarter from 31.4 percent in the fourth quarter of 2025. The number of unemployed people increased to 8.14 million in the first quarter from 7.84 million in the previous three-month period.
UK retail sales declined in April due to the change in the timing of Easter and weaker consumer confidence, data from the British Retail Consortium showed Tuesday. Total retail sales decreased 3.0 percent year-on-year in April, in contrast to the 7.0 percent increase in last April. Food sales...
Latvia's consumer price inflation moderated in April after rising in the previous month. The consumer price index rose 2.9 percent year-on-year in April, slower than the 3.4 percent increase in March. The slowdown in inflation was mainly driven by a 0.3 percent fall in costs for food and non-alcoholic beverages, which grew 1.1 percent in March.
German economic confidence unexpectedly improved in May as financial experts anticipate an end to the Iran war, survey results from the Mannheim-based Centre for European Economic Research, or ZEW, showed Tuesday. The ZEW indicator of economic sentiment rose to -10.2 in May from -17.2 in the previous month. The score was forecast to fall to -19.1. However, the index remained negative.
Switzerland's producer and import prices increased for the second straight month in April. The producer and import price index posted a monthly increase of 0.8 percent in April, following a 0.2 percent increase in March. The rise in April was mainly driven by higher costs for petroleum products as well as petroleum and natural gas.
Italy's industrial production expanded for the second straight month in March. Industrial production rose 1.5 percent year-on-year in March, following a 0.4 percent rebound in February. Unadjusted industrial production also grew 4.1 percent from the last year. During the first quarter of 2026, total industrial output contracted 0.2 percent compared to the previous three-month period.
Malaysia's unemployment rate held steady at the end of the first quarter. The jobless rate came in at 2.9 percent in January, the same as in the previous month. In the corresponding month last year, the unemployment rate was 3.0 percent. There were 507,500 unemployed people in March compared to 506,900 in the prior month.
Indonesia's retail sales decreased for the first time in three months in April. Retail sales fell 1.9 percent year-over-year in April, reversing a 3.4 percent growth a month ago. The decline was influenced by the normalization of public demand following the national religious holidays of Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr.
Japan's household spending declined for the fourth consecutive month in March despite rising wages, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications said Tuesday. Household spending declined 2.9 percent on a yearly basis in March, sharper than the 1.8 percent fall in February. Spending has been...
Germany's consumer price inflation accelerated to the highest since late 2023 in April as energy prices surged due to geopolitical tensions, final data from Destatis showed Tuesday. Consumer price inflation rose to 2.9 percent in April from 2.7 percent in March. The rate came in line with the estimate...
May 08, 2026 15:50 ET Manufacturing and services sector survey results and labor market data from main economies were the highlight on the economics news front this week. Factory orders and jobs report dominated the news flow in the U.S. Similarly, industrial production data from German garnered attention in Europe. In Asia, purchasing managers’ survey results from China and the central bank decision from Australia were in focus.