Rising levels of new orders at home and from overseas saw a further improvement of conditions in China's manufacturing sector in February, the results of the latest HSBC Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index suggest. The headline PMI for China fell back to 55.8 from January's record 57.4 and ...

The median forecast of analysts surveyed by Reuters on Friday is for gross domestic product to have risen by an annualized 4 percent in the fourth quarter, helped by a robust housing sector and a pickup in exports. That follows an annualized output gain of 0.4 percent in the third quarter, the of...

The growth of China's manufacturing sector decelerated to its slowest pace in a year in February, dragged by sharp falls in the growth of new orders and output, according to data released by the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing (CFLP) Monday. China's semi-official purchasing managers...

The economic data calendar is relatively sparse in the week ahead though it does include the February employment report, and has at least two other high points, the ISM Manufacturing Index on Monday and the Fed's Beige Book on Wednesday. The February data on payrolls and the unemployment rate at...

Business activity in the U.S. expanded in February, more than anticipated and at the fastest pace since 2005, a private report showed. The Institute for Supply Management-Chicago Inc. today said that its business barometer climbed to 62.6, from 61.5 last month. Readings greater than 50 signal ex...

Resales of U.S. homes and condos fell 7.2% in January to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.05 million, the lowest in seven months, the National Association of Realtors reported Friday. Sales of existing homes have fallen two consecutive months after rising steadily through the fall on the back...

Monthly consumer prices in the western German state of Hesse and in the eastern German state of Saxony both posted monthly CPI increases of 0.2%, the respective state statistics offices said Friday. Monthly CPI results in the two states were markedly below the median pan-German forecast of +0.5%...

Cheaper clothing and leisure more than offset costlier transport, housing maintenance and food in January, bringing a 0.8% decline in eurozone consumer prices on the month, Eurostat reported on Friday. Due in large part to energy base effects, the annual HICP rise edged up from 0.9% in December ...

The UK economy grew by 0.3% in the final three months of last year, faster than previously estimated. The revision was due to stronger growth in services and production. The initial estimate released last month said the UK economy had grown by 0.1% in the last quarter of 2009, meaning it had ...

British gross domestic product expanded 0.3% in the final three months of 2009, the Office for National Statistics said in a revised estimate Friday, up from an initial projection of 0.1% quarterly growth. Economists had forecast a revision to show 0.2% growth. Compared to the same period last year,...