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China youth unemployment jumps to 17.1% in July
Aug 17, 2024 (AFP)
China is battling soaring joblessness among young people, a heavily indebted property sector and intensifying trade issues with the West. Chinese Premier Li Qia...
Equities surge on strong US consumer data
Aug 16, 2024 (AFP)
The key Nikkei 225 index added more than three-and-a-half percent following rallies on Wall Street, continuing a bullish run after stocks in Tokyo crashed Monda...
Asian markets surge on strong US consumer data
Aug 16, 2024 (AFP)
The key Nikkei 225 index added nearly three percent following rallies on Wall Street, continuing a bullish run after stocks in Tokyo crashed Monday on worries a...
Global stocks follow Wall Street climb
Aug 15, 2024 (AFP)
The eagerly awaited US consumer price index (CPI) data showed a 2.9 percent rise last month from a year ago -- its smallest 12-month increase since March 2021 -...
China says Vietnam President To Lam to make 3-day visit
Aug 15, 2024 (AFP)
"Vietnamese President To Lam will pay a state visit to China from August 18 to 20," foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said in a statement Thursday, addi...
China's underwhelming data dampens hope of economic recovery
Aug 15, 2024 (AFP)
More than a year and a half after the lifting of stringent Covid-19 measures, the much-anticipated post-pandemic recovery has been brief and less robust than ex...
Asian stocks follow Wall Street climb
Aug 15, 2024 (AFP)
The eagerly awaited US consumer price index (CPI) data showed a 2.9 percent rise last month from a year ago -- its smallest 12-month increase since March 2021 -...
Asian markets extend gains as US inflation data boost rate hopes
Aug 14, 2024 (AFP)
However, Tokyo went into retreat after news that the Japanese prime minister would not seek re-election as his party's leader next month, bringing an end to his...
Honduran president meets Chinese official with trade deal on horizon
Aug 14, 2024 (AFP)
Enrique Reina, the foreign minister of Honduras, told reporters that Hua "visited the country to advance several items." As part of ongoing trade negotiations, ...
UN launches new way to measure nations' economic vulnerability
Aug 13, 2024 (AFP)
The "Multidimensional Vulnerability Index" (MVI) is set to act as a complement to GDP and other development metrics. Since the 1990s, small island developing st...
Asian stocks build on gains ahead of US inflation data
Aug 13, 2024 (AFP)
Tokyo's Nikkei returned from a long weekend to lead the rally and top the levels touched before last Monday's rout -- its worst since 1987 -- helped by a weaker...
China says FM Wang to visit Myanmar, Thailand this week
Aug 13, 2024 (AFP)
"Wang Yi will visit Myanmar and travel to Thailand to co-chair the ninth Lancang-Mekong Cooperation Foreign Ministers' Meeting," foreign ministry spokesman Lin ...
Stocks mostly rise as focus turns to US inflation data
Aug 12, 2024 (AFP)
After a painful collapse fuelled by a big miss on US jobs creation, equities managed to bounce back over the following days and ended Friday on a healthy note. ...
US officials to travel to China for economic meetings
Aug 12, 2024 (AFP)
The trip to Shanghai will be for talks under a financial working group (FWG) formed last year, with both sides due to discuss financial stability, issues relati...
Hong Kong court gives developer Kaisa more time to restructure debt
Aug 12, 2024 (AFP)
China's property sector has yet to bounce back from Beijing's 2020 crackdown on excessive borrowing and rampant speculation, with some developers now undergoing...
China consumer prices hit five-month high, top forecasts
Aug 09, 2024 (AFP)
The reading comes as authorities struggle to kickstart activity among the country's army of consumers, with officials last week issuing a set of directives aime...
Stocks track Wall St rally as US jobs data ease recession fears
Aug 09, 2024 (AFP)
Equities across the planet have seen big fluctuations since a closely watched gauge of the US labour market came in well below forecasts and fanned fears the Fe...
Equity markets struggle as nervous traders navigate volatility
Aug 08, 2024 (AFP)
Data last Friday showing that fewer US jobs than expected were created in July continues to reverberate as it fanned fears that the world's top economy was head...
Equities extend recovery, yen weakens as some calm returns
Aug 07, 2024 (AFP)
After Monday's collapse that saw trillions of dollars wiped off valuations globally, traders returned to pick up bargains on Tuesday, with Japan's Nikkei bounci...
China notches steady export growth in July as imports surge
Aug 07, 2024 (AFP)
Overseas shipments expanded 7.0 percent on-year last month, according to China's General Administration of Customs. That compares with the 8.6 percent increase ...
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