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Data published by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) showed that the UK official unemployment rate remained unchanged at 3.9% posted in May while the number of claimants count change fell unexpectedly last month. The number of people claiming jobless decreased by 28.1K in June, compared to expectations for +250K …

Data released by the Federal Reserve on Wednesday showed industrial production in the U.S. increased 5.4% in June after expanding 1.4% in May. This reading was better than market expectations of 4.3%. Other details of the report revealed that manufacturing output rose 7.2% in June and capacity utilization improved to …

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said on Wednesday that he sees “very difficult hours ahead.” Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven met for talks before the European Union summit. The economy of Spain is one of the most affected economies in the European Union from …

Official data released today in the United Kingdom showed that British inflation rose unexpectedly in the previous month as the Office for National Statistics said that consumer price inflation rose to 0.6% in June from 0.5% in May. A Reuters poll had expected the rate to drop to 0.4%. Core …

The United Kingdom said on Tuesday that they will ban China’s Huawei gear from UK’s 5G networks, starting at the end of 2020, as it poses a major threat to the country’s security. “The NCSC (National Cyber Security Centre) has now reported to ministers, that they have significantly changed their …

OPEC reported in its monthly report that global oil demand will rise to a record level of 7M bpd in 2021 as the economy recovers from Covid-19 crisis, but will remain below 2019 levels. This is the first report in which OPEC evaluates the oil markets next year and said …

Wells Fargo reported quarterly losses for the first time since the financial crisis in 2008. The COVID-19 crisis forced to write off 9.57B to cover potential loan losses. Wells Fargo reported a loss of $ 2.4B, or 66 cents a share, in the second quarter ending June 30, compared to …

The Labor Department said on Tuesday that the consumer price index rose 0.6% last month after falling 0.1% in May in the 12 months to June, the lowest annual increase since September 2015. Economists who participated in the Reuters poll expected the CPI to rise 0.5% in June and rise …

JPMorgan, the largest bank in USA, was the first to release Q2 earnings report among the three largest banks in the United States, reported that the bank’s net profit fell by nearly half, due to a $ 10.8B charge for provisions against bad loans. However, the report came stronger than …

Data released on Tuesday showed that the German ZEW Economic Sentiment Index came in at 59.3 versus 60.0 expected and 43.4 last. While the sub-index Current Conditions figure arrived at -80.9 in July compared to -65.0 expected and -83.1% previously recorded. Meanwhile, the Eurozone ZEW economic sentiment for July came …