Canada firms see better sales, fret about possible US measures: central bank survey
By Promit Mukherjee and David Ljunggren OTTAWA, Jan 20 (Reuters) – Canadian firms see improved demand and sales in the coming year, largely fueled by rate cuts, but are concerned about the potential damage from promised U.S. policies, the Bank of
Trump says he will immediately declare national energy emergency
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday said he would immediately declare a national energy emergency, promising to fill up strategic reserves and export American energy all over the world. “We will be a rich nation again, and it
Nigeria to rebase GDP and inflation data by month-end, stats office says
ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria plans to rebase its gross domestic product (GDP) and inflation data by the end of the month to capture changes in certain sectors of the economy and reflect current growth and consumption patterns, its statistics office
ECB’s Vujcic says market pricing of rate cuts reasonable
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Market expectations for European Central Bank interest rate cuts are reasonable but economic conditions can still change, so there is no guarantee the bank will set rates as now expected, Croatian central bank chief Boris Vujcic said
Central banks’ green push hits a hurdle as Fed drops out
By Francesco Canepa and Virginia Furness FRANKFURT (Reuters) – A global effort by central banks to join the fight against climate change has hit a major hurdle with the U.S. Federal Reserve’s decision to leave a club devoted to policing environmental