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New homes sales in the United States decreased last month, against market expectations, data by the US Department of Commerce showed on Monday. New single-family home sales declined by 3.5% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 959,000 units in September. Meanwhile, the August reading was revised down to 994,000 …

China’s Foreign Ministry announced on Monday, it will impose sanctions on the US entities involved in the arms sales to Taiwan. Lockheed Martin, Boeing and Raytheon will be sanctioned, the Ministry said. Developing Story…

Business activity fell back into decline across the Eurozone in October as accelerating growth of manufacturing output was overwhelmed by a steepening deterioration in the service sector amid rising COVID-19 worries. In fact, the Eurozone manufacturing purchasing managers index (PMI) jumped to a 26-month high level of 54.4 during the …

A survey on Friday showed that Eurozone economic activities slipped back into decline this month with renewed restrictions to control the coronavirus pandemic, forcing many companies in the region’s dominant service sector to limit operations. A second wave of the virus swept across Europe, and 90% of economists polled by …

On Thursday, the Turkish central bank kept interest rates unchanged at 10.25%, which was contrary to speculation of a large increase. A poll of 17 economists conducted by Reuters had expected the bank to raise its repurchase rate (repo) for a week 175 basis points, as forecasts ranged from increases …

There were 787,000 initial claims for unemployment benefits in the US during the week ending October 16th, the data published by the US Department of Labor (DOL) revealed this Thursday. This reading followed last week’s print of 842,000 (revised from 898,000) and came in better than the market expectation of …

Wholesale sales in the Canadian economy increased for the fourth consecutive month in August, more than analysts’ expectations. data released by Statistics Canada showed on Monday, that wholesale sales in Canada posted an increase of 3% last August compared to 4.3% in July. Analysts had expected that wholesale sales in …

Retail Sales in the US rose by 1.9% on a monthly basis in September to $549.3 billion, the data published by the US Census Bureau showed on Friday. This reading followed August’s increase of 0.6% and came in better than the market expectation of 0.7%. “Nonstore retailers were up 23.8%from …

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday that it is now the time for the businesses in the UK to get ready for an Australia-type deal with the European Union. “Given the EU have refused to negotiate seriously, I have concluded we should get ready for an Australia-style deal,” …

Data showed that European car sales rose slightly in September, the first increase this year, indicating a recovery in the auto sector in some European markets, as Coronavirus cases decreased. Statistics from the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA) in September showed that sales of new cars rose 1.1% Y-o-Y to …