London - The latest quarterly look into the Chinese economic recovery from the pandemic disappointed expectations. On a quarter-on-quarter basis, seasonally adjusted first quarter GDP rose 0.6pct missing the estimates for a 1.4pct increase.

Retail sales in the world’s biggest economy surged in March following Washington’s most recent government stimulus payments to households, showing once again that the US economy seems to have shifted into a higher gear.   The US... 

US retail sales are likely to have rebounded significantly in March thanks to the latest round of government stimulus cheques and the further easing of coronavirus restrictions in the world’s biggest economy.   An economists’ poll... 

UK economic activity expanded slightly in February as the effect of a continued national lockdown kept many shops and services closed.   The Office for National Statistics said GDP growth was estimated to have grown by 0.4% on the month in... 

Canada’s jobless rate fell precipitously in March to the lowest level since the beginning of the pandemic as the lifting of restrictions in a number of provinces unleashed additional sectors of the economy.   Statistics Canada said the... 

Financial market experts are expected to express further optimism about Europe’s largest economy as Germany sets its sights on a massive improvement of its Covid-19 vaccination programme.   Economists say the forward-looking... 

Italy is set to ease lockdown restrictions, lifting some curbs that have been weighing on the economy in the region surrounding Milan and across the country as the latest virus resurgence slows, officials said.

Germany and France, the euro area’s two largest economies, both saw unexpected declines in industrial production in February, suggesting that coronavirus restrictions are increasingly harming parts of the economy that have proved resilient so... 

The U.S. Federal Reserve plans to keep its super-easy policy in place even as data shows the economy kicking into higher gear, with policymakers predicting on Thursday that an expected increase in prices this year will fade on its own, and warning...