LONDON (Reuters) - World stocks hit new all-time highs on Thursday as traders counted down to U.S. data that is expected to show inflation easing and pave the way for the Fed to start its long-awaited ...

SINGAPORE/LONDON (Reuters) -Sterling hit a four-month high on Thursday as comments from Bank of England policymakers and a better-than-forecast GDP data led traders to reduce bets on an August rate cu ...

Deputy governor Margarita Delgado, who does not have voting rights, would attend the monetary policy meeting if the government has not made a decision on who to appoint to the Bank of Spain's top job, ...

According to exchange data, overseas investors bought Japanese stocks worth a net 916.05 billion yen ($5.67 billion) last week, their biggest weekly net purchase since Jan. 12.Investors snapped up der ...

(Reuters) - Short positions on most Asian currencies eased, as rising expectations of at least two rate cuts by the U.S. Federal Reserve this year and an easing dollar boosted risk sentiment, a Reuter ...

TOKYO/LONDON (Reuters) -The dollar traded near three-week lows on Wednesday as a cautious tone from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell kept risk sentiment in check, while the New Zealand dollar fell ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's economy likely grew 5.1% in the second quarter from a year earlier, slowing from a strong start in the first three months due to sluggish consumer demand, keeping alive exp ...

(Reuters) -European shares advanced on Wednesday led by corporate earnings, although gains were limited by weak oil and metal prices, while investors awaited Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's seco ...

LONDON (Reuters) -Shares gained and the dollar firmed on Wednesday, after cautious but encouraging remarks on inflation by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell the day before raised expectations for im ...

The programme's extension, which entitles families with young children to obtain mortgages at 6% interest, was a key part of Putin's social pledges in the run-up to his re-election in March. The Bank ...