Second Junk-Rating Blow Sends South African Assets Tumbling South Africa’s rand plunged to the weakest level this year and yields on dollar bonds jumped after Fitch...
U.S. Employers Added Fewer Jobs in March, Unemployment Rate Falls to 4.5% Employers in the U.S. added fewer jobs in March than expected but the unemployment...
Nigeria Occupies 7th Place on PoS Transactions in Africa Nigeria occupies seventh position among African countries where the use of point of sale (PoS) form part...
Oil Production to Boost Nigeria’s Economic Recovery by 0.8% A significant increase in Nigeria’s crude oil production is expected to push economic recovery upward by 0.8...
U.K. Manufacturing, Construction Point to Loss of Momentum U.K. manufacturing and construction unexpectedly shrank in February, adding to signs that the economy lost momentum in the...
Carney Urges Banks to Prepare for All Potential Brexit Outcomes Bank of England Governor Mark Carney urged banks to get contingency plans in place for all...
Google Brings Fake News Fact-Checking to Search Results First fact-checking came to Facebook Inc. Now it’s coming to Google. The world’s largest search engine is rolling...
Russian Ruble Tumbles After U.S. Syria Strikes as Politics Eclipse Carry Russia’s ruble fell the most among emerging-market currencies on Friday and the nation’s borrowing costs...
German Industrial Output Unexpectedly Rose in February German industrial production unexpectedly rose in February, led by the construction sector, reaffirming the strength of the country’s economic...
U.K. House-Price Growth Slows to Weakest in Almost Four Years U.K. house-price growth slowed to the weakest in almost four years last month, according to Halifax....