* Third-quarter GDP increases at 2.0% rate. * Growth pace slowest since COVID-19 shutdowns. * Consumer spending brakes sharply on auto shortages. * Weekly jobless claims fall 10,000 to 281,000. By Lucia Mutikani.
Brazil's central government reported a primary budget surplus of 303 million reais in September, the Treasury said on Thursday, slightly above forecasts from a Reuters poll of economists that expected a balanced budget.
Sterling firmed on Thursday against the dollar, which lost ground after data showed weak economic expansion in the third quarter, though it slipped versus the euro following an ECB meeting which failed to dissipate bets on a 2022 rate hike.
U.S. Treasury yields rose on
Thursday, tracking European bonds, as investors shrugged off
weaker-than-expected U.S. economic growth data and focused
instead on the inflation components of the report, ...
Contracts to buy U.S. previously owned homes unexpectedly fell in September likely as some potential buyers delayed purchases amid higher prices. The National Association of Realtors said on Thursday its Pending Home Sales Index, based on signed contracts, decreased 2.3% last month to 116.7. Pending home sales fell in all four regions.
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The European Central Bank still sees a recent rise in euro zone inflation to above its 2% target as temporary and expects price pressures to ease next year, ECB President Christine Lagarde said on Thursday.
The Baltic Exchange's dry bulk sea freight index dropped for a sixth straight session to its lowest in seven weeks on Thursday, pressured by weaker demand across all vessel segments.
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The U.S. economy grew at its slowest pace in more than a year in the third quarter as COVID-19 infections flared up, further straining global supply chains and causing shortages of goods like automobiles that almost stifled consumer spending. Gross domestic product increased at a 2.0% annualized rate last quarter, the Commerce Department said in its advance GDP estimate on Thursday.
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