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(Reuters) - Nasdaq futures rose sharply on Thursday as chipmaker Nvidia rallied on strong third-quarter earnings, while S&P and Dow premarket indicators showed a mild recovery from inflation-related losses sustained this week. Nvidia shares jumped 6.7% in premarket trade after the company beat q

Minneapolis (CNN Business)In its efforts to bring down historic inflation and cool the economy, the Federal Reserve has used multiple euphemisms to describe the potential impact on Americans' jobs, from economic "pain" to "unfortunate costs" and a "softening labor market." Data, however, doesn't min

Notes/Observations - German and Spanish unemployment numbers improve. - Germany State Dec CPI dropped slightly more than expected from recent cycle highs in headline MoM and YoY readings. Critical attention on Core CPI, the likely focus of ECB member discussion, which continued to remain sticky and

The Philippines' inflation accelerated to the highest level in more than fourteen years, mainly led by food prices, data from the Philippine Statistics Authority showed on Thursday. The consumer price index grew 8.1 percent annually in December, following an 8.0 percent rise in November. Economists

Outlook: While we wait for eurozone CPI and US payrolls on Friday, we have some fresh information today, including the minutes of the Fed’s last meeting. We will also get ISM manufacturing PMI and Jolts. The market can twist itself into knots trying to make any or all of these into more significance

LONDON — The U.K. economic contraction of 2023 will be almost as deep as that of Russia, economists expect, as a sharp fall in household living standards weighs on activity. In its 2023 macro outlook, Goldman Sachs forecast a 1.2% contraction in the U.K. real GDP over the course of this year, well b

Thailand's manufacturing activity gained strength at the end of the year driven by sustained improvement in output, survey results from S&P Global showed on Wednesday. The manufacturing Purchasing Managers' index posted 52.5 in December, up from 51.1 in November. Activity expanded at the fastest