French business activity jumped to its strongest level in six months, but German business activity undershot expectations.
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The business activity index increased by 0.1 in June, representing 95 consecutive months of growth in business activity.
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Other surveys showed French business activity strengthened more than expected in June, and euro zone business activity picked up a touch this month.
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In the individual readings, French business activity jumped to its strongest level in six months, but German business activity undershot expectations, prompting a further fall in German government bond yields.
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" City officials call it something else: "illegal business activity.
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Breaking with tradition, it was France's turn to see an uptick in composite business activity rather than Germany, which saw a slowdown in business activity growth as a whole despite improved manufacturing performance.
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It followed disappointing business activity and confidence data last week.
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A PMI reading below 50 signals business activity is shrinking.
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This is simply bridge financing of otherwise sound business activity.
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Adidas (ADDDF) said its business activity in China plunged 85%.
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Tollin Associates itself had no business activity, the statement said.
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Osborne tried to stimulate business activity by cutting corporation tax, however.
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EDT and the Philadelphia Fed survey on mid-Atlantic business activity.
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Following that move, Google said it suspended business activity with Huawei.
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Do drivers' earnings reflect what we normally consider small business activity?
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Because the trend is implying that global business activity is deteriorating.
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Data showed euro zone private business activity was stable in August.
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The sub-index for business activity in services eased to 53.6.
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A reading below zero suggests a contraction in regional business activity.
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Business activity is only gradually returning to normal after widespread disruption.
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A figure above zero suggests the region's business activity is growing.
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While French business activity jumped to its strongest level in six months, German business activity undershot expectations, prompting a further though brief fall in German government bond yields, IHS Market's latest Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) showed.
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While French business activity jumped to its strongest level in six months, German business activity undershot expectations, prompting a further fall in German bond yields just as renewed Brexit uncertainty boosts demand for bond safe havens.
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This city packs a lot of business activity into a small space.
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There are signs that this uncertainty is now weighing on business activity.
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The business activity index rose to 58.7 from 58.2 the month before.
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Figures also indicated an increase in both business activity and new orders.
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The business activity index rose to 59.5 from 55.1 the month before.
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This led Google to suspended business activity with the Chinese telecom giant.
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For services companies, measures of business activity and employment improved last month.
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The business activity index rose to 59.8 from 57.8 the month before.
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The business activity index rose to 62.4 from 58.9 the month before.
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The business activity index fell to 53.9 from 59.5 the month before.
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French and German business activity also expanded more than expected in March.
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The themes of cutting taxes and backing small business activity is clear.
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Business activity is expected to continue expanding, although at a slower pace.
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"It cuts across practically every type of business activity," Mr. Levite said.
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If tariffs broaden, we could see business activity impaired much more significantly.
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Business activity recovered in May to levels not seen since the Nov.
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Euro area business activity picked up last month, figures showed, but remained weak.
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And Japan's latest Tankan Survey indicated further deterioration in business activity and confidence.
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The business activity index was minus 43 versus minus 21.6 the previous month.
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The mood was also dampened by a weaker than forecast business activity survey.
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The cap has since been blamed for choking business activity and economic growth.
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The attacks weighed on tourism, foreign investment, and business activity in the country.
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Workers and their families will also suffer liquidity problems as business activity falls.
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Services business activity also slowed in August, but they remain in growth territory.
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In the near-term, our checks confirm significant increases in business activity, esp.
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Expectations regarding the one-year outlook for business activity softened slightly in September.
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In France, the bloc's second-biggest economy, business activity expanded faster than forecast.
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Trump pledged that he would pare down regulations that were choking business activity.
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There was some optimism, however, as French business activity picked up more than anticipated.
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Markit said growth in business activity slowed in May as trade war worries increased.
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In wake of the restrictions, Google has suspended business activity with the Chinese giant.
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There was some optimism, however, as French business activity picked up more than expected.
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Overall, new business activity rose in 2016, bolstered by women and minority-owned businesses.
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Another looked at the relationship between business activity and the movements of corporate jets.
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Potential hits to GDP growth will depend on how severely business activity is disrupted.
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Only 18 percent of respondents anticipated business activity will be higher in a year.
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Panelists linked their expectations to the rising number of customers and increased business activity.
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A separate report on regional business activity in the Philadelphia region showed surprising improvement.
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A reading on business activity in the Philadelphia region unexpectedly turned positive in March.
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A survey this week showed euro zone business activity at a six-year high.
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Growth has returned to the bloc, unemployment has fallen and business activity has expanded.
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Japan also released economic data that suggested an improvement in business activity last month.
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Trump himself, meanwhile, has continued to engage in business activity since being elected president.
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However it has so far given little detailed guidance on targets by business activity.
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Chinese business activity, he said, is running at about 20 percent of normal levels.
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The dollar shortage has stifled business activity and hit confidence in the Egyptian economy.
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Regarding their business activity outlook for 2020, 50% expected growth below 5% this year.
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Small-business activity in the U.S. accounts for nearly half of private-sector jobs.
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The sub-index for services rose to 54.6 helped by an increase in business activity.
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Business activity slowed down after US stocks suffered their worst December since the Great Depression.
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One measure would limit licenses to one business activity per person, hurting entrepreneurs like Condis.
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The Philly Fed said its business activity index rose to 17.0 from 9.1 in December.
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French business activity unexpectedly contracted, further fanning fears about slowing growth in the euro area.
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It was also the sixth consecutive month of decline for private non-oil business activity.
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It was also the sixth consecutive month of decline for private non-oil business activity.
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It would hurt America greatly to lose its genius and distinct preference for business activity.
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The services survey showed continued but slower growth for business activity, new orders and employment.
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Services business activity also increased, with Markit's sub-index for the sector rising to 53.4.
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Business activity across the euro zone was sluggish last month, official data showed on Wednesday.
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The Fed will also release its Beige Book report on business activity at 1800 GMT.
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Its measure of business activity also jumped, to 64.7 last month, versus 59.7 in January.
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Both are important early indicators of the state of business activity in the second quarter.
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This followed similarly upbeat reports this week on U.S., UK, Chinese and Japanese business activity.
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However, there were some bright spots, with euro zone business activity remaining robust last month.
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Hotels were selected based on proximity to business activity and/or access to professional services.
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However it has so far given little detailed guidance on the targets by business activity.
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Growth in private business activity is the slowest since August 2009, a corporate survey shows.
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Oil demand has taken a hit as the coronavirus outbreak has halted business activity worldwide.
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Business activity will likely fall sharply across advanced economies in the first half of 2020.
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New economic data published Tuesday showed somewhat lower readings of business activity in the region.
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Real-estate related business activity is estimated to drive around a quarter of GDP growth.
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If the economy slows, politicians may fear that constraining the chaebol would hurt business activity.
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The eurozone banking index and auto stocks continued their slide after Monday's business activity readings.
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Private surveys point to robust business activity in the region - buoyed by a weaker euro.
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U.S. overall business activity growth also fell to a three-month low as the seasonally adjusted IHS Markit Flash U.S. Composite PMI Output Index dropped to 50.9 in August, signalling a "renewed slowdown" in the rate of U.S. private sector business activity growth, Markit said.
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ET. The Philadelphia Fed releases its June index of regional business activity at 8:30 a.m.
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Euro zone business activity barely expanded in October as demand shrank, the flash PMI data showed.
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In France, business activity expanded this month, offering some signs of hope after a recent slowdown.
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Uncertainty could cause a freezing up of business activity as investment waits for the new landscape.
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French business activity slowed more than expected to a six-month low, though manufacturing sped up.
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Its measure of business activity also jumped, to 64.7 last month compared with 59.7 in January.
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And it's this ripple effect of business activity and jobs growth that Ohio business owners want.
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Classifications are made by the CFTC based on the "predominant" business activity of the reporting organization.
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The regional central bank said its business activity index deteriorated to -4.1 from 17.0 in January.
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When the legislation came out, investors wondered whether any business activity could occur outside that zone.
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It suspended the Umrah pilgrimage, froze international flights and brought most business activity to a halt.
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Oil demand has fallen as the coronavirus outbreak has halted travel and slowed business activity worldwide.
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Xi said Monday that the government would focus on stabilizing business activity and preventing mass layoffs.
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Meanwhile, data from IHS Markit showed U.S. business activity hit a five-month high in December.
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Weak potential growth also means even a small pick-up in business activity could turn inflationary.
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Data from the Philadelphia Federal Reserve also showed a jump in business activity for the month.
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Data also showed overall business activity in Brazil remained unchanged in November from the prior month.
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With business activity having declined precipitously, bailouts of troubled companies are appropriately back on the table.
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With business activity having declined precipitously, bailouts of troubled companies are appropriately back on the table.
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New business activity slowed even further last year, and the company announced no new hotel deals.
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The headline Business Activity index in Markit's Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) fell to 52.3 from December's 54.9.
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A purchasing managers' survey earlier on Thursday showed that euro zone business activity barely expanded in October.
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He has recently been promoted to the job of overseeing all financial and business activity in Russia.
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Euro zone business activity stagnated in October as demand withered, according to a survey published on Thursday.
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More business activity would further boost the port's contribution to the local area, including deprived South Shields.
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The June figure marks the second-lowest business activity level for service providers in over a year.
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ET: weekly jobless claims, December housing starts, and the January business activity index from the Philadelphia Fed.
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German government bond yields edged lower after euro zone business activity data also came in below forecasts.
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The PMI sub-index for business activity in services eased slightly to 55.4 from 55.8 in June.
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Their experiences also show that higher local minimum wages boost spending and business activity in local economies.
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His election follows years of ill-conceived economic policies and capital controls that have stifled business activity.
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Last month, flash data showed that European business activity slowed to its weakest level since February 2015.
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This contributed to an acceleration in overall business activity in the bloc, though again this remained lacklustre.
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This contributed to an acceleration in overall business activity in the bloc though again, this remained lacklustre.
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The euro weakened further on Thursday after a survey showed French business activity fell unexpectedly this month.
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Like bitcoin and most other cryptocurrencies, XRP has no claim on any real assets or business activity.
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But business activity surveys have repeatedly shown large companies are reaping the benefits more than smaller ones.
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Many provisions that made sense in 1986 no longer have relevance today and actually discourage business activity.
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But records show Inovo had no significant business activity in the three years before the Flynn deal.
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Many expect that the March report will reflect the damage the virus has inflicted on business activity.
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The survey measures business activity in the services and manufacturing sector in the 123-member euro zone.
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Regardless of how the broader economy is faring, January is always a low point for business activity.
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Countries across the world have clamped down to hold back the virus, causing business activity to collapse.
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The Egyptian purchasing managers' index for February showed business activity there shrank for a fifth straight month.
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Output edged up to 47.1 from 46.6, with some firms mentioning that liquidity issues restricted business activity.
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Business activity in the world's second-biggest economy is only gradually returning to normal after widespread disruptions.
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Meanwhile, National Australia Bank's business conditions index rose in January, indicating strong business activity in the country.
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The Fed will also issue its Beige Book report of anecdotes on business activity at 2 p.m.
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Business activity in the euro zone dropped in July, according to data released by IHS Markit Tuesday.
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French business activity confounded expectations in April by growing at the fastest pace in nearly six years.
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The July number "indicates that business activity flattened out for New York manufacturers," the report noted. 43.
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French business activity also grew faster than expected, returning to a rate not recorded since before the Nov.
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The moves tracked euro zone yields after the bleak tone for business activity set by the PMI readings.
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With the imposition of the trade tariffs, they haven't shown up in the business activity data so far.
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The Alphabet unit suspended business activity with Huawei, involving the transfer of hardware, software and key technical services.
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The Philadelphia Fed said its current business activity index rose to 2.0 in August from -2.9 in July.
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French business activity rose more than expected, though the German PMI number was more of a mixed picture.
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Business activity in Venezuela has virtually collapsed, with many companies and skilled workers leaving the country, Marczak said.
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French business activity was stronger than expected in June as a better services sector compensated for weaker manufacturing.
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As a leading indicator of the U.S. economy, the PMI helps economists measure business activity and new orders.
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Today corporations are claiming that their "rights" to speak clash with longstanding forms of regulation of business activity.
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Goldman Sachs says slowing business activity will crunch corporate profits, dealing a fatal blow to the bull market.
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Then there are the confidence indexes, which measure perceptions of business activity in the present and near future.
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The world's deadliest coronavirus outbreak has ravaged the Italian economy by leading to a paralysis in business activity.
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If the space sector's visionaries have their way, the next decade will see unprecedented business activity in space.
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On the macroeconomic front, a survey released Tuesday showed that euro zone business activity remained robust in August.
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It would be the fastest decline since September 2018 when a severe earthquake and typhoons disrupted business activity.
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Data on Thursday showed a bigger-than-expected fall in euro zone producer prices and stalling business activity.
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The survey added to a string of underwhelming business activity data in the run-up to the Dec.
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This scenario could mean investors flee Mexican assets, along with slower job creation sluggish business activity, analysts say.
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On the data front, euro zone business activity held steady in November, official data released on Wednesday showed.
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The headline Business Activity index in IHS Markit's Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) slipped to 52.1 from January's 52.3.
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The single currency was also buoyed by stronger-than-forecast survey data on French and German business activity.
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The Philadelphia Federal Reserve said its business activity index fell to 27.6 in June from 38.8 the month before.
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Still, if sustained, rising funding costs are expected to translate into higher borrowing costs eventually, dragging on business activity.
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Business activity "slowed sharply" in May due to trade war worries, IHS Markit said in a report on Thursday.
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Transportation companies are a bellwether for business activity and investors are watching them closely as the global economy cools.
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Euro zone business activity barely grew in April as demand was sluggish even though prices rose modestly, surveys showed.
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ET, while at the same time the Philadelphia Fed releases its monthly index of regional business activity for October.
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Import-dependent Egypt is facing a dollar shortage that has stifled business activity and hit confidence in the economy.
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The firm reduced its 2019 earnings estimates for eight chip stocks, predicting companies will announce weakness in business activity.
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Improvement in the index was broad-based with business activity and the employment sub-indices reaching 11-month highs.
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However, they could be offset by possible restrictions on immigration and trade, which could hurt business activity, analysts say.
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Some of these effects are beginning to manifest in surveys of investment intentions, business activity and the housing market.
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Since Titcoin's "fundamental business activity is to market and promote Titcoin" to those in adult services, I'm not impressed.
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The single European currency benefited from surveys that showed business activity was surprisingly firm in February, particularly in France.
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Data on Tuesday showed U.S. consumer confidence dipped, while a survey on business activity in U.S. Midwest also underwhelmed.
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Since then, domestic figures pointing to weakening business activity and muted inflation have raised concerns among Fed policy-makers.
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In its temporary jobs business, activity levels in the UK had remained broadly at pre-referendum levels, it added.
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Global business activity expanded at its weakest rate in over three years in February, business surveys showed on Thursday.
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The greenback rose against the euro after data indicating a slowdown in European business activity hurt the common currency.
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There is actually historical precedent for political activity hampering business activity, mergers and acquisitions typically decline in election years.
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But cryptocurrency crime has ballooned as the market has slowed down, prices have plunged and business activity has stalled.
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Business activity in France also eased more than predicted in June as growth weakened in the country's services sector.
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European business activity slowed in January, with growth at its weakest level since last February, as global growth cools.
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To combat the spread of Covid-19, we need a period of less business activity and less consumer demand.
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Surveys of business activity have remained squarely in expansion mode, and new unemployment claims are near multi-decade lows.
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The business activity index increased 3.8 percentage points in September from August, reflecting growth for a 98th consecutive month.
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The business activity index increased 1.6 percentage points in August from July, reflecting growth for a 97th consecutive month.
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If the Dodd-Frank Act is weakened, banks' earnings will increase due to less constraint on their business activity.
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Services business activity also decreased, with Markit's sub-index for the sector falling to 53.3 from 54.7 in October.
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French business activity also slowed and the euro zone composite flash PMI sank to 50.4 from 51.9 in August.
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Services companies remained generally optimistic that business activity will increase over the next year, according to the Caixin survey.
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Further support came from IHS Markit's better than expected final reading on November business activity in the euro zone.
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All eyes will turn to IHS Markit's business activity survey, with UK numbers scheduled for release at 0930 GMT.
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The preliminary reading of manufacturing and services activity showed business activity in the eurozone fell less than expected in July.
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And according to Skousen, 80 percent of all employment actually comes in the early and intermediate stages of business activity.
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While the current activity measure rose, two components tumbled, which underscored the lingering weakness in U.S. mid-Atlantic business activity.
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The Philadelphia Fed's gauge on U.S. Mid-Atlantic business activity declined in February to its weakest level since May 2016.
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The Dallas Fed's general business activity index fell 13 points to -34.6, and its company outlook index slipped to -19.5.
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Nonresidential fixed investment, a key sign of business activity, rose 5.4 percent, up from 2.5 percent in the third quarter.
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Meanwhile, French business activity slowed unexpectedly as a recent rebound ran out of steam in the face of deteriorating demand.
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Other surveys found that French business activity had stagnated, while Germany's private sector was supported by a vibrant service sector.
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Markus Brunnermeier, an economist at Princeton University, says that rate decreases below a "reversal interest rate" actually hinders business activity.
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The local economy has benefited from improvements in local infrastructure leading to increased business activity and, consequently, higher tax revenue.
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EUROPE ECONOMY: German industrial orders and euro zone business activity performed slightly better than expected, but the outlook remains poor.
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From the beginning, the U.S. COT reports classified traders as "commercial" or "non-commercial" based on their predominant business activity.
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The upbeat snapshot of upper Midwest business activity coincided with a jump in a similar measure for the Chicago area.
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Sterling fell on concern about Brexit talks ending without a deal, something many economists have warned could cripple business activity.
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What do you think happens in a world where certain parts of the country start ending restrictions on business activity?
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New business activity will pick up only with an overhaul of the court system to protect property rights, they say.
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"Business activity took a sharp turn downward in New York State," the regional central bank said of the latest figures.
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The composite index came in at 50.9, down from 52.6 in July, thanks to relative strength in services business activity.
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The company was credited for breathing life into a region wrought by pro-democracy protests that slowed local business activity.
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The slip came as a result of slowed business activity, which at 58.1 was at its lowest since October 2018.
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Elsewhere, business activity in the euro zone edged higher in August, but concerns over trade tensions hold back some manufacturers.
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UniCredit said the decision to stop using Facebook for its business activity had been taken at the end of March.
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Fragile market sentiment deteriorated on Monday after business activity data from the bloc's biggest economy added to investors' recession fears.
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Business activity at manufacturing and services firms also slowed during the same month, again on dwindling domestic and foreign demand.
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Similar to Aliyev, these prisoners had been convicted on charges that included tax evasion, illegal business activity, and drug trafficking.
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The week ends with a key snapshot of the world's economic health - the Purchasing Managers' Indexes (PMI) of business activity.
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"Manufacturing firms in New York State reported that business activity expanded slightly," the New York Fed said in the latest report.
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The southern province of Guangdong, by far the largest source of Chinese exports, stopped publishing a business activity index in October.
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Oil and gas business activity in Texas and neighboring states plunged in the fourth quarter, according to the Dallas Federal Reserve.
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Business activity decreased to 61.4 percent, 0.3 percentage points lower than the November reading, reflecting growth for the 89th consecutive month.
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Traders perceive the dollar as a safer currency if the tensions between the world's two biggest economies hurt business activity worldwide.
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New York manufacturers reported on Monday that business activity is still expanding, but growth slower much more than expected in December.
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In particular, they will monitor the snapshot of business activity in the bloc in the shape of flash PMIs for January.
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The U.S. tech conglomerate has suspended business activity with Huawei that involves the transfer of hardware, software and key technical services.
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This is something most people don't know, but the first business activity ever undertook was the production of a Broadway play.
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Given banks' involvement in many aspects of overall business activity, their earnings are watched as an indicator of U.S. economic growth.
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U.S. manufacturers reported business activity contracted for the second month running in December, according to the Institute of Supply Management (ISM).
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In the weeks ahead, the strategist predicts topics such as earnings, forward guidance and business activity will prevail over political commentary.
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Tightening global liquidity could also weigh on business activity by pushing up borrowing costs, while capital outflows are also a risk.
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Management has guided towards RWA growth from increasing business activity in 2017, which should be adequately absorbed by the increased capital.
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Local government official Le Peng said business activity and foreign investment declined, and projects initially approved for Chongqing were moved elsewhere.
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I like the fact that I engage – you know, we're the kind of predicate for a lot of other business activity.
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The U.S. PMIs are broadly in line with consensus forecasts of slowing business activity but continued robust domestic service-sector growth.
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China's economic growth has slackened this year as a multi-year deleveraging campaign by Beijing tapped the brakes on business activity.
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Tax reform is the most popular path for Washington to help stimulate small business activity, but it's not the only one.
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Establishing a tax identityThe foundation of obtaining a business credit card is establishing a separate tax identity for your business activity.
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IHS Markit said the rate of decline for business activity was the fastest since the survey began over 21 years ago.
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US manufacturing is now in a state of contraction instead of expansion, the product of falling business activity across the economy.
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Surveys of supply managers, which act as an early warning system for slowdowns in business activity, are in strongly positive territory.
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Travel on foot, bicycle, scooter, motorcycle, automobile, or public transit unrelated to an essential business activity or need is also prohibited.
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But if the outbreak isn't contained in the US governments institute broader restrictions on business activity, those lines could go silent.
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The losses came as data showed American business activity stalled in February, signalling a contraction for the first time since 21.
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On the data front, business activity in the euro zone expanded more than expected this month, according to the latest figures.
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Improving business activity around the world has bolstered oil and other commodity prices, reinforcing the view of rising inflation, analysts said.
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Earlier in the day, the Philadelphia Federal Reserve said its business activity index rose in May after declining for two months.
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The State Department, which oversaw the sale, said it is the "type of permissible business activity envisioned" under the nuclear deal.
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The business activity index decreased 4.9 percentage points in July from June, while still reflecting growth for a 96th consecutive month.
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The hope is that the tax shift will promote business activity across the vast country's different regions, while raising tax revenues.
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The Tanzanian shilling is expected to hold firm against the dollar in the coming days, buoyed by a slowdown in business activity.
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Sterling steadied at $1.3116 after falling roughly 1 percent on Friday after surveys showed business activity had wilted after the Brexit vote.
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WASHINGTON – U.S. service firms expanded at a surprisingly strong pace in June as companies saw gains in business activity and new orders.
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Meanwhile, New York manufacturers reported on Monday that business activity is still expanding, but growth slower much more than expected in December.
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Some companies and industries are thought of as "bellwethers" or indicators of the health of the stock market and overall business activity.
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New York ranked especially highly for business activity and human capital, while Paris performed well for information exchange and London for culture.
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Based on several economic indicators, general fund operations and business activity, the highest-rated states are Utah, Colorado, Idaho, Texas and Washington.
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The rise in prices also followed a sub-par reading from the New York Fed's gauge on regional business activity in October.
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The firm reduced its 2019 earnings estimates by 5 percent on average for eight chip stocks, citing increasing weakness in business activity.
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On the macro front, the seasonally adjusted Nikkei India Services Business Activity Index rose to 52.6 in June from 49.6 in May.
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U.S. Midwest business activity as measured by the Chicago PMI contracted in April, but this report has been highly erratic this year.
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The business activity index for the month came in at 12.4, compared with -2.8 a month earlier and the -2.0 reading expected.
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Business activity in the euro zone hit a 13-month low in February, according to the latest purchasing manager's index from Markit.
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Private business activity surveys showed both factory and service sector growth slowed markedly in February to their lowest levels since last summer.
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Despite the small income, the outside business activity resulted in his termination, a FINRA suspension for 20 days, and a $5000 fine.
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The euro zone-wide flash PMI also showed businesses performed much worse than expected this month, while French business activity slowed unexpectedly.
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Tuesday, we'll get insight into economic sentiment after the October ISM Non-Manufacturing Business Activity Index report is released at 210 a.m.
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Small business activity in the U.S. rose in all states except Tennessee in 2015, according to entrepreneurship research by The Kauffman Foundation.
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European stocks closed lower on Friday as investors monitored oil prices and business activity in Germany dipped to a four-year low.
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The State Department praised the aircraft sale and said it is the "type of permissible business activity envisioned" under the nuclear deal.
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Data on Tuesday showed that surprisingly strong growth in France supported stable euro zone private business activity during August, underpinning the euro.
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The Dallas Fed general business activity index rose 93.2008 points to 29.7 in December, its highest since 2006, according to a release.
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Earlier this week, Raymond James reduced its 2019 earnings estimates for eight chip stocks, predicting companies will announce weakness in business activity.
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The Philadelphia Federal Reserve's gauge of U.S. Mid-Atlantic business activity published on Thursday fell to a 1.693-21.69/292 year low.
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These commercial contracts are often higher volume and higher profit margin, and help underwrite innovation and business activity on the military side.
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The data can oftentimes show how business activity such as mergers, acquisitions, layoffs and IPOs are funneling out into the local community.
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It can't stop supply chains from being disrupted or the freeze-up of certain types of business activity, like travel and tourism.
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Australia has been battling devastating bushfires that have ravaged large swathes of land across the country, damaging property and impacting business activity.
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More than 350 Amazon workers are speaking out about climate change, defying the company's policy on making public comments about business activity.
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Meanwhile, the Chicago Business Barometer, which tracks Midwestern business activity steered mainly by trade and manufacturing, fell back into contraction in September.
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The government recently slashed fees for real estate transactions and given incentives for exporters and industry to help revive stagnant business activity.
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"Weakness in corporate tax collections" goes "beyond that which can be explained by currently available data on business activity," the agency says.
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In the face of slowing business activity and a pull-back in expansion plans, the employment index rose 1 point to +3.
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Crypto assets have attracted considerable consumer interest in some cases, holding out the prospect of lucrative new business activity for market participants.
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Crypto assets have attracted considerable consumer interest in some cases, holding out the prospect of lucrative new business activity for market participants.
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That data follows Thursday's release of better-than-forecast weekly jobless claims and strong business activity numbers from the Philadelphia Federal Reserve.
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The issue garnered 28 mentions in the document, with members repeatedly expressing concerns about the impact tariffs were having on business activity.
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A Democratic aide said the committee selected a manageable number of business entities that provide a vital window on Trump's business activity.
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MILAN (Reuters) - The risk of trade barriers and slowing global business activity has kept the European equity market in check this year.
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A survey from the New York Fed on Monday showed a measure of business activity in New York state slipped in September.
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French business activity also slowed unexpectedly and Markit's euro zone composite flash PMI fell to 50.4 in September from 51.9 in August.
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French business activity also slowed unexpectedly and Markit's euro zone composite flash PMI sank to 83 in September from 51.9 in August.
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French business activity also slowed unexpectedly and Markit's euro zone composite flash PMI sank to 50.4 in September from 51.9 in August.
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Among the most important is the tax reform that has contributed a lot to increased confidence and business activity from that perspective.
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Global threat organizations are skilled money launderers who layer proceeds in ways that often appear as normal business activity to the untrained eye.
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Several rights activists and journalists have been imprisoned in Azerbaijan in recent years on charges including illegal business activity, tax evasion and hooliganism.
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The Philadelphia Fed's gauge on U.S. Mid-Atlantic business activity also showed a decline in February to its weakest level since May 13.
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Yet behind every upbeat corporate result there's another with a sober warning that the deadly outbreak will roil economic output and business activity.
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More than a year after Riyadh launched ambitious economic reforms, it has made little progress in boosting private business activity or creating jobs.
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"The government will implement restrictions on travel and shipments, which will cause disruptions to business activity," said Imogen Page-Jarrett, a research analyst.
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To try to curb infection rates, the Chinese government has implemented social distancing policies which have substantially slowed business activity in the region.
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Flash euro zone purchasing managers' surveys in the coming week are likely to show continued strong business activity, but with tame price rises.
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The foreign currency loan will provide credit for manufacturing and business activity at corporate clients, VietinBank said in a statement on its website.
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A separate report from the Philadelphia Federal Reserve suggested business activity in the U.S. mid-Atlantic region improved slightly, but were still struggling.
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Equities also perked up after euro-zone data showed business activity accelerated more than expected last month, helping offset downbeat news from China.
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A border adjustment system is a key part of territoriality because it ensures business activity is taxed only where the product is consumed.
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The Trump administration may also be concerned more broadly about what could happen to business activity if the U.S. appears protectionist and inflexible.
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The euro fell by 0.67 percent to $1.2204, not helped by a survey showing business activity in April stabilizing across the euro zone.
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U.S. manufacturers have reported a broad-based upturn in business activity in recent months, while consumer confidence is close to multi-decade highs.
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Bond yields across broader euro zone government debt markets faced some upward pressure from better-than-expected business activity data in the bloc.
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"Manufacturing firms in New York State reported that business activity grew modestly in July," the New York Fed said of the latest figures.
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They declined by nearly 10% in the first quarter, just as income is being eroded by tax cuts intended to goose business activity.
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If their confidence is misplaced, companies could wind up confronting a steep drop in the financial markets and a contraction in business activity.
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Italy has been the hardest-hit by the coronavirus outside of China, prompting drastic measures that essentially shut down most business activity nationwide.
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The partners at the global venture firm have already seen startups suffer a decline in business activity and breaks in their supply chain.
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The latest: Adidas said Wednesday that its business activity in China since the Lunar New Year is down 85% compared to last year.
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Almost no information is publicly available about the province's International Business Activity program, which provides tax incentives to attract corporations to the province.
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The Dallas Fed manufacturing index said its read on general business activity index rose in September to a seven-month high of 21.3.
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Public-sector pay hikes envisaged in the new budget would be compensated by expected growth in revenue from improved business activity, he added.
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Post-financial crisis rules implemented for the financial system have held back business activity and denied funding particularly to small-business start-ups.
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The Trump administration's moves against China have cooled some business activity in the central Chinese province of Shaanxi, according to a local official.
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Were the UK government to rebrand the country as the cleanest hub for global business activity, it could actually drive business to London.
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The barometer on Mid-Atlantic business activity, together with other sentiment indicators, has spiked in the aftermath of Donald Trump's U.S. presidential win.
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To combat a potential economic slowdown amid the outbreak, Chinese policymakers have taken major steps to restore investor confidence and boost business activity.
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In India and Indonesia, where factories are less dependent on external demand for business, activity continued to grow albeit at a slower pace.
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The headline Czech Markit Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) reading was flat at 1.7363, below the 1.7353-point-mark dividing business activity expansion from contraction.
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As economic growth slows, both countries are likely to become increasingly eager for a negotiated solution that kickstarts business activity and raises equity prices.
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Upbeat U.S. business activity data on Friday added to prospects of a Federal Reserve interest rate hike within the year and supported the greenback.
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The non-manufacturing business activity index increased to 63.6 percent for the month, 3.3 percentage points higher than a January reading of 60.3 percent.
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"In fact, it's not regulating user content at all - it's regulating the business activity of the hosting platform itself," Dorsey said in an email.
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GOOGLE CONFIRMS IT HAS CUT OFF HUAWEI FROM DIRECT BUSINESS ACTIVITY DUE TO NEW DEPT OF COMMERCE RULES - THE VERGE EXECUTIVE EDITOR ON TWITTER
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Wall Street rebounded after the Philadelphia Federal Reserve said its business activity index unexpectedly rose in May after declining for the past two months.
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In a country where tourism, hospitality and entertainment industries are key contributors to economic growth, a multi-month pause on business activity is significant.
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Shrewsberry expects that kind of extra income, plus increased business activity due to tax benefits, to have a positive effect on the U.S. economy.
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Another set showed the Philadelphia Federal Reserve's gauge on U.S. Mid-Atlantic business activity declined in February to its weakest level since May 2016.
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The euro on Thursday slumped to levels last seen in May 2017 as a recovery in euro zone business activity was weaker than expected.
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The consultancy group reported full-year revenue jumped almost 7 percent in 2018 and forecast a slight improvement in operating margin on business activity.
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Another set showed the Philadelphia Federal Reserve's gauge on U.S. Mid-Atlantic business activity declined in February to its weakest level since May 21.
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Another set showed the Philadelphia Federal Reserve's gauge on U.S. Mid-Atlantic business activity declined in February to its weakest level since May 13.
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"A large portion of today's companies stay private for longer periods, and build significant business activity before going public or being acquired," he said.
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"In this month's report, we are also finding evidence that higher optimism is leading to increased business activity, such as capital investment," Dunkelberg added.
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Lending is down and business activity is falling along with prices in a real estate sector that was once a pillar of the economy.
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The Federal Reserve's Beige Book report on business activity nationwide published on Wednesday also noted real estate activity expanded in September and early October.
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The completed expressway had no exit near Abra San Francisco, and it blocked the area from all public transportation and nearly all business activity.
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Equities also briefly perked up after euro-zone data showed business activity accelerated more than expected last month, helping offset downbeat news from China.
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It accounts not only for stagnate business activity but also loss of work "ancillary" providers, such as brokers, appraisers, insurers, lenders, contractors and manufacturers.
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The company is suspected of not declaring part of its business activity performed in Spanish territory and therefore of failing its local tax obligations.
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Business activity has also slowed in China, which means an economic slowdown could be on the horizon after initial growth at its rapid pace.
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Instead, business activity ground to a halt as millions of people hunkered down and travel restrictions were placed on more than half the country.
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As Geniuslink adds more monetization features to Kit, perhaps it will make it a more lucrative business activity for small and large influencers alike.
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But while purportedly designed to stimulate investment in poor areas, these regulations inexplicably gutted some provisions restricting the tax perk to new business activity.
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We are talking about a just general slowdown in business activity that's, you know, related to a slowdown that's happening all around the world.
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"Recruiters are reporting that demand for staff is slowing and their clients are reducing business activity on average," REC chief executive Neil Carberry said.
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In most cases, however, they are charged to companies engaged in profit-making business activity, not utilities making emergency repairs after a natural disaster.
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Traders expect more wild swings as fears of a deep and lasting global recession and corporate defaults rage amid a breakdown in business activity.
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Growth in Germany's private sector reached its highest level in nearly three years, while French business activity surged to near a six-year high.
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MOSCOW (Reuters) - A recovery in business activity in Russia's services sector gathered momentum in June, the Markit purchasing managers index (PMI) showed on Tuesday.
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However, survey data showed that business activity in the United States stalled in February - a sign companies have grown increasingly concerned about the coronavirus.
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Output expectations remained muted, but firms predicted an increase in business activity over the next year, in line their peers from the manufacturing business.
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" Some in the security community have also expressed concerns with a provision of the bill that would create an exemption for "legitimate business activity.
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A Chinese media website had quoted the Dongcheng District Culture Committee as saying the club had to stop all business activity and "rectify" itself.
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While that change gave the United States a lower corporate rate, other features of the 28503 act sharply increased federal taxation of business activity.
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Swedbank said the Swedish and Baltic economies stand strong after Brexit, but will still be affected if global business activity is dampened due to uncertainty.
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Data out of Britain on Friday seemed to bear out fears, with a business activity index posted its biggest drop in its 20-year history.
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The Illinois Finance Authority says it finances about $3 billion in business activity each year, issuing bonds, making loans and investing in businesses and nonprofits.
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There was a shift from casual wage labor to more self-employed farming and business activity, with less distress-driven migration out of the region.
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The firm's US business activity index dropped to a three-year low and new orders for manufacturing declined for the first time since August 2009.
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Philly Fed Business Outlook (Thur.): Economists forecast that the regional index of business activity jumped to 3 in May after printing at -1.6 in April.
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But I don't think it's had a big impact on customer confidence, customer sentiment or, really, business activity at this point in a negative sense.
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In fact, she said the longer-run impacts would be more likely to depress consumer and business activity and thus would generate looser Fed policy.
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European stocks fluctuated after the preliminary reading of manufacturing and services activity in the Euro Zone showed business activity fell less than expected in July.
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In a second report, the Philadelphia Federal Reserve said its business activity index increased to a reading of −2.8 this month from −3.5 in January.
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The survey said consumers expected economic conditions to improve over the next six months, driven mainly by an increase in business activity and job availability.
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Data on Tuesday showed stable euro zone private business activity this month, easing concerns about negative spillover from Britain's vote to leave the European Union.
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The lower rate does mean a higher deficit, but by a modest amount, given the additional business activity that will occur in the United States.
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Danyang blamed the weak trade performance in January and February on the Lunar New Year holidays, saying the long holiday and festivities disrupted business activity.
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The euro hit a 23-month high on Monday against an ailing dollar, although the weaker-than-expected German business activity took some shine off.
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The Philadelphia Fed index on U.S. Mid-Atlantic business activity fell to 20.110.76 in June from 220.29 in May, its steepest fall since January 220.2000.
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The Philadelphia Fed index on U.S. Mid-Atlantic business activity fell to 19.9 in June from 34.4 in May, its steepest fall since January 2014.
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The single currency fell to as low as $1.1630 overnight after weaker confidence in the euro zone overshadowed better-than-expected data on business activity.
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Business activity expectations in the sector improved in October amid acquisitions of new clients and the development of new service lines, the monthly survey showed.
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Investors did respond positively to a survey from the 1.53-country eurozone that showed business activity expanded in August at a modest but steady pace.
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While this provides for a reassuring backdrop, the risk is that elevated uncertainty — as seen in recent confidence surveys — restrains business activity and consumer outlays.
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"The U.S., in the name of national security, frequently departs from market and commercial principles to interfere with normal business activity," an MOFCOM spokesman said.
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The jobs report comes one week after the Commerce Department released data showing a notable slowdown in U.S. growth and sharp declines in business activity.
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In a second report, the Philadelphia Federal Reserve said its business activity index increased to a reading of -2.8 this month from -3.5 in January.
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The coming week will give them a snapshot of monthly business activity, culminating in the first real look at what happened in the second quarter.
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Volatility can persist for longer than any investor is ready for, especially if the coronavirus outbreak forces more disruptions to daily life and business activity.
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Many states are expected to get economically slammed as a surge of people seek unemployment benefits and tax revenue drops due to lower business activity.
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Major refineries are optimising run rates for petrochemical feedstock, while low oil prices, stimulus measures and recovering business activity are spurring demand, the analyst added.
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Worries of a economic recession as a result of the drop in business activity have roiled global financial markets, although some recovered slightly this week.
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Major refineries are optimising run rates for petrochemical feedstock, while low oil prices, stimulus measures and recovering business activity are spurring demand, the analyst added.
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They generated as much as $2666 million of income for him last year, an extraordinary level of business activity for a top White House aide.
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The forecast for a weakening trend was bolstered by an November purchasing managers' index by Absa that showed business activity fell further into contraction territory.
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Americans used to be entrepreneurial, but there has been a decline in start-ups as a share of all business activity over the last generation.
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A sales tax increase and typhoon had weighed on business activity in October, and there was only a very limited recovery in November, Hayes said.
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On Wednesday, for example, Adidas said it has observed an 85% decline in business activity from last year's levels in China due to the coronavirus.
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The Emirates NBD UAE Purchasing Managers' Index for December, published on Thursday, showed business activity growth in the UAE slowing to a 25-month low.
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That would make the conduct of business in the United States both fairer and more efficient by treating all forms of business activity more equally.
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This runs monthly events with the goal of exploring all the areas of business activity in which tech entrepreneurship can solve big social and environmental problems.
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Upbeat U.S. business activity data out on Friday also added to prospects of a Federal Reserve interest rate hike within the year and supported the greenback.
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DONGGUAN, China/LONDON/HONG KONG (Reuters) - In the digital age, footfall in bricks-and-mortar outlets is an incomplete measure of business activity, but HSBC's (HSBA.
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Sporadic signs of recovery in European business activity have not helped the euro break out of the $0003-1.14 range it's been stuck in since February.
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Prior to the ECB announcement, euro zone bond yields were trading up after disappointing business activity data that put the region's economic performance in the spotlight.
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Analysts said lower-than-expected growth in business activity as a result of tight fiscal measures being implemented by the government had affected the banking sector.
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The clinching piece of evidence, he said, was the purchasing managers' indices on Friday, which showed business activity dropping to its lowest level since spring 2009.
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French business activity strengthened more than expected in June to the fastest pace in seven months, sparking a rise in bond yields across the bloc initially.
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The euro, meanwhile, was little changed versus the dollar, at $1.1337, earlier rising after surveys showed business activity was surprisingly firm in February, particularly in France.
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The euro, meanwhile, was little changed versus the dollar, at $1.1343, earlier rising after surveys showed business activity was surprisingly firm in February, particularly in France.
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I mean, it seems to be the one area where your report is quite negative, and suggests that actually business activity is going to slow considerably.
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Most 10-year yields in the bloc were 3-6 basis points higher with appetite not even dampened by dour business activity in the euro zone.
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And banks have argued that the tax exemption the credit unions enjoy presents an unfair advantage and their business activity should rightfully be curbed by Washington.
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Investors are watching the European earnings season keenly for any signs of strain from slowing economic growth after recent business activity and consumer confidence measures faltered.
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Business activity in the euro area hit a fresh six-year high in April on strong demand and increasing business prospects, new data showed on Friday.
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Euro zone business activity ended the quarter on a higher note, suggesting extra stimulus from the European Central Bank may already be having a positive effect.
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Stocks shrugged off a survey showing private sector business activity in the euro zone increased at its weakest pace in more than a year in February.
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According to data released this morning, it appeared the growth momentum in China's service sector has softened, with business activity expanding at only a modest pace.
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The New York Federal Reserve's barometer on business activity in the state unexpectedly fell in May, sinking into negative territory for the first time since October.
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Bank of Montreal said that U.S. loan and deposit growth had moderated, reflecting slower-than-anticipated business activity in the first quarter of the calendar year.
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German bond yields, the benchmark for Europe, fell to two-week lows after weaker-than-expected business activity data in the two biggest euro zone economies .
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Data on Wednesday showed Germany's services sector barely grew in October, while euro zone business activity expanded slightly faster than expected but remained close to stagnation.
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Although the self-employed and small entrepreneurs have little interest in politics, they became advocates of additional economic structural reforms that would facilitate their business activity.
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For oil-importing economies, higher energy prices typically translate into higher input and production costs, which, in turn, limit business activity and lead to higher inflation.
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The Philadelphia Fed said its barometer on U.S. Mid-Atlantic business activity fell from 34.4 in May to 19.9 in June, its lowest since November 2016.
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But Egypt's non-oil business activity shrank for the 15th consecutive month in December as inflation caused purchase costs to rise at a near-record pace.
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Manufacturing, the fourth largest sector at 13 percent of gross domestic product, also recovered in the second half of 2017, although business activity remains below potential.
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The index's increase reversed the prior month's record 26 point drop that had stoked concerns about a sudden contraction in business activity across New York state.
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Alphabet's Google also halted all business activity with Huawei, a move that means future Huawei phones will no longer come installed with Google's Android operating system.
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They argue that immigration expands the amount of business activity in the United States, adding jobs and increasing wages for the vast majority of American workers.
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With much of the economic blow sliding into the second quarter, investors have shrugged off latest figures showing sharp declines in business activity around the globe.
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The benchmark stock index in China, however, has improved by a world-beating 11% over the last month, as excitement about stimulus eclipses weak business activity.
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On the data front, euro zone business activity hovered near stagnation in December, according to IHS Markit's final composite PMI (purchasing managers' index) figures published Monday.
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What's happening: Business activity varied across the country, with the West and South more upbeat than the Midwest and Great Plains, which are U.S. manufacturing hubs.
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Data showing weak business activity data for the bloc also fanned concerns about the growth outlook, prompting a further scaling back of ECB rate-hike expectations.
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Growth in Germany's private sector reached its highest level in nearly three years, while French business activity surged past expectations to near a six-year high.
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Analysts say this hints at a slower pace of growth ahead, though business activity is still around record highs and most expect levels to remain healthy.
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The currency also weakened, though only briefly, after a survey showed business activity in Britain's dominant services sector slowed to a seven-month low last month.
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On Friday, IHS Markit's euro zone flash composite purchasing manufacturers' index (PMI) showed business activity expanding at a better-than-expected pace, although expansion remained slow.
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Prospects for China ramping up agricultural purchases have been clouded by the coronavirus epidemic that has killed around 2,000 people and disrupted travel and business activity.
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As business activity stutters to life after prolonged citywide and factory shutdowns, the supply chain shift that started during the U.S.-China trade war is evolving.
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Somkid said the government would also accelerate large transport projects, the auction of 5G spectrum and offer investment by state companies to help improve business activity.
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The tit-for-tat tariffs between the U.S. and other global economic powers took a bite out of business activity despite positive sentiment on domestic conditions.
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On the data front, the Philadelphia Fed's non-manufacturing index, a key measure of business activity, fell to 13.4 in December from 20.7 the prior month.
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But stop-start headlines on the U.S.-China trade war and lingering uncertainty around Britain's exit from the European Union remains a threat to business activity.
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French business activity expanded at a slower than expected pace in September as manufacturing sector growth eased to a near standstill, a survey showed on Monday.
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The tourism surge has raised business activity in the sector, including increased merger and acquisition interest between hotel groups and expected passenger records at Spanish airports.
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Business activity in the in America's service sector grew at the softest pace since March 2016, according to a report published on Thursday by IHS Markit.
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Stronger-than-anticipated business activity, economic growth and consumer spending convinced Deshpande that oil demand will be better than expected in the first half of 2018.
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The euro was a touch firmer at $1.1133, with focus in Europe turning to the release of "flash" business activity data for the single currency bloc.
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The rouble has crashed to four-year lows, fuelling concerns that it may squash business activity and fan inflation, like in the during previous rouble depreciations.
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In Manafort's case it was banks based in Cyprus, a region known to have lax regulatory laws and generates revenue from business activity from unscrupulous people.
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Breaking down the figures, French business activity held up better than expected in July despite the Bastille Day truck attack in Nice and concerns about a Brexit.
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Business activity in euro zone eased slightly in January according to the latest purchasing managers index falling to 254.3 from 2017.2 in December, IHS Markit said Tuesday.
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German business morale rose in March as the retail sector profited from buoyant consumer sentiment, while euro zone business activity ended the quarter on a higher note.
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The economy continues to struggle; business activity in Egypt shrank for the third month in a row in December, a corporate purchasing managers' survey showed on Sunday.
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A solid growth rate, strong business activity and rising employment indicate that Spain is the "real success story" in the euro zone, economists told CNBC on Wednesday.
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The weakness in France's dominant service sector weighed on overall business activity, with IHS Markit's overall PMI index also dropping more than flagged in a preliminary reading.
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The sub-index for business activity in services rose to 55.2, the strongest reading since February, with jobs being created at the fastest rate since December 2015.
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It has been a dismal few months for the global economy with the trade conflict sending a frisson through markets and chilling business activity across the world.
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Sipila, a millionaire businessman with a background in telecommunications, added that he had given up all his business activity before entering politics to avoid conflicts of interest.
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Its approach is similar to the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) whose standard links business activity to sustainability, and is used by Microsoft and PepsiCo, among other giants.
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Apple's fall Monday was accentuated by a global sell-off in tech shares after Google suspended some business activity with Chinese telecoms giant Huawei over the weekend.
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Data from the Kauffman Foundation show Pittsburgh ranks as a top 21 metro for Main Street business activity, with 1,166 established small businesses for every 100,000 residents.
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"I would say, no doubt, cautionary signs, but credit remains very good, and there's still very healthy business activity," Jennifer Piepszak, JPMorgan's chief financial officer, told analysts.
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Between the lines: In a strong economy like we've got now a few interest rate cuts are likely enough to keep confidence high and business activity chugging.
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The euro hit a 1-1/2 week peak versus the greenback after French and German business activity strengthened more than expected in June, according to surveys.
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The IHS Markit Business Activity Index for services rose to 50.3 in November from 49.2 in October, barely above the 50 line which separates growth from contraction.
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The zloty slid on Wednesday after the head of the Polish central bank said the bank might cut rather than raise interest rates if business activity slows.
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Consumer spending recorded its biggest increase in more than six years in April but consumer confidence dipped and survey on business activity in U.S. Midwest also underwhelmed.
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A first concrete gauge of business activity will be published on Friday, when Markit publishes a one-off preview version of its monthly purchasing managers' index (PMI).
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It has been a dismal few months for the global economy with the trade conflict sending a shiver through markets and chilling business activity across the world.
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Investors and the Fed are awaiting for details on fiscal stimuli from Trump and Republican lawmakers to evaluate their boost to business activity and the overall economy.
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They also dismiss the supply-side claim that a tax cut could pay for itself by stimulating new business activity, a claim Laffer says that others exaggerated.
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Yet at 53.7, the global services PMI is still showing continued moderate growth and indicates very little contagion so far from the sharp slowdown in business activity.
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The euro, meanwhile, was little changed versus the dollar, at $1.1343 EUR=, earlier rising after surveys showed business activity was surprisingly firm in February, particularly in France.
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Business activity in China's services sector grew at its slowest pace in 21 months in September as the pace of new business cooled, a private survey showed.
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It had surprised markets by cutting the rate by 25 basis points in August and again in September in a bid to boost lending and business activity.
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"Business activity grew at a stronger rate, supported by stronger demand and continued growth of employment," said Joe Hayes, economist at IHS Markit, which compiles the survey.
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Business activity in the euro zone expanded this month at the fastest pace this year while the Ifo indicator of German business confidence improved unexpectedly in October.
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The data also suggested further improvement in the global economy, with business activity and demand having picked up markedly this year in Europe and the United States.
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Prices have dropped as the coronavirus outbreak has slowed worldwide travel and business activity, just as powerhouse producers Saudi Arabia and Russia prepare to ramp up production.
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Total or partial shutdowns of non-essential business activity have spread considerably since five days ago, so we should expect next week's report to feature further devastation.
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Mehta's costs dropped after the government abolished 17 taxes, including the octroi, two years ago and established instead a national value-added tax on most business activity.
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Authorities have repeated pledged to reduce a mountain of corporate debt in the name of national security, though they have moved cautiously to avoid stunting business activity.
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The euro hit a high of $1.1319, up 0.2% on the day, after French and German business activity strengthened more than expected in June, according to surveys.
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In addition to the consumer spending hit, Goldman also noted the growing likelihood of "significant supply chain disruptions" as the outbreak sends business activity to a standstill.
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During the 2008-09 financial crisis, global trade volumes plunged sharply as consumer demand and business activity dried up, as is currently happening because of coronavirus fears.
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Investors also shrugged off the final reading on euro zone business activity for February that painted a gloomier outlook amid supply chain disruptions due to the outbreak.
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Euro zone business activity data collapsed to a record low on Tuesday and suffered by far its biggest one-month fall since the survey began in 1998.
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Economic activity had remained buoyant up to February, Indrawati said, but the detection of cases within the archipelago since the beginning of March has disrupted business activity.
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Radev also said a cap on prices approved by parliament threatened to block business activity and prevent an expected fall in the price of fuel and electricity.
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A French court has convicted and fined Uber and two of its executives for deceptive commercial practices and illegal business activity over its lowest-cost ride service.
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The IHS Markit Business Activity Index for services fell to 50.4 from 52.2 in October, holding only marginally above the 50 threshold that separates growth from contraction.
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In a statement, Abengoa said it was negotiating a viability plan for the global organization of the company and aims to maintain business activity in all areas.
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Hong Kong stocks closed near a two-month low after data showed the economic zone's business activity shrinking at its fastest pace in 21 years in November.
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That is in contrast to a long-running survey by Standard Chartered showing business activity for smaller Chinese firms hit the lowest in 16 months in June.
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Hong Kong stocks closed near a two-month low after data showed the economic zone's business activity in November shrank at its fastest pace in 21 years.
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Markit/CIPS purchasing managers' indexes, which gauge activity, new orders and sentiment, will provide a clearer picture of the health of British business activity since the referendum.
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This suggests already dismal growth in output per worker likely went into reverse as business activity temporarily plays second fiddle to campaigning for a June 8 election.
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The single currency shed 0.2% overnight after a survey showed European business activity stalling, and in fact going backwards in powerhouse Germany where a manufacturing recession deepened.
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That is compounding worries that a deepening trade war between the United States, China and the European Union will squeeze business activity in the world's biggest economies.
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The leading indicator also showed French business activity expanded in August, pointing to resilience in the euro zone's two biggest economies after Germany contracted in the second quarter.
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It would also add to a growing rift that Trump's "America First" trade policies is creating among major economies, which threatens to slow global trade and business activity.
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William Zarit, chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce in China, said Wednesday that companies hope Beijing can be persuaded to ease curbs on investment and business activity.
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Europe posted solid gains by Tuesday's market close, supported by a strong uptick in oil prices, positive business activity data and a solid performance by the German DAX.
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Recent business activity data showed recovery remains elusive for most economies; exports and domestic demand are sluggish and the population's hardships are hampering governments from implementing vital reforms.
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KAMPALA, Jan 4 (Reuters) - The Ugandan shilling fell on Monday amidst a surge in demand for the greenback by commercial banks as business activity resumes after the holidays.
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CORRECTED (OFFICIAL)-GOOGLE HAS CUT OFF HUAWEI FROM DIRECT BUSINESS ACTIVITY DUE TO NEW COMMERCE DEPT RULES- THE VERGE EXECUTIVE EDITOR ON TWITTER (REMOVES MENTION OF CO'S CONFIRMATION)
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In a separate report, the data firm Markit said its flash United States services PMI business activity index fell to 2783 early this month from 53.2 in January.
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Preliminary purchasing managers' indexes for France, Germany and the euro zone due out on Monday morning are expected to show steady if not stellar growth in business activity.
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Germany and France, the two largest economies in the club, missed expectations, suggesting an even more robust pace of business activity in many of the bloc's other members.
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In services, business activity remained stable, with the final PMI reading for May at 55.4, unchanged from April and slightly better than the flash reading published last month.
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The Tanzanian shilling is likely to strengthen helped by hard currency inflows from the agriculture sector and a slowdown in business activity towards the year-end festive season.
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EVIDENCE OF STABILISATION Adding to the upbeat mood, final euro zone composite PMI figures indicated lethargic business activity last month, but was higher than an earlier flash reading.
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The general business activity and company outlook indexes came in at their lowest readings since April 2009, the report said — a time period that saw Texas in recession.
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Germany, France and Italy, the euro zone's biggest economies, barely grew in the fourth quarter and French business activity fell unexpectedly this month, a survey showed on Thursday.
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China has been walking a fine line between rolling out measures to curb financial risks and pollution and tapping the brakes so hard that business activity slows sharply.
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It also comes amid some with business activity in the euro zone hitting a 27-month low in February, according to the latest purchasing manager's index from Markit.
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Hong Kong Deputy High Court Judge Conrad Seagroatt said in a December ruling in the case that the four initial recipients showed no prior history of business activity.
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But Britain's vote in June to leave the EU has brought economic uncertainties to the fore; one survey of business activity recorded its sharpest drop in 20 years.
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Saudi banks are struggling as cheap oil cuts state revenues and forces the government to cut expenditure, hitting consumer spending and business activity, and pushing up bad loans.
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New York ranked first in the consulting firm's 2019 Global Cities Index, which evaluates the performance of cities in areas including business activity, human capital, and cultural experiences.
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T. Kearney's Global Cities Index evaluates five areas that are essential ingredients of the world's best cities: political engagement, cultural experience, information exchange, human capital, and business activity.
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Data on Wednesday showed Germany's services sector barely grew in October, while euro zone business activity expanded slightly faster than expected last month but remained close to stagnation.
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The financial information company Markit said its purchasing managers' index for the region, a gauge of business activity, slipped to 53 in April from 53.1 the previous month.
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If this higher optimism among private companies can be sustained, it could translate to an increase in business activity, including hiring and expansions in the next few months.
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The most immediate impact of these rules has been to serve as a sort of brake on business activity, given the hassle and cost of raising more capital.
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The New York Federal Reserve's business activity index declined more than expected to its lowest level since May 2017 in another sign of troubles in the manufacturing sector.
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Though overall business activity remained comfortably above the 49493-point threshold between an expansion and a contraction, there was a growing divergence between the services and manufacturing sectors.
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The IHS Markit Business Activity Index for services fell to 20193 in August from 51.7 in July, slipping closer to the 50 threshold that separates growth from contraction.
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Paired with already published data from the manufacturing sector, the improvement in services helped push overall private sector business activity also to the highest level since last November.
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Investors rebuilt their safe-haven Treasuries holdings on Monday in the wake of weaker-than-expected figures on business activity in New York state and home builder sentiment.
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The survey's service sector business activity index slumped just over 24 points from 52.6 in February to 28.4 in March, surpassing the survey's February 2009 low of 39.2.
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The oil demand outlook has been hit hard by measures to halt the spread of the virus, disrupting factories, deterring people from travelling and slowing other business activity.
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That kind of business activity is a no-go since the settlements are considered illegal, having been built on land captured from Jordan by Israel in the 1960s.
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A pick-up in inflation numbers since November - alongside healthier business activity surveys - has stoked some optimism that the worst may be over for the euro zone economy.
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Nagging uncertainty over the economic management of Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has resulted in laggard business activity, a weakness that is expected to persist in 2020.
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A pick-up in inflation numbers since November - alongside healthier business activity surveys - has stoked some optimism that the worst may be over for the euro zone economy.
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Pepsi's latest investment in China comes as companies struggle to get back to work after the coronavirus outbreak forced many to shut for weeks and depressed business activity.
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However, considering the overall slowdown in business activity in Asia, Gravenhorst said he expects the coronavirus to hurt revenue in Asia slightly in the beginning of the year.
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Business activity in China may look like it's at a standstill amid the COVID-19 outbreak, but investors should start planning their next moves, experts said on Thursday.
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The IHS Markit U.S. composite output index, a closely watched gauge of overall U.S. private sector business activity, fell to 49.6 in February after notching 53.3 in January.
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The IHS Markit U.S. composite output index, a closely watched gauge of overall U.S. private sector business activity, fell to 2628 in February after notching 28503 in January.
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Megvii's application will lapse next week six months after it was filed partly because of the impact of the coronavirus epidemic which has disrupted business activity in China.
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Weak business activity data from both Germany and the United States have stoked concerns about global recession risks, with U.S. two-year Treasury yields falling sharply on Wednesday.
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The Dow dropped more than 500 points in the first minute as traders sold first and asked questions later on fears of the coronavirus hitting global business activity.
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On the macroeconomic side, a survey showing that euro zone business activity remained strong in August was the latest evidence that the bloc's recovery is maintaining its pace.
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By law, Cinda's senior management is scrutinised and approved by the CBRC, which also has significant influence on the entity's business operations through industry and business activity supervision.
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Business activity in the city suffered its biggest contraction in 21 years last month, weighed down by "escalating political unrest", according to a survey by IHS Markit Wednesday.
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Hong Kong time: Hong Kong's business activity fell the most in August since the end of 2008, according a purchasing manager's index survey released Wednesday by IHS Markit.
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French business activity strengthened more than expected in June to the fastest pace in seven months and activity in Germany's services and manufacturing sector edged higher in June.
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A survey on Monday from data firm IHS Markit showed strong manufacturing and services business activity in early April, driven by robust growth in new orders and rising prices.
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IHS Markit's July Purchasing Managers' Index for Hong Kong showed private sector business activity dropped to its lowest level in a decade, also weighed down by the Sino-U.
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Citi said the shift to Southeast Asia has resulted in an increase in trade within Asia even as tensions between China and the U.S. threaten to reduce business activity.
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JOHANNESBURG, June 3 (Reuters) - South Africa's seasonally adjusted Absa Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) for May fell as business activity and new sales orders declined, the survey showed on Monday.
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The rising business activity comes as Jeff Miller prepares to become the 98-year-old company's chief executive officer next month, taking over from Dave Lesar, CEO since 2000.
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Saudi banks are struggling as cheap oil cuts state revenues and forces the government into expenditure cuts, weighing on consumer spending and business activity, while pushing up bad loans.
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Other than the Mumbai ports case, CCI is probing the business activity of beer companies such as Carlsberg and Anheuser Busch InBev, as well as global commodities trader Glencore.
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The rising business activity comes as Jeff Miller prepares to become the 98-year-old company's chief executive officer next month, taking over from Dave Lesar, CEO since 0003.
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The latest PMIs suggest that economic growth has likely slowed in the euro zone in the second quarter and that business activity was likely to remain subdued, Markit said.
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Improvements might spark a significant increase business activity, but this positive scenario might not materialise if, for example, there are disruptions to economic stability or the security situation deteriorates.
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Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh said that states have a well-defined role to play in policing "unconscionable" business activity against consumers, especially when they have no other recourse.
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"Anytime we see corporate finance activity, it usually signals that business activity is good overall," said Andre Bakhos, managing director at New Vines Capital LLC in Bernardsville, New Jersey.
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The euro fell by 0.7 percent to a two-month low of $1.2200 EUR=, not helped by a survey showing business activity in April stabilizing across the euro zone.
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Over in South Korea, the Kospi rose 297.909% to close at 2110.12,2109.2 as shares of Samsung Electronics surged 72.053% following earlier news of Google suspending business activity with Huawei.
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In a separate report, data firm Markit said its flash U.S. services PMI business activity index fell to 49.8 early this month from a reading of 2783 in January.
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Business activity in Germany and France, the euro zone's top two economies, picked up in June despite trade tensions between Europe and the United States, IHS Markit data showed.
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A third survey showed private business activity in the euro zone was muted but stable in August, though factories may face a tougher September as new order growth stumbled.
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An expression gaining more and more popularity these days on Wall Street is "animal spirits," first coined by John Maynard Keynes to describe human emotion that drives business activity.
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American business activity tumbled to a three-year low in May due in large part to concerns about tariffs, according to a report released on Thursday by IHS Markit.
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"Growth of business activity slowed sharply in May as trade war worries and increased uncertainty dealt a further blow to order book growth and business confidence," IHS Markit said.
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He also cited the risks from trade disputes to regional business activity after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to impose tariffs on $11 billion worth of European Union goods.
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The latest signs of a slowdown in business activity in Europe and elsewhere are not worth worrying about yet, according to BNP Paribas chief market economist Paul Mortimer-Lee.
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U.S. economic activity expanded in nine of the country's 12 districts, the Fed said in its Beige Book report of anecdotal information on business activity collected from contacts nationwide.
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The Dallas Fed general business activity for February was negative 303, slightly better than the minus 34.6 January read but holding in negative territory for a 14th-straight month.
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The euro hit a new weekly high of $1.1319, up 0.2% on the day, after French and German business activity strengthened more than expected in June, according to surveys.
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A monthly survey of companies' purchasing managers, published on Thursday, found growth in private business activity slowed in April to its lowest since the survey started in August 22.
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Another survey showed French business activity plunged unexpectedly into contraction this month, retreating at the fastest pace in over four years in the face of violent anti-government protests.
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Fresh data on Wednesday showed Germany's services sector barely grew in October, while euro zone business activity expanded slightly faster than expected last month, but remained close to stagnation.
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The central bank has now decided to analyze the business activity of the owners of Ukraine's remaining 110 banks annually to increase the transparency and prudence of lending practices.
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France's manufacturing PMI has hovered close to 50 for the past six months, indicating business activity has stalled, but it isn't contracting at the rapid rate seen in Germany.
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Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), whose home state contains much of the business activity that could be hit by a curb in the provision, said it is a fair target.
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Kenya's Parliament has repealed its cap on the lending rate for banks, a move that is anticipated to boost business activity and economic growth in the East African nation.
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His actions have the potential to transform the department so it no longer serves as a drag on business activity, but instead helps the sector to be globally competitive.
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The companies all stress they do not seek to restrict lawful forms of protest, but argue that activists should not be allowed to unduly disrupt their lawful business activity.
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The International Business Activity Program, created in 1988 and expanded several times, operated under an unusual cloak of secrecy compared with similar efforts in Canada and the United States.
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In practice, what that will do is create such a catastrophic collapse in employment and business activity that it will be completely untenable as an economic policy or politically.
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Brian Kemp (R) has ordered school closures until at least April 24, and the closure of bars and restaurants, but hasn't imposed a statewide ban on other business activity.
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The German government expects the economy to shrink by around 5% this year as measures to contain the spread of the virus freeze up business activity across the country.
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The newly announced support packages and measures will help, but we expect debt-serviceability pressures to surface for many self-employed borrowers, given the major disruptions to business activity.
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In a bid to spur business activity, the cabinet on Tuesday approved a package of tax incentives to encourage investment as exports have been weak and domestic demand soft.
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The single currency was lifted after Friday's upbeat German and French business activity data and fresh assurances by Italian politicians that their nation would not leave the single currency.
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U.S. stocks were beaten down by concerns about the virus and after data showed U.S. business activity stalled in February, signaling a contraction for the first time since 250.
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U.S. stocks were beaten down by concerns about the virus and after data showed U.S. business activity stalled in February, signaling a contraction for the first time since 13.
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U.S. stocks were beaten down by concerns about the virus and after data showed American business activity stalled in February, signaling a contraction for the first time since 258.50.
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That support for the militia insulated his business activity from aggressive oversight by the government he was defending militarily, said Tymofiy Mylovanov, president of the Kiev School of Economics.
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Australian stocks were also recovering from their worst week in 11 months, losing about 3%, as signs of weak business activity globally saw investors pulling out of risky assets.
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Sterling slipped back below $1.30 on concern about the Brexit talks coming to an end with no deal in place, something many economists have warned could cripple business activity.
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French business activity grew at a steady pace in December despite a nationwide strike against pension reform, but the activity in the manufacturing sector came unexpectedly close to stagnating.
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The Dallas Fed's production index, a key measure of manufacturing conditions in the state, rose 11 points to 22.8, while its general business activity index edged higher to 16.8.
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"Based on the German and French figures, the average PMI for Spain and Italy probably fell, perhaps because issues in Catalonia weighed on business activity in Spain," Brown said.
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In return for state aid received in 2015, the EU imposed curbs on business activity, including a ban on acquisitions, a limit on its balance sheet and lending risk.
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Business activity in the euro zone did not fall as much as expected in July, according to the latest survey of manufacturing and services activity in the 19-country region.
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The euro, which on Thursday slumped to levels last seen in May 2017 as a recovery in euro zone business activity was weaker than expected, traded at $1.1191 on Friday.
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SHANGHAI, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Xiaomi Corp CEO Lei Jun urged China's smartphone industry to return to work as soon as possible, as the coronavirus outbreak disrupts business activity across China.
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Substituting new rules for those of the single market is even more complicated than agreeing on a free-trade deal, for they intrude into almost every part of business activity.
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In a special question, 35.7 percent of respondents said a rate hike in the next six months would not have an impact on business activity, while 35.7 percent were uncertain.
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LONDON, (Reuters) - Euro zone business activity accelerated last month, a survey showed on Wednesday, the latest piece of evidence to suggest the worst may be over for the bloc's economy.
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PARIS (Reuters) - French business activity picked up more than expected in October, boosted mainly by a firmer service sector but also by resilient manufacturing, a monthly survey showed on Thursday.
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A survey on Friday showed the recovery in French business activity eased more than expected in June, but companies took on workers at the fastest pace in nearly 10 years.
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Investors upped their bond purchases later in the day following two U.S. reports on business activity in the manufacturing and services sector and housing that suggested a weaker economic outlook.
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That allows American politicians opposed to rapprochement with Iran, primarily Republicans, to draw a relatively straight line between increased Iranian business activity and financial support for terrorism and U.S. adversaries.
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A Markit survey of U.S. manufacturing climbed to a one-year top of 21.07, while business activity in Europe expanded at the fastest pace this year so far in October.
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Private surveys showed business activity at manufacturing and services firms accelerated during the three months to September as broadly steady prices helped drive a surge in domestic and foreign demand.
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The Federal Reserve's latest "Beige Book" report of anecdotal information on business activity collected from contacts described manufacturing as having "shifted into higher gear" in late April and early May.
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A private survey showed signs of a slowdown in the euro zone business activity were widespread, with growth in the bloc's big four economies as well as Ireland all moderating.
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In France, the bloc's second biggest economy, business activity shrank marginally as manufacturing growth helped offset slack in services that has dogged firms in the wake of anti-government protests.
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Consumer and business confidence have surged since Macron's election, and a closely watched monthly survey of purchasing managers on Wednesday showed that business activity began 2018 more strongly than expected.
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Analysts say reviving weak credit growth will be key to steadying China's cooling economy, but policymakers are closely watching to ensure loans are used for real business activity, not speculation.
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Fed Chairman Jerome Powell and other policymakers have signaled in recent days the central bank is ready to act due to risks from trade conflict and softening global business activity.
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Investors largely ignored a private survey showing business activity in China's services sector grew at its slowest pace in 21 months in September as the pace of new business cooled.
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The market hit its session high after the pound was briefly knocked by data showing business activity in Britain's dominant services sector slowed to a seven-month low last month.
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The Kenyan shilling is expected to be under pressure against the dollar due to demand from oil and merchant importers as business activity resumes after the holiday season, traders said.
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A separate survey showed French business activity plunged unexpectedly into contraction this month, retreating at the fastest pace in over four years in the face of the anti-government protests.
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Other surveys found that French business activity had stagnated, German private-sector growth hit an eight-month low, while Italian services grow at their slowest rate for over a year.
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PARIS (Reuters) - French business activity picked up in October from September, a survey showed on Wednesday, as the euro zone's second-biggest economy displays resilience in an uncertain economic landscape.
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The euro fell half a percent to a 2-1/2 week low of $1.2226 , not helped by a survey showing business activity in April stabilising across the euro zone.
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Kennedy Space Center also already plays host to rocket assembly and launch facilities for both SpaceX and Blue Origin, making it a hot spot for public-private space business activity.
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"We saw good business activity, if you look for example at the loans, they are up 3 percent," Lars Machenil, chief financial officer of BNP Paribas, told CNBC's Joumanna Bercetche.
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Last month, the PBOC stepped up efforts to increase loan growth and business activity, announcing cuts in regional banks' reserve requirements to reduce financing costs for small and private companies.
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While most economists think modest growth will return in the current quarter, a slew of downbeat surveys have shown business activity has wilted in the Brexit crisis, especially in August.
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More economic activity will be desired down the road, but right now the most important consideration is ensuring the survival of workers and businesses adversely affected by reduced business activity.
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Combined with other significant data points — like surveys of business activity and retail sales — the latest readings on the labor market support the idea that this is a resilient economy.
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OSLO, March 10 (Reuters) - Norwegian companies have seen a slowdown in business activity in recent days and weeks amid the coronavirus outbreak, a central bank business survey showed on Tuesday.
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The euro zone economy suffered an "unprecedented collapse" in business activity in March as the coronavirus outbreak intensified, according to provisional purchasing manager's index (PMI) survey data from IHS Markit.
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Twenty-one of mainland China's 2600 regions have lowered emergency response levels on the flu-like epidemic, allowing greater movement of people and goods and a recovery in business activity.
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Twenty-one of mainland China's 278 regions have lowered emergency response levels on the flu-like epidemic, allowing greater movement of people and goods and a recovery in business activity.
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The Tanzanian shilling is seen holding steady against the dollar in the days ahead, assisted by subdued demand for the U.S. currency from importers amid a slowdown in business activity.
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Also, purchasing managers' indexes released on Thursday showed non-oil business activity in both Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates accelerating slightly in February from January's multi-year lows.
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As the conference got underway, a report showed U.S. business activity stalled this month and more people were reported to be infected with the new coronavirus in China and elsewhere.
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The euro, which on Thursday slumped to levels last seen in May 2017 as a recovery in euro zone business activity was weaker than expected, traded at $1.1182 on Friday.
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While this may have caught some account holders with business activity by surprise, it is standard practice for third-party payment processors to make this form available to their customers.
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Tax rises pushed by the IMF last year sparked some of the biggest demonstrations in years and were also blamed by economists and politicians for a contraction in business activity.
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Twenty-one of mainland China's 2600 regions have lowered emergency response levels on the flu-like epidemic, allowing greater movement of people and goods and a recovery in business activity.
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The survey showed the services sector shed jobs for the fourth straight month in August even though companies continued to be broadly optimistic regarding business activity over the next year.
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PARIS (Reuters) - French business activity has expanded in August, a survey showed on Thursday, offering signs of resilience for the euro zone's second-biggest economy which has recently been slowing down.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Business activity in the euro zone stayed robust in August as it outpaced Britain, where an economy increasingly bogged down by Brexit worries lost momentum, surveys showed on Tuesday.
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The current economic backdrop is exceptionally favourable for the oil industry, with a sustained expansion in business activity and a gradual acceleration in trade flows in most regions of the world.
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The New York Federal Reserve said on Monday its barometer on business activity in New York state unexpectedly fell in May, sinking into negative territory for the first time since October.
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French business activity plunged unexpectedly into contraction this month, retreating at the fastest pace in over four years, while Germany's private sector expansion slowed to a four-year low in December.
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Growth in euro zone business activity surged in February to its highest level in almost six years, according to the latest survey of the services and manufacturing sectors by IHS Markit.
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The rouble was also under pressure from a survey revealing sluggish Euro zone business activity, just hours before Mario Draghi's final appearance as ECB President, with currency traders seeking safe havens.
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Experts said tax policy changes and sanctions could be used to restrict or reduce U.S. business activity in China, but it would take years to disentangle the worlds two largest economies.
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Experts said tax policy changes and sanctions could be used to restrict or reduce U.S. business activity in China, but it would take years to disentangle the world's two largest economies.
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GDP growth of roughly 4 percent offset weak economic gains in each of the past two years, but those rebounds followed "brutal" winters during which business activity was muted, Orlando said.
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The New York Fed survey's component on new orders, a proxy on future business activity, also sagged into the red to -4.4, the weakest level since September from +7.0 in April.
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Most economists, however, still share the view that the economy will gradually lose momentum in coming months as property cooling measures and higher financing costs drag on investment and business activity.
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The FTSE 100 hit its session high after the pound was briefly knocked by data showing business activity in Britain's dominant services sector slowed to a seven-month low last month.
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The current economic backdrop is exceptionally favorable for the oil industry, with a sustained expansion in business activity and a gradual acceleration in trade flows in most regions of the world.
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Weakening business activity in the United States, China and the rest of world has been evident with the spate of mostly weaker-than-forecast data since the beginning of the year.
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The data were released after the euro zone PMI showed that business activity in the 21-country region fell to 2341.70 in September versus 252 in August and below market expectations.
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IHS Markit's July Purchasing Managers' Index for Hong Kong showed private sector business activity dropped to its lowest level in a decade, weighed down by the protests and the Sino-U.
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But the greenback managed to rise to a six-month high against the euro on data indicating a slowdown in European business activity before paring gains after Wednesday's Fed minutes release.
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French business activity plunged unexpectedly into contraction last month, retreating at the fastest pace in over four years in the face of violent protests against the government of President Emmanuel Macron.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Global business activity expanded at its weakest rate in over three years in February despite firms cutting prices for the first time since September, business surveys showed on Thursday.
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Venezuela's struggling state-led economic model and the fall in oil prices have triggered severe shortages of food and medicine, triple-digit annual inflation, and a slowdown in local business activity.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Euro zone business activity expanded at its fastest rate this year in June, but Britain's vote to quit the European Union could cause it to slow in coming months.
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New York scores highly in all of these areas but especially in business activity, the area in which the Big Apple has claimed the top ranking for the past five years.
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The U.S. yield curve flattened, close to levels not seen in 11 years, as encouraging readings on jobs and business activity reinforced the view of further increases from the Federal Reserve.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Global business activity expanded at its weakest rate in over three years last month despite firms cutting prices for the first time since September, a survey showed on Thursday.
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Japanese manufacturing showed the fastest expansion in almost three years and a 5-1/2-year peak in French business activity provided the latest proof of a nascent euro zone recovery.
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South Africa is on the brink of prolonged economic downturn after data this month showed a second consecutive quarterly contraction to growth, with elevated political uncertainty sapping already weak business activity.
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London is "still very solid" in terms of business activity, cultural experience and its ability to attract top talent, said Olivier Gergele, consumer industries and retail practice partner at the firm.
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Japanese manufacturing showed the fastest expansion in almost three years and a 0.713-1/2-year peak in French business activity provided the latest proof of a nascent euro zone recovery.
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"At 55.7, the headline business activity index has edged further above its long-run trend level and isn't too far off the highs in 2018," said Markit's Principal Economist Phil Smith.
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And in Europe, a survey of purchasing managers indicated that growth in business activity in the countries using the euro slowed in December to its weakest level in over four years.
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Euro area business activity picked up slightly last month, figures showed, but it remained weak as a modest upturn in the services industry offset a continued deep downturn in factory output.
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The euro EUR=D4 rose after IHS Markit data showed business activity in Germany and France, the euro zone's top two economies, picked up in June despite U.S.-Europe trade tensions.
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Italian banks are readying new credit measures for firms, which face a liquidity squeeze because of a lockdown to fight coronavirus that from Monday includes all business activity deemed non-essential.
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But fears about a looming global recession and the likelihood of corporate defaults amid a collapse in business activity quickly sent the benchmark S&P 28 and tech-heavy Nasdaq lower.
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The government has unveiled several stimulus measures in the last few months, from cutting fees for real estate transactions to giving incentives for exporters and industry to revive stagnant business activity.
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Meanwhile, data showed that while euro zone business activity in December expanded at a better-than-expected pace, it was still close to stagnation despite an uptick in the services sector.
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"Although unspectacular, the steady growth of business activity in recent months has given increasing numbers of firms confidence to take on more staff, especially in Germany, Spain and Italy," said Williamson.
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The State Department said Tuesday it welcomes Boeing's announcement of a deal with Iran Air, and that it involves the "type of permissible business activity envisioned" in the Iran nuclear deal.
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On Friday, U.S. stocks were beaten down by concerns about the virus and after data showed American business activity stalled in February, signaling a contraction for the first time since 2678.58.
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U.S. stock indexes fell after data showed U.S. business activity stalled in February, and the rise in new cases sent investors scrambling for safe havens such as gold and government bonds.
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On Friday, U.S. stocks were beaten down by concerns about the virus and after data showed American business activity stalled in February, signaling a contraction for the first time since 2678.58.
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Yields took another step down after a survey of purchasing managers on Friday morning showed U.S. business activity in both the manufacturing and services sectors stalled in February on coronavirus worries.
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PARIS (Reuters) - French business activity expanded at a weaker pace in January than in December, a survey showed on Friday, as nationwide strikes weighed on the euro zone's second-biggest economy.
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Business activity continued at a "solid clip," according to the New York Federal Reserve, whose Empire State Manufacturing index came in at 17.7 in January, little changed from the previous month.
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The likelihood of corporate defaults amid a collapse in business activity returned to the forefront on Wednesday, weighing on the S&P 500 and tech-heavy Nasdaq in a choppy session.
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But investors in China are being torn between data showing a resilient economy and fears that expected policy tightening, while gradual, will eventually lead to higher borrowing costs and stunt business activity.
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The STOXX 23.6 saw a choppy start to its session, after a private sector survey showed that business activity in the euro zone did not fall as much as expected in July.
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Meanwhile, French business activity plunged unexpectedly into contraction this month, retreating at the fastest pace in over four years, while Germany's private sector expansion slowed to a four-year low in December.
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In China, the world's largest oil importer, manufacturers have reported a significant loss of momentum since the middle of 2018 and business activity has fallen in four of the last six months.
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Concerns are also emerging that persistently weak business confidence since the center-left Labour-led government took the helm in October could start to filter through to lower business activity and investment.
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The Dallas Fed survey's business activity index, a broad measure of conditions impacting the region's energy firms, plummeted from 43.3 points in the third quarter to 343 points in the fourth quarter.
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When the same question was asked in April 2015, half of the panelists said it wouldn't affect business, while only 21.2 percent said they expected to see an impact on business activity.
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Business activity among U.S. manufacturers has contracted for the second month running, according to a survey from The Institute of Supply Management, while industrial production is down 1.1 percent year-on-year.
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Euro zone business activity growth slowed in April, according to the latest survey of the services and manufacturing sectors by Markit which showed a gap between growth in France and Germany's economies.
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LONDON, Feb 62753 (Reuters) - Euro zone business activity accelerated last month, a survey showed on Wednesday, the latest piece of evidence to suggest the worst may be over for the bloc's economy.
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A string of flight cancellations and companies closing stores and factories is also pounding business activity crucial to the growth of the world's second-largest economy and key source of international gamblers.
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Inflation in China hit its highest level in more than eight years last month as the coronavirus drove up demand for consumer goods and shuttered business activity in parts of the country.
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The British pound is also under pressure after surveys on Friday showed business activity had wilted in the wake of the Brexit vote, trading at $45.173, near last week's low of $1.3065.
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The Commonwealth Bank IHS Markit Services Business Activity Index dipped just a touch to 57.0 in July, from 57.5 in June, to remain well above the 50 threshold between expansion and contraction.
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The gradual erosion of relations between Brussels and Bern could not only impact international trade, but may also deter foreign investment and lead to a relocation of business activity, de Montpellier suggested.
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"A further increase in total business activity was supported by moderate expansions of activity and output across the services and manufacturing sectors in August," Caixin said in an accompanying statement on Monday.
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This is expensive—in 2015, the Victoria Transport Policy Institute estimated that sprawl costs America more than $1 trillion a year in reduced business activity, environmental damage, consumer expenses, and other costs.
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Euro zone business expanded at the slowest pace in over four years while French business activity plunged unexpectedly into contraction this month, both partly hurt by violent anti-government protests in France.
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The Philadelphia Fed said on Thursday its gauge of U.S. Mid-Atlantic business activity declined in February to its weakest level since May 2016, suggesting a contraction in the region's manufacturing sector.
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So there's a big collection of clients, but I've come to this conference for years even in past roles, because tech is extremely important in business activity, change, in competitive landscape, disruption.
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FINRA had been investigating allegations that Levine engaged in undisclosed outside business activities, solicited a customer to borrow funds for an outside business activity and executed unauthorized trades, among other alleged misconduct.
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Unemployment in the 19-country euro zone fell slightly in January but the figures will be cold comfort for a region seeing slowing growth, business activity and exports and dismal inflation data.
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Business activity in the SME sector weakened for the third straight month in June to hit the lowest in 16 months, a Standard Chartered survey tracking more than 600 Chinese SMEs found.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Euro zone business activity grew more than initially thought last month but remained close to stagnation, according to a survey whose forward-looking indicators suggest the existing growth might dissipate.
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There was more evidence of a slowdown in Europe, with a survey of purchasing managers showing business activity in the eurozone grew at its weakest rate in nearly four years during November.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Euro zone business activity grew more than initially thought last month but remained close to stagnation, according to a survey whose forward-looking indicators suggest the existing growth might dissipate.
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The Federal Reserve's latest Beige Book report of anecdotal information on business activity collected from contacts nationwide showed labor market conditions remained tight across the country in late April and early May.
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France's CAC 40 is up 4 percent and Germany's DAX has gained 3.2 percent, helped higher by a more marked pick-up in business activity on the continent and receding political risks.
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Investors in China are being torn between recent data showing a resilient economy and fears that expected policy tightening, while gradual, will eventually lead to higher borrowing costs and stunt business activity.
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In its Beige Book report of anecdotal information on business activity collected from contacts nationwide, the central bank described economic activity as expanding at a "modest" pace from April through mid-May.
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"Our combined efforts will help companies to expand business activity and create much needed new jobs, especially for talented young people," said Jonathan Taylor, EIB Vice President responsible for lending in Greece.
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Purchasing managers also reported an abrupt deceleration in the rate of expansion, with the Institute for Supply Management's composite business activity index registering its worst decline in December since the financial crisis.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Surprisingly strong growth in France supported stable euro zone private business activity during August but factories could face a tougher September as new order growth stumbled, surveys showed on Tuesday.
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Recent surveys from the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City and the Institute for Supply Management similarly found that companies were nervous about the virus but that business activity was still increasing.
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"The initial expectation was that lowering the tax rate would increase business activity," says Jason DeBacker, an economics professor at the University of South Carolina and the lead author of the study.
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Business activity collapsed from Australia and Japan to Western Europe at a record pace in March as nations locked down to curb the spread of the disease, shuttering shops, restaurants and offices.
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Governors and other state-level leaders are also saying that things will only get worse before they get better as states take aggressive action to limit business activity, travel, and public gatherings.
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The disease, formally known as COVID-19, has severely impacted business activity in the mainland as the government locked down cities for weeks and enforced wide-scale quarantines to contain its spread.
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Business activity has been hit due to severe restrictions on movement in China, with investors spending much of the week worrying about the impact of coronavirus on the world's second-largest economy.
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Travel restrictions and stringent quarantine rules implemented since January to minimize contagion risks in China, where the virus has infected nearly 80,000 people and killed over 2,700, have effectively paralyzed business activity.
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Travel restrictions and stringent quarantine rules implemented since January to minimize contagion risks in China, where the virus has infected nearly 80,000 people and killed over 2,700, have effectively paralyzed business activity.
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"With business activity deferred and demand for services reduced there is some impact on the Chinese economy but it is limited, short term and manageable," Zhang Ming told a briefing in Brussels.
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The head of China's state assets regulator said the coronavirus would have a "major impact" on industries in February, suggesting the worst may still be to come in terms of business activity.
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The deal had been in the works for years and was backed by Republican elected officials, who said that adding new taxable private land would generate business activity and property tax revenue.
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China's central bank cut the interest rate on its medium term loans on Monday as policymakers try to reduce the economic shock from a coronavirus outbreak that is severely disrupting business activity.
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On Wednesday, the U.S. central bank said it was prepared to lower borrowing costs as early as July on signs of softening business activity due to trade tensions and persistently sluggish inflation.
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"The non-manufacturing sector continues to experience a slight uptick in business activity, but it is still leveling off overall," Anthony Nieves, chair of the Institute for Supply Management, said in a statement.
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The PBOC stepped up efforts to increase loan growth and business activity in May, announcing a three-phase cut in regional banks' reserve requirements to reduce financing costs for small and private companies.
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Also the New York Federal Reserve said on Monday its barometer on business activity in New York state unexpectedly fell in May, putting it into negative territory for the first time since October.
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Investors worry that the world's two biggest economies may not reach an agreement by Friday, leading to a continuing trade war that would slow global growth and business activity and hurt corporate profits.
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The findings also say Mirhashemi "willfully filed untimely, false and misleading" forms with regulators, along with failing to file required forms to disclose his liens, compromises with creditors and an outside business activity.
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While a BoE survey last Wednesday showed little evidence of a fall in business activity, the Confederation of British Industry on Monday reported the lowest level of optimism among manufacturers since early 2009.
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PARIS, Aug 62753 (Reuters) - French business activity has expanded in August, a survey showed on Thursday, offering signs of resilience for the euro zone's second-biggest economy which has recently been slowing down.
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Growth in Africa's most developed economy has been meek for the last decade and is set to remain so as nationwide power cuts by state firm Eskom hit business activity and consumer confidence.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Euro zone business activity picked up a touch last month but remained in low gear and forward-looking indicators suggest the bloc's economic growth won't accelerate anytime soon, a survey found.
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The delay is the first sign that government and business activity will be impacted by the six-week closure of Abuja airport for runway repairs just as Africa's biggest economy grapples with recession.
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Business activity in the U.S. mid-Atlantic region improved in August, but local employment deteriorated to its worst level in seven years, a survey from the Philadelphia Federal Reserve released on Thursday showed.
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Abe said that the two leaders had agreed to speed up joint business activity on a chain of disputed Pacific islands which Moscow seized from Japan at the end of World War Two.
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"Growth of business activity slowed sharply in May as trade war worries and increased uncertainty dealt a further blow to order book growth and business confidence," said Chris Williamson, Markit's chief business economist.
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French business activity rose more than expected as manufacturing growth helped offset slack in services that has dogged firms in the wake of anti-government protests, the French purchasing managers' index (PMI) showed.
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Also on Thursday, the Philadelphia Fed said its gauge of U.S. Mid-Atlantic business activity declined in February to its weakest level since May 2016, suggesting a contraction in the region's manufacturing sector.
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JOHANNESBURG, Dec 1 (Reuters) - South Africa's seasonally adjusted Absa Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) rose in November to its highest level in six months as business activity improved further, a survey showed on Friday.
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LONDON (Reuters) - A recovery in euro zone business activity was weaker than expected this month as a deepening contraction in the bloc's manufacturing industry is increasingly holding back services firms, a survey showed.
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The Federal Reserve said on Wednesday in its Beige Book report of anecdotal information on business activity collected from contacts nationwide that labor markets continued to tighten from early April through late May.
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But analysts say it will take months to see if the strong credit impulse translates into improved business activity, assuming companies are borrowing for fresh expansion or investment, not merely refinancing existing debt.
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Last month, the PBOC stepped up efforts to increase loan growth and business activity, announcing a three-phase cut in regional banks' reserve requirements to reduce financing costs for small and private companies.
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Declining growth in new orders contributed to weaker expansion in both business activity and employment, Caixin said in a statement, which also noted higher average input costs, weak job creation and rising layoffs.
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The Business Activity Index also rose to 62.4 from 58.9 the month before, and the New Orders Index climbed to 63.2, the strongest since August 2005, from 58.9 in March, the ISM said.
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A slump in business activity stemming from the cash crunch has caused the revenue of state governments, which collect value-added tax on goods and other duties, to slump by 25-40 percent.
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More recently, a run of indicators and business activity surveys have pointed to still solid exports and factory output, although wage growth and household spending remain stubbornly sluggish despite a tightening job market.
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Secondly, many farmers in Jumla had started to embrace apple-growing as a business activity since they gained access to road transport in the past decade - and, more recently, electric power for irrigation.
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The NHBC's figures add to signs from other sectors of the economy that the shock of the June 23 vote to leave the EU has only had a temporary effect on business activity.
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BENGALURU (Reuters) - Business activity in India's dominant services sector expanded in November at the quickest pace in four months, lifted by a significant rise in domestic demand, a private survey showed on Wednesday.
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"Following June's recent dip in momentum, July survey data signaled a slight pick-up in business activity growth in the service sector," said Sian Jones, economist at IHS Markit that compiles the survey.
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To measure business activity, the analysis takes into account factors such as the presence of Fortune 500 companies and global service firms, the flow of goods through a city, and capital-market activity.
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That differing momentum is likely to be highlighted the day after Hammond's budget with the release of flash surveys of private business activity in France, Germany and the euro zone as a whole.
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The changes mark a new era of government oversight of business activity in the world's fifth-largest economy which has traditionally been one of the most open markets to global mergers and acquisitions.
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Currencies of European countries not part of the euro zone, such as the Swedish crown and Hungarian forint , have also been hit hard by the ECB's decision aimed at battling deteriorating business activity.
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PARIS (Reuters) - French business activity strengthened in May, helped by the dwindling impact of anti-government "yellow vests" protests and growth in the dominant services sector of the euro zone's second-biggest economy.
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Against that backdrop, the collapse of Amazon's New York site revives the attractive prospect of more high-tech business activity taking place in a broader set of cities, including in the nation's heartland.
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Buying in Treasuries increased in afternoon U.S. trading as losses on Wall Street and a surprise drop in a New York Federal Reserve gauge on regional business activity in October also supported demand.
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LONDON(Reuters) - Euro zone business activity ended the first quarter on a higher note, surveys showed on Tuesday, suggesting extra stimulus from the European Central Bank may already be having a positive effect.
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"The combination of these government initiatives ... are expected to boost FDI, increase business activity and boost market sentiment and thereby boosting real estate demand", said Dima Isshak, a senior manager at CBRE MENAT.
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The DIW institute said that its forecast was based on an optimistic V-shaped scenario in which a sharp drop of business activity would be followed by a quick rebound later this year.
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The DIW institute said that its forecast was based on an optimistic V-shaped scenario in which a sharp drop of business activity would be followed by a quick rebound later this year.
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Global investors have already looked past one round of dismal economic data on Tuesday, when markets surged even as surveys on business activity showed record drops in many countries, including the United States.
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But a survey by Emirates NBD said Egypt's non-oil private-sector business activity has been in contraction for months, with reductions in output and new orders despite a slight improvement in June.
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Recent factory surveys show weakening domestic orders and shrinking business activity, with both official and private sector reports pointing to growing strains in China's manufacturing sector, a key source of growth and jobs.
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Inbound and outbound business activity with China has come to a near standstill as the Trump administration has pushed tariffs and cast doubt on the safety of data and information with Chinese companies.
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PARIS (Reuters) - French business activity expanded at a slower pace in November from October, a survey showed on Wednesday, as customer demand softened among services firms in the euro zone's second-biggest economy.
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French business activity confounded expectations in April by growing at the fastest pace in nearly six years, showing no signs of cooling down just days before the most uncertain presidential election in years.
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Among the euro zone's two largest economies, Germany's business activity contracted for a fourth month running, while in France, it grew at a steady pace so far in December despite a nationwide strike.
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Among the euro zone's two largest economies, Germany's business activity contracted for a fourth month running, while in France, it grew at a steady pace so far in December despite a nationwide strike.
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The government has already been carrying out due diligence and preparing documentation so that it can push ahead with the issuance after the holy fasting month of Ramadan, when regional business activity tails off.
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PARIS (Reuters) - French business activity plunged unexpectedly into contraction this month, retreating at the fastest pace in over four years in the face of violent anti-government protests, a monthly survey showed on Friday.
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The weakness was driven by disruption to business activity due to Lunar New Year holidays and curbs to factory output from tougher pollution rules, but there are worries of a bigger loss in momentum.
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The seasonally adjusted IHS Markit Flash U.S. Composite PMI Output Index rose to a reading of 54.8 this month from 54.2 in March, indicating a faster upturn in business activity across the private sector.
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"Instead of engaging in any business activity they went to Quetta and under the garb of learning Urdu language from a Korean national...were actually engaged in preaching," the ministry said in a statement.
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PARIS (Reuters) - French growth is set to slow close to a standstill in the final quarter as waves of anti-government protests hit business activity, the central bank estimated on Monday, downgrading its outlook.
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Hartnett said the markets have already been factoring in the president-elect's promise of a corporate tax overhaul and infrastructure spending, and it's also showing up in some data and consumer and business activity.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Business activity across the euro zone was still growing as the second quarter began, but at a more modest rate than around the turn of the year, a survey showed on Monday.
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Hans Olsen, global head of investment strategy at Stifel Wealth and Investment Management, said consumer and business activity and small business confidence suggest the U.S. economy will avoid a recession in the near term.
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LONDON, Oct 248.9 (Reuters) - Euro zone business activity barely expanded in October as demand shrank, according to a survey on Thursday which will make disappointing reading for outgoing European Central Bank President Mario Draghi.
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Data released on Tuesday showed that U.S. consumer spending recorded its biggest increase in more than six years in April but consumer confidence dipped and survey on business activity in U.S. Midwest also underwhelmed.
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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has flagged further stimulus measures in response to weakness in the euro zone, its main trading partner, where business activity barely expanded in October according to a fresh survey.
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The data will be concerning for the European Central Bank which has employed various tools, including rate cuts and asset purchases, in a bid to boost growth, business activity and inflation in the region.
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The pan-European STOXX 600 ended down 4.83 percent at a two-month low, with losses spread across sectors and trading centers despite data showing that Euro zone business activity accelerated slightly in August.
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"The impact has largely been felt in our greater China corporate travel businesses, given that business activity and the country's inbound and outbound travel sectors have been temporarily shut," Managing Director Graham Turner said.
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LONDON, Oct 248.9 (Reuters) - Euro zone business activity barely expanded in October as demand shrank, according to a survey on Thursday which will make disappointing reading for outgoing European Central Bank President Mario Draghi.
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Employment rose but business activity was one-and-a-half points lower, new orders fell to the lowest in 13 months and new export orders fell 9 points to the lowest in 2 years.
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese corporate capital expenditure rose for an eighth consecutive quarter in July-September but the pace of gains slowed sharply, raising doubts about the strength of business activity amid global trade frictions.
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In 2015 the Cleveland metro ranked No. 12 nationally for established main street business activity, with 1,150 established small businesses for every 100,000 residents in the city, according to data from the Kauffman Foundation.
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"Business activity expanded at the fastest pace in six months as firms observed the best monthly improvement in demand conditions since May 2013," said Joe Hayes, economist at IHS Markit, which compiles the survey.
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The group's Business Activity Index for services rose to 51.7 in July from 50.5 in June, climbing further above the 50 threshold that separates growth from contraction and posting its highest reading since March.
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's core machinery orders tumbled by the most on record in September after a severe earthquake and typhoons disrupted business activity, with economists now also worried about a fall in overseas orders.
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The Fed's "Beige Book" report of anecdotal information on business activity collected from contacts nationwide showed notable worker shortages in information technology, manufacturing and construction industries as well as trucking businesses and at restaurants.
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Investors upgraded their outlook on business activity following Donald Trump's victory in the U.S. presidential election, anticipating that a Republican-controlled White House and Congress would slash taxes, implement infrastructure spending and loosen regulations.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Global economic growth began 2016 on a weak note, surveys of business activity suggested on Wednesday, and with inflation remaining low central banks are seen under pressure to keep monetary policies easy.
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Underscoring solid business activity, the Markit/Nikkei Japan Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) rose to a seasonally adjusted 52.5 in August, above the 50 threshold that separates contraction from expansion, as new orders accelerated.
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A solid measure of new business was offset by the weakest pace of job creation in the sector since July, while long-term expectations for business activity among firms were the lowest since 2013.
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Growth hit a 17-year low of 3.2 percent in 2018, and the IMF has forecast expansion to fall to 2.7% in 2019 as the Easter Sunday attacks dented tourism and broader business activity.
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"While strong fundamentals in the domestic market are driving growth in services business activity, falling exports continue to weigh on the performance of the manufacturing sector," said Phil Smith, principle economist at IHS Markit.
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"Whilst business activity is holding up strongly, optimism took another dive, which likely reflected a mix of Brexit uncertainty and concerns that financial market conditions could tighten," said Rain Newton-Smith, CBI chief economist.
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The rise came as data showed French and German business activity expanded more than expected in March and ahead of the release of equivalent data for the entire single currency bloc at 43 GMT.
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Banks do take a higher risk with commercial lending than with personal lending, so they'll want to get to know you and the business activity that you're conducting before approving you for an account.
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It also raised questions about Western business activity in the kingdom where BAE, Britain's biggest defence company, and its partners are currently engaged in a multi-billion pound deal to sell Typhoon fighter planes.
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Any foreign business activity involving the army and its conglomerates "posts a high risk of contributing to, or being linked to, violations of international human rights law and international humanitarian law", the report said.
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The U.S. yield curve flattened, close to levels not seen in 11 years, as upbeat data on the jobs market and business activity reinforced the view of further interest rate increases from the Fed.
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In a third report, financial data firm Markit said its flash U.S. services PMI business activity index slipped to 53.7 this month in January, the weakest reading since December 2014, from 54.3 in December.
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While service sector firms continued to report improving domestic economic conditions and rising client demand this month, some suggested that spending cutbacks across the energy sector had a negative impact on their business activity.
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But it's not yet clear if rocket launches will be impacted by the workplace closures and isolation orders that have halted much of the world's business activity as communities combat the spread of coronavirus.
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"The latest PMI data reveal a Hong Kong economy flirting with recession in the third quarter as business activity is increasingly aggravated by protest-related paralysis," said Bernard Aw, Principal Economist at IHS Markit.
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"Domestic business activity outside of those sectors is also likely to be weaker than we originally forecast, as underscored by reduced or withdrawn guidance from a number of firms in recent weeks," Kostin added.
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"Domestic business activity outside of those sectors is also likely to be weaker than we originally forecast, as underscored by reduced or withdrawn guidance from a number of firms in recent weeks," it added.
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PARIS (Reuters) - French business activity plunged to its lowest level on record in March as a nationwide coronavirus lockdown shuttered vast swathes of the euro zone's second-biggest economy, a survey showed on Tuesday.
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Still, these gains would be marginal compared with the steep losses for Wall Street in the past four weeks as the rapid spread of COVID-19 shuts down large cities and upends business activity.
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The Fed also said it would end reductions to its massive balance sheet in September, prompted by signs of decelerating business activity around the world even as the domestic labor market has remained solid.
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To cap off a day of good data pointing to an economic surge, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said its survey of business activity soared to its highest level in two years.
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As business activity and transportation has been restricted in many Chinese cities, companies unable to fulfill contractual obligations are applying for force majeure certificates issued by China's Council for the Promotion of International Trade.
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"On the other hand, should the recent global equity sell-off indicate that business activity in Western Europe has been really slowing..., then Central Europe should take the whole story more seriously," KBC said.
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Dismal business activity data from the euro area, especially powerhouse economy Germany this week, has pushed yields across the bloc to their lowest since the European Central Bank unleashed fresh stimulus on Sept. 12.
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Dismal business activity data from the euro area, especially powerhouse economy Germany this week, has pushed yields across the bloc to their lowest since the European Central Bank unleashed fresh stimulus on Sept. 12.
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The services PMI was also buoyant, with the business activity index rising to 55.6 from 53.7, easily beating the Reuters poll expectation of no change at 53.7 and the most optimistic forecast in the survey.
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"Instead of engaging in any business activity, they went to Quetta and under the garb of learning (the) Urdu language from a Korean national ... were actually engaged in preaching," the ministry said in a statement.
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Data showed euro zone private business activity was stable in August, albeit at a muted level, alleviating some concerns that Britain's vote to leave the European Union would spill over negatively into the currency bloc.
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It fell to near three-month lows against the franc on Wednesday as fresh data indicated a slowdown in European business activity and cast a shadow over the timing of the central bank's rate hike.
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If the virus can be successfully contained while business activity is normalised, the coronavirus-induced recession could be very short, albeit severe, and localised mostly in China, though with impacts on the countrys supply chain.
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The euro weakened after a survey showed that euro zone business activity fell to a four-year low in late 2018 and official data showed that inflation in December had slowed by more than expected.
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NEW YORK, Oct 18 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury yields held earlier gains on Thursday as domestic jobless claims fell last week, while business activity data from the Philadelphia Federal Reserve declined less than forecast in October.
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The weakness was driven by disruption to business activity due to the Lunar New Year holidays and curbs to factory output from tougher pollution rules, but there are worries of a bigger loss in momentum.
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U.S. yields declined on Wednesday in step with their German counterparts as traders bet the European Central Bank is prepared to embark on more stimulus to foster business activity and inflation across the euro zone.
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The weakness in manufacturing was mirrored to a large degree in the services sector, where Markit's flash Services Business Activity Index dropped to 50.9 this month from 53.0 in April, the lowest since February 2016.
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Kingdom Holding's plans to borrow funds for new investments stalled last November when the prince was detained, several sources told Reuters at the time, indicating that the crackdown had slowed down new Saudi business activity.
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LONDON, Aug 260.9 (Reuters) - Euro zone private business activity was stable in August, albeit at a muted level, but factories possibly face a tougher September as new order growth stumbled, a survey showed on Tuesday.
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Data released on Tuesday showed that U.S. consumer spending recorded its biggest increase in more than six years in April but consumer confidence dipped and a survey on business activity in U.S. Midwest also underwhelmed.
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"It's somewhat worrying to see the Indian service sector stuck in contraction, as firms react to muted demand by lowering business activity," said Pollyanna De Lima, principal economist at IHS Markit, in a press release.
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The survey findings indicate 135 basis points of interest rate cuts by the Reserve Bank of India this year and recently announced reforms by the government have so far done little to boost business activity.
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Stocks also shrugged off a survey showing private sector business activity in the euro zone increased at its weakest pace in more than a year this month, according to Markit's composite flash Purchasing Managers' Index.
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Business activity in Hong Kong's private sector fell to its weakest in 21 years in October, weighed down by anti-government protests and softening global demand, according to an IHS Markit survey published on Tuesday.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Euro zone business activity expanded a touch faster than expected last month as the region appeared, so far, to have largely shrugged off Britain's vote to leave the European Union, a survey found.
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The moves mirrored falls in U.S. equity futures and U.S. bond yields in Asian trade on Wednesday, as the spread of the virus in major economies threatens to brake business activity and curb consumer spending.
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However, the benchmark index is still off by about $21.37 trillion from its mid-February record high as fears of a global recession and corporate defaults continue to rage amid a breakdown in business activity.
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Fluctuations in seasonal employment — and by extension, seasonal business activity — are well tracked in the labor market, which is why monthly job numbers are seasonally adjusted, removing the peaks and valleys in the economic cycle.
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WASHINGTON — Several Federal Reserve policymakers, at their most recent meeting, voiced concern that weaker business activity and investment could lead to slower hiring and consumer spending, according to minutes of the meeting published on Wednesday.
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Fresh economic data showed U.S. current account deficit narrowed sharply in the second quarter, while a reading on the Philadelphia Fed business activity index clocked in at 523 for September, slightly above expectations of 252.
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BEIJING (Reuters) - China's three biggest airlines have restored a fraction of the international flights they halted in the wake of a coronavirus outbreak, heeding a call from the aviation regulator as business activity recovers slowly.
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's services sector saw its deepest contraction in more than three years in December as business activity took a hit from weak demand at home and abroad, a private survey showed on Tuesday.
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All three major U.S. stock indexes have been on an extended rally this year, repeatedly setting new record highs, as investors anticipate expanded business activity thanks to a lighter regulatory road and potential tax cuts.
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In the United States, post-1945 recessions have tended to be short, lasting less than a year in most instances, and in some cases have seen business activity level off rather than decline (tmsnrt.rs/2CQDDYT).
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MKB's Balog said, however, that the bank, which is in the final stages of a European Union-sanctioned restructuring process, still had some restrictions on business activity, even though a ban on acquisitions had already expired.
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The EU insists reciprocity is a key element of its visa policy and Britain has also said it wants to allow citizens to travel freely, without a visa, for tourism and temporary business activity after Brexit.
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Earlier Thursday, the greenback briefly pared its losses against the euro and yen following encouraging data led by a Philadelphia Fed measure on U.S. Mid-Atlantic business activity which hit a 33-year high in February.
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In an interview on CNBC's "Squawk on the Street, " Williams made it clear the Fed would be dependent on economic data and other signs of business activity and sentiment before making a decision on interest rates.
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However, analysts had said the gains might be due more to seasonal factors rather than a turnaround in lackluster global demand, with shipments jumping after the long Lunar New Year holidays dampened business activity in February.
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"The service sector moved back into the slow lane in July as business activity growth lost momentum for the first time since the start of spring," Tim Moore, associate director at PMI compiler IHS Markit, said.
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If a U.K. vote on European Union membership wasn't enough to rattle nerves in Europe, the latest preliminary data on business activity in the single currency area showed that a slowdown in growth continued in June.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Euro zone business activity accelerated more than thought last month but remained lackluster as a pickup in services growth only partially masked a downturn in the bloc's manufacturing industry, a survey showed on Tuesday.
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U.S. overall business activity growth also faltered to a three-year low as the seasonally adjusted IHS Markit Flash U.S. Composite PMI Output Index dropped to 50.9 in May, indicating the slowest expansion since May 2016.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Euro zone business activity picked up slightly last month but remained weak as a modest but broad-based upturn in the services industry offset a continued deep downturn in factory output, a survey showed.
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Over the long haul, the high-stakes brinksmanship being used by President Trump with tariffs could do long-term damage to highly productive trade relationships, possibly resulting in lower domestic business activity in years to come.
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PARIS, (Reuters) - French business activity has held up better than expected in July despite the Bastille Day truck attack in Nice and concerns about Britain's decision to leave the European Union, a survey showed on Friday.
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However, the regulatory pressure drove up borrowing costs last year and made it harder for small firms to secure funding, dragging on business activity and prompting policymakers to shift their focus back to growth boosting measures.
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"It's exciting now to see the rig count rising and business activity picking up again," said Peter Boylan, chief executive of Cypress Energy Partners LP, an oilfield service provider with operations in Texas and North Dakota.
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At the same time, China and the U.S. have been embroiled in a trade war that saw the world's two largest economies slap tariffs on each other's imports — which analysts said partly hurt business activity worldwide.
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"IAI's vast experience and its expertise in the development and manufacturing of small, light and fast satellites, and the innovative concept of Effective Space, has the potential for significant business activity," said IAI CEO Nimrod Sheffer.
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Back in Europe, IHS Markit PMI (purchasing managers' index) data released on Wednesday for the euro zone business activity rose to 50.6 in October from 50.1 in September, a slightly better-than-expected rate of expansion.
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That one extra point may prevent the U.S. from undercutting a number of countries such as Spain, the Netherlands, Austria and Chile and thereby reduce the amount of business activity that relocates here from those nations.
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JOHANNESBURG, Feb 1 (Reuters) - South Africa's seasonally adjusted Absa Purchasing Managers' Index rose in January to its best reading in nine months as business activity recovered and new sales orders increased, a survey showed on Thursday.
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Nevertheless, on the traditionally conservative or right end of the spectrum, the emphasis is more on increasing business activity and the gross domestic product, and less on concerns about how the resulting wealth should be distributed.
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Many economists say China has posted lackluster business activity and investment figures - while official unemployment stays below 5 percent - precisely because companies saddled with high wage bills and low profit margins can't cut debt or invest.
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Other data released included the IHS Markit services PMI for June, which showed the strongest expansion in business activity since January, and the ISM nonmanufacturing index, which rose to 57.4 in June from 56.9 in May.
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Sri Lanka's economic growth is expected to slump to a nearly two-decade low this year, a Reuters poll showed, as tourism, foreign investment and overall business activity eased sharply in the wake of the bombings.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - The euro fell to session lows against the dollar on Thursday following data on U.S. durable goods orders and jobless claims that suggested solid growth in business activity and a tightening labor market.
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Gold held near an earlier two-week high on Thursday after U.S. data on gross domestic product, jobless claims and regional business activity left traders' views on a stable economy unchanged and the dollar broadly steady.
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The oil market was taking the decision very negatively due to the impact on jet fuel demand and expectations for business activity and economic growth, said Bjoernar Tonhaugen, head of oil markets at energy consultant Rystad.
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Plagued by scandal, investigations, dysfunction in the West Wing and stalemate on Capitol Hill, Mr. Trump is making the surge of new jobs and business activity his most powerful argument for keeping Congress in Republican hands.
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's exports slipped for a 22007th straight month in February as U.S. and China-bound shipments declined, suggesting a cooling of business activity in the world's third-largest economy due to the coronavirus outbreak.
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's exports slipped for a 22007th straight month in February as U.S. and China-bound shipments declined, suggesting a cooling of business activity in the world's third-largest economy due to the coronavirus outbreak.
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However, the impact on banks could become more materially negative if the outbreak spreads, of if current restrictions on movement to and from affected areas, and the consequent suspension of business activity, is prolonged and broadened.
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They argue that such legal exposure could clamp down on many kinds of normal business activity — including hosting user reviews and ratings — and could become a tool of governments hoping to crack down on free speech.
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KEN VOGEL, investigative reporter: Mr. Giuliani was subpoenaed in late September by the Democrat-controlled House Intelligence Committee, which asked him for records related to Mr. Parnas, Igor Fruman and some of his foreign business activity.
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Business activity in Burundi, which relies heavily on coffee and tea exports, was slowed by several months of political violence which escalated in April last year, when President Pierre Nkurunziza decided to seek a third term.
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SHANGHAI, Feb 17 (Reuters) - China's central bank cut the interest rate on its medium term loans on Monday as policymakers try to reduce the economic shock from a coronavirus outbreak that is severely disrupting business activity.
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Yields took another step down after a survey of purchasing managers on Friday morning showed U.S. business activity in both the manufacturing and services sectors stalled in February as companies grew increasingly concerned about the coronavirus.
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Despite the steep declines, the indexes were trading above last week's lows, when a contraction in U.S. manufacturing and a dismal reading on business activity sparked fears of a looming recession in the world's biggest economy.
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Friday morning saw a raft of flash PMI (purchasing managers' index) figures released, which showed euro zone business activity remaining weak to start the year but offered some glimmers of hope which boosted European stock markets.
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In October, Japan raised a twice-delayed sales tax to 10% from 8% while a powerful typhoon dented consumer sentiment and business activity, sending the sentiment index in the month to its lowest since May 2011.
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Sterling continued to outperform other major currencies in the wake of last week's resounding election win for British Prime Boris Johnson's Conservative Party, while the euro was a touch firmer ahead of key business activity data.
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Hong Kong's retail sales fell for the 19th straight month in September as China's economic slowdown and a strong local currency crimped business activity and tourism, though the rate of decline eased from the previous month.
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The dollar index, which surged on the back of poor eurozone business activity data in the previous session, calmed and moved within a tight range on Tuesday, adding to the lack of action in currency markets.
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Meanwhile, euro zone business activity nudged up slightly faster than previously thought last month, surveys showed but with firms at their gloomiest since late-2016, there seemed to be little hope for a more robust rebound.
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But even with proposed stimulus, the view of economic forecasters has become more dire in recent days as companies seeking cash strain credit markets and the shutdown of business activity sends shock waves across the economy.
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Stocks had initially jumped more than 23.3%, but later fell as traders worried whether pumping more money into financial markets would address the central problem - a drop in business activity as workers and consumers stay home.
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Half a dozen Fed officials in recent days have touted the underlying strength of the American economy and argued a recent spate of weak data on business activity is more likely to prove fleeting than lasting.
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No fewer than five Fed officials this week have touted the underlying strength of the American economy and argued a recent spate of weak data on business activity is more likely to prove fleeting than lasting.
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U.S. Treasury yields dropped across the board as risk appetite diminished and Germany's 10-year bond yield fell further into negative territory after a survey showed business activity in the bloc was weaker than expected in May.
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Import-dependent Egypt has been trying to curb a big trade deficit and boost domestic industries after a years-long hard currency shortage that has sapped its ability to purchase from abroad and has hit business activity.
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In return for 32 billion forints worth of state aid, the bank - since sold to private investors, including Lorinc Meszaros, an associate of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban - has been saddled with restrictions on its business activity.
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"Worryingly, growth of output continues to run ahead of that of new orders, meaning even the modest current growth of business activity is only being sustained by firms eating into orders placed in prior months," Williamson said.
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Services lifted French business activity to a 15-month high while growth in Germany's private sector slowed to a 16-month low, suggesting the powerhouse of the currency union may have lost momentum in the third quarter.
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THE WALL STREET JOURNAL Fed Report Shows Modest Growth in Many U.S. Areas | Economic activity expanded in nine of the nation's 12 districts, the Fed said in its Beige Book report of anecdotal information on business activity.
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"Growth of business activity slowed sharply in May as trade war worries and increased uncertainty dealt a further blow to order book growth and business confidence," IHS Markit Chief Business Economist Chris Williamson said in a statement.
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French business activity rose more than expected as manufacturing growth helped offset the slack in services that has dogged firms in the wake of anti-government protests, though German PMI number was more of a mixed picture.
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PARIS (Reuters) - The Bank of France on Monday kept its forecast for French gross domestic product (GDP) growth of 0.3 percent in the second quarter and said it expected a general rebound in business activity for July.
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Business activity in the euro zone and sentiment in powerhouse Germany ended the first quarter on a brighter note, surveys showed on Tuesday, suggesting the European Central Bank's extra stimulus may already be having a positive effect.
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Confirmation that euro zone business activity remained robust last month helped the pan-European STOXX 600 to claw back most of the 0123 percent it had lost on Monday amid international condemnation of North Korea's nuclear test.
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A survey showed on Wednesday that South African business confidence fell deeper into negative territory in the second quarter, to a level not seen since the 17.40 recession, as business activity remained week and political risk persisted .
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The SEC on Thursday said Telefonica Brasil's books failed to accurately reflect payments for tickets and hospitality awarded to officials capable of influencing legislative, regulatory and business activity involving the Sao Paulo-based telecommunications company, Brazil's largest.
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U.S. Treasury yields dropped across the board as risk appetite faded and Germany's 2285.50-year bond yield fell further into negative territory after a survey showed business activity in the bloc was weaker than expected in May.
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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has said that he is willing to consider this course of action, as long as the economic benefits and business activity that Tehran negotiated under the JCPOA continues to flow into the country.
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The overall strong data, released on Friday by the European Commission in Brussels and the Economy Ministry in Berlin, suggested vibrant business activity in the euro zone at the turn of the year despite increased political uncertainties.
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" The report states that money launderers often find that "buying a hotel, a restaurant or other similar investment offers further advantages, as it brings with it a business activity in which there is extensive use of cash.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stock prices across the world climbed to record highs on Tuesday on news euro zone business activity accelerated to a six-year high, while the dollar gained after hawkish comments from Federal Reserve officials.
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Business activity and perceptions in June were soothed by an improved exchange rate, with the rand advancing more than 2.5 percent in the month as the currency reaped the benefits of a worldwide search for higher yields.
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Much of the business activity of the series is carried out in Europe: There are eight races staged in Europe — not counting in Russia and Azerbaijan — which is more than in any other region in the world.
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Euro zone private business activity was stable in August, albeit at a muted level, a survey showed, suggesting the economic repercussions of the Brexit vote seem to have been confined to Britain, not its main trading partner.
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The dollar rose to a six-month high against the euro on Wednesday as data indicating a slowdown in European business activity hurt the common currency, while broader risk aversion hurt the dollar against the Japanese yen.
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On Wednesday, it said it had started to see a "slight improvement" in business activity in greater China, but shopper traffic was now deteriorating in Japan and South Korea, and the impact on other countries was uncertain.
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U.S. Treasury yields dropped across the board as risk appetite faded and Germany's 10-year bond yield fell further into negative territory after a survey showed business activity in the bloc was weaker than expected in May.
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On Wednesday, it said it had started to see a "slight improvement" in business activity in greater China, while shopper traffic was now deteriorating in Japan and South Korea, and the impact on other countries was uncertain.
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Measures aimed at curbing business activity are expected to lead to a significant slowdown in domestic demand, the central bank said in a statement announcing the decision of the Monetary Policy Committee to cut the benchmark rate.
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U.S. markets had initially jumped more than 2% but then dropped as traders worried whether pumping more money into the system would address the central problem - a drop in business activity as workers and consumers stay home.
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Economic growth, which averaged 8-10 percent before the Syria war, has averaged 1-2 percent since it began, and a purchasing managers' index for Blom Bank has shown business activity in decline every month since 2013.
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BEIJING, Feb 28 (Reuters) - China's three biggest airlines have restored a fraction of the international flights they halted in the wake of a coronavirus outbreak, heeding a call from the aviation regulator as business activity recovers slowly.
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The U.S. dollar fell across the board on Friday after a survey of purchasing managers showed U.S. business activity in the manufacturing and services sectors stalled in February and as investors fretted over the fast-spreading coronavirus.
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Ten-year German government bond yields fell to a four-month low earlier at -0.464%, but rebounded after the IHS Markit Composite Flash PMI for the euro zone showed business activity accelerated more than expected in February.
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Local stocks were also recovering from their worst week in 11 months, as signs of weak business activity from around the globe saw investors pulling out of risky assets in the face of a widespread economic slowdown.
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Stock markets have been rankled by weak economic indicators showing a contraction in U.S. manufacturing and a bleak reading on business activity, bolstering bets of another interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve to combat a slowdown.
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This has resulted in too little business activity occurring with the legal and organizational advantages of the C-corporation, and productivity has suffered as a result of companies' keeping activities away from the high C-corp rates.
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Confirmation that euro zone business activity remained robust last month helped the pan-European STOXX 600 to claw back most of the 0123 percent it lost on Monday amid international condemnation of the previous day's nuclear test.
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The data reveals a Hong Kong economy that is "flirting with recession" as business activity is "increasingly aggravated by protest-related paralysis," wrote Bernard Aw, principal economist at IHS Markit, in a statement published alongside the data.
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