BERLIN (Reuters) -German business morale worsened for the second consecutive month in June, a survey showed on Monday, indicating that Europe’s largest economy faces an uphill battle to shake off recession. The Ifo institute said its business climate index fell to 88.5 this month from 91.5 in May. A Reuters poll of analysts had predicted…
MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines on Monday said it had signed four loan agreements with the World Bank totalling $1.14 billion, including $750 million of budgetary support for policy reforms to boost environmental protection and climate resilience. The agreements also include $276 million of funding support for two projects aimed at developing the agriculture and…
(Reuters) – Private-equity firm Ares Management said on Monday it had acquired a $3.5 billion specialty finance loan portfolio from PacWest Bancorp. Over the past month, PacWest has also sold its real estate lending unit and a huge chunk of its real estate loans. Shares of the bank were up 2.4% at $7.23 in premarket…
By Orhan Coskun and Nevzat Devranoglu ANKARA (Reuters) -The Turkish lira slid as much as 3% to a record low against the dollar on Monday, after the central bank took steps to simplify policy, while an official and bankers said the bank had stopped using its reserves to support the lira. The lira weakened as…
By Sofia Menchu and Diego Oré GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – Former first lady Sandra Torres will have to face a run-off in August in Guatemala’s presidential election after a vote on Sunday looked set to pit her against Bernardo Arevalo, another center-left candidate running on an anti-corruption platform. Early on Monday morning, in a press…
LONDON (Reuters) – British retail sales fell again in June as household finances were squeezed by the rising cost of living but stores expected sales volumes to stabilise next month, a survey showed on Monday. The Confederation of British Industry’s (CBI) monthly distributive trades index fell to -9 from -10 in May. Martin Sartorius, CBI…
(Reuters) – Texas’ power grid operator on Monday again projected electricity use would break records this week as homes and business cranked up air conditioning amid soaring temperatures. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), which operates the grid for more than 26 million customers representing about 90% of the state’s power load, forecast demand…
KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s central bank could start cutting its key rate by one to two percentage points in coming months, notes from the central bank’s committee for monetary policy showed on Monday. The bank has kept its main rate unchanged at 25% since last summer, when it increased the rate to tame growing consumer…
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A stubborn surge of inflation has led central banks worldwide to adapt monetary policy to protect people and businesses from price increases, with many raising interest rates in step with the U.S. Federal Reserve. However, the central banks of major Latin American economies have been holding their rates even as those…
BERLIN (Reuters) – Recession in Germany is expected to end in the spring quarter, the Bundesbank said in its monthly report on Monday, adding that gross domestic product would “rise slightly” in the April to June period. “Private consumption should bottom out,” experts from the German central bank wrote in the report. “Thanks to strongly…
