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Image for Italy May unemployment rate jumps to 6.5% but 80,000 jobs created in month
Finance

Italy May unemployment rate jumps to 6.5% but 80,000 jobs created in month

ROME (Reuters) -Italy's unemployment rate rose sharply to 6.5% in May from an upwardly revised 6.1%...

2nd July, 2025

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Italy could lose 20 billion euros in exports, 118,000 jobs with US tariffs, industry head says

MILAN (Reuters) -Italy risks losing 20 billion euros ($23.6 billion) in exports and 118,000 jobs nex...

2nd July, 2025

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Mercosur, four-nation European trade bloc seal sweeping trade deal

SAO PAULO (Reuters) -South American bloc Mercosur has concluded talks for a free-trade agreement wit...

1st July, 2025

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UK budget forecasters say they have been too upbeat, posing a risk for Reeves

LONDON (Reuters) -Britain's official budget watchdog said on Tuesday that it had been too optimistic...

1st July, 2025

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BlackRock eyes shorter-term bets amid shaky global economic foundations

By Davide Barbuscia NEW YORK (Reuters) -The BlackRock Investment Institute (BII) said on Tuesday tha...

1st July, 2025

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Finance

Euro zone inflation picks up to ECB target

(Reuters) -Euro zone inflation edged up last month to the European Central Bank's 2% target, confirm...

1st July, 2025

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Switzerland faces downside risks if full US tariffs bite, IMF says

BERN (Reuters) -The International Monetary Fund cut its growth forecast for the Swiss economy in its...

1st July, 2025

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French manufacturing weakened further in June, final PMI shows

PARIS (Reuters) -French manufacturing weakened further in June, impacted by a contraction in output...

1st July, 2025

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New orders surge in German manufacturing but employment woes persist, PMI shows

BERLIN (Reuters) - German manufacturers' new orders grew at their fastest pace in more than three ye...

1st July, 2025

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Euro zone factory orders stabilise for first time in 3 years, PMI shows

LONDON (Reuters) -Euro zone manufacturing activity showed further signs of recovery in June as new o...

1st July, 2025

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Russia's factory activity in June contracts at fastest pace since March 2022

(Reuters) -Russia's manufacturing sector contracted at its sharpest rate in more than three years in...

1st July, 2025

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Tariff risks muddy global outlook for factories

By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) -Factory activity in many Asian economies shrank in June as U.S. tar...

1st July, 2025