Lucia Mutikani

Washington, D.C., United States

Correspondent at Reuters

Economics correspondent. Interested in economics. Views expressed here are my own.

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European factory production stabilises further but Asia, US struggle with tariffs

4 days ago | marketscreener.com | Jonathan Cable |Leika Kihara |Lucia Mutikani

LONDON/TOKYO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -European manufacturing took another step towards stabilisation in May but U.S. activity contracted for a third straight month and Asian factory activity shrank as soft demand in China and U.S. tariffs took a heavy toll, surveys showed, highlighting the darkening outlook for the once fast-growing region.
米耐久財受注、4月のコア資本財1.3％減設備投資の軟化示唆

1 week ago | jp.reuters.com | Lucia Mutikani

米商務省が２７日発表した４月の航空機を除く非国防資本財（コア資本財）受注は前月比１．３％減少した。写真は２月、イリノイ州メンドータの工場で撮影（２０２５年ロイター/Vincent Alban）［ワシントン２７日ロイター］ - 米商務省が２７日発表した４月の航空機を除く非国防資本財（コア資本財）受注は前月比１．３％減少した。関税政策を背景に経済を巡る不透明感が増す中、大幅に減少し、第２・四半期序盤の企業設備投資の軟化を示唆した。ロイターがまとめたエコノミスト予想は０．１％減。３月分は０．２％減から０．３％増に上方改定された。耐久財受注は前月より６．３％減少した。耐久財受注はトースターから航空機まで３年以上使われるモノを指す。３月分は７．５％増から７．６％増に小幅上方改定された。コア資本財の出荷は０．１％減。前月は０．５％増。資本財から国防関連を除いた受注は１９．１％減。出荷は３．５％増と前月の１．１％減から改善した。コンピューターや電子製品の受注は１．０％、機械受注は０．８％、それぞれ増加した。一方、通信機器は２．６％、電化製品・部品は０．２％、それぞれ減少した。...
Plummeting US Core Capital Goods Orders Point to Weak Business Spending

1 week ago | gurutrade.com | Lucia Mutikani |Ros Russell |Andrea Ricci

Core capital goods orders dive 1.3% in April Shipments of core capital goods dip 0.1% Durable goods orders decline 6.3% WASHINGTON, May 27 (Reuters) - New orders for key U.S.-manufactured capital goods plunged in April amid mounting uncertainty over the economy because of tariffs, suggesting business spending on equipment weakened at the start of the second quarter. The report from the Commerce Department on Tuesday also showed shipments of these goods falling last month.
US Consumer Confidence Improves in May, Tariffs Anxiety Lingers

1 week ago | gurutrade.com | Lucia Mutikani |Nick Zieminski

WASHINGTON, May 27 (Reuters) - U.S. consumer confidence improved in May after deteriorating for five straight months amid a truce in the trade war between Washington and China, though households continued to worry about tariffs raising prices and hurting the economy. The Conference Board said on Tuesday its consumer confidence index increased 12.3 points to 98.0 this month.
US core capital goods orders tumble in April

1 week ago | zawya.com | Lucia Mutikani

New orders for key U.S.-manufactured capital goods fell in April, suggesting business spending on equipment weakened at the start of the second quarter. Non-defense capital goods orders excluding aircraft, a closely watched proxy for business spending plans, tumbled 1.3% last month after an upwardly revised 0.3% gain in March, the Commerce Department's Census Bureau said on Tuesday.
US business spending on equipment softening as tariff uncertainty persists

1 week ago | marketscreener.com | Lucia Mutikani

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -New orders for key U.S.-manufactured capital goods plunged by the most in six months in April amid mounting uncertainty over the economy because of tariffs, suggesting business spending on equipment weakened at the start of the second quarter. The report from the Commerce Department on Tuesday also showed shipments of these goods falling last month. Economists said President Donald Trump's flip-flopping on import duties was making it difficult for businesses to plan ahead.
US new home sales unexpectedly rise in April

2 weeks ago | zawya.com | Lucia Mutikani

Sales of new U.S. single-family homes unexpectedly increased in April as builders lowered prices to lure buyers, but rising mortgage rates and an uncertain economic outlook remain constraints for the housing market. New home sales surged 10.9% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 743,000 units last month, the Commerce Department's Census Bureau said on Friday. The sales pace for March was revised down to a rate of 670,000 units from the previously reported 724,000 units.
US new Home Sales Unexpectedly Rise in April

2 weeks ago | gurutrade.com | Lucia Mutikani |Mark Porter

WASHINGTON, May 23 (Reuters) - Sales of new U.S. single-family homes unexpectedly increased in April as builders lowered prices to lure buyers, but rising mortgage rates and an uncertain economic outlook remain constraints for the housing market. New home sales surged 10.9% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 743,000 units last month, the Commerce Department's Census Bureau said on Friday.
Lower prices boost new US home sales; outlook downbeat amid higher mortgages

2 weeks ago | marketscreener.com | Lucia Mutikani

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sales of new U.S. single-family homes surged to more than a three-year high in April as builders lowered prices to attract buyers, but rising mortgage rates and economic uncertainty remained headwinds for the housing market. Data for February and March was revised significantly down, taking some of the shine from the unexpected increase in sales last month reported by the Commerce Department on Friday.
US labor market stable in mid-May; slowdown is looming due to tariffs

2 weeks ago | azdailysun.com | Lucia Mutikani

By Lucia MutikaniWASHINGTON (Reuters) -The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits fell last week as companies hoard labor, suggesting the economy maintained a steady pace of job growth in May, but it is becoming harder for those out of work to find new opportunities.

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