Despite weakening consumer confidence, IKEA has reported record annual sales, as price hikes have offset a decrease in number of units sold. The decrease of sales had been mostly attributed to the exit from Russian market.
A consortium of private equity firms has announced that it seeks to buy out shares for a total value of $19 billion. The news agency Kyodo has revealed that the total premium for the buyout stock amounts to 26%, compared to Wednesday's closing price. Namely, the buyers appear to have offered 6,450.00 Yen per share.
The American multi-national investment company BlackRock has announced that in the third quarter of 2022 its profits declined by 16.00%.
Delta Air Lines quarterly profits have been reported to be below market expectations. The airline revealed that the hurricane Ian had caused a decline in earnings.
The French government has mandated TotalEnergies to increase employee wages in an effort to stop the spread of the ongoing strike.
The oil producer country cartel OPEC has decreased its oil demand forecasts for 2022 and 2023. In the meantime, the organization had increased its production in September by 146,000 barrels per day.
At 12:30 GMT, US Consumer Price Inflation data was revealed to be higher than expected. The US Dollar reacted to the news with a spike upwards. Commodity prices, stock market indices and peer currencies declined compared to the Dollar.
Recent month on month GDP data for the United Kingdom has revealed that the country approaches a recession, as GDP declined by 0.3% instead of the expected 0.0% stagnation.
The US President Joe Biden has revealed that Saudi Arabia and OPEC+ would face consequences for their recent decision to cut oil production.
The International Monetary Fund has warned that geopolitical events and inflation are bound to increase financial stability risks.
This week, the USD/JPY currency exchange rate reached above the Bank of Japan intervention level, as the pair clearly broke above 146.00.
Nissan Motor Company has revealed that it would incur a loss of $687 million due to the sale of its shares in Nissan Manufacturing Russia LLC to the Russian state owned NAMI for 1 Euro.
The official UK unemployment rate has declined to 3.5%, which is the lowest since 1974. However, the decline has occurred due to people failing to find work after a prolonged period and being removed from the official pool of economically active part of population.
Two members of the Monetary Policy Council of the Polish Central Bank have revealed that the Governor Adam Glapinski and four other members intend to seek legal action against policymakers over statements made about policy to the public.
In September, Chinese auto sales growth in China declined, as signs of a decrease in demand had been observed.
The Chinese government has increased its testing and anti-infection measures in major Chinese cities, as the numbers of cases in the country have increased.
Survey results have revealed that in August European investor morale had reached a new low level, which had not been observed since May 2020.
In August of 2022, compared to August of 2021, natural gas imports to Spain have reportedly increased by 3.3%
The German government created commission for the decrease of high gas price impact on consumers has come up with a proposition to implement a 35-billion subsidy plan.
The Yamal pipeline operator data has revealed that Russian gas shipments to Europe through Ukraine have continued to remain unchanged.
The Swiss National Bank data has revealed that overnight deposits at the central bank had decreased by a total of 30 billion Swiss Francs.
BMW Group has revealed that in the third quarter of 2022 the company's sales had declined, compared to the third quarter of 2021.
The Bank of England has announced that it would double the size of its bond buy-back program, increasing the size of each auction from 5 billion up to 10 billion.
As the United States implement restrictions on chip exports to China, Chinese tech company stock prices declined due to the companies experiencing shortages.