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China exports rise but imports slump in June
Jul 12, 2024 (AFP)
Officials in China are grappling with a real estate debt crisis, weakening consumption, an ageing population and geopolitical tensions overseas. And the latest ...
Asian markets track Wall St records after Powell hints at rate cut
Jul 11, 2024 (AFP)
The advances also saw Hong Kong and Shanghai push higher after struggling in recent weeks over worries about the Chinese economy, with investors awaiting a key ...
China's top brass to meet with all eyes on ailing economy
Jul 11, 2024 (AFP)
The world's second-largest economy is grappling with a real estate debt crisis, weakening consumption, an ageing population and geopolitical tensions overseas. ...
US tightens steel, aluminum import rules to curb China tariff evasion
Jul 10, 2024 (AFP)
The election-season actions by President Joe Biden's administration mark the latest in efforts to guard against excess industrial capacity in China, which Washi...
China seeks to boost Shanghai bloc to counter the West
Jul 10, 2024 (AFP)
Leaders of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) member states met last week in Kazakhstan, with President Xi Jinping calling on strategic ally Russia and...
Hong Kong partially clears PwC of alleged deficiencies in Evergrande audits
Jul 10, 2024 (AFP)
Heavily indebted Evergrande became the poster child of the years-long crisis in China's real estate market, and its onshore unit was accused of a $78 billion re...
China says launches probe into EU foreign subsidy investigations
Jul 10, 2024 (AFP)
Trade tensions between Beijing and Brussels have spiralled in recent months, with the European Union taking aim at China's support for its renewables and electr...
China consumer prices rise slightly in June
Jul 10, 2024 (AFP)
The consumer price index rose 0.2 percent on-year in June, down from May's 0.3 percent and the fifth straight month in positive territory, the National Bureau o...
Asian markets mixed after Wall Street records
Jul 10, 2024 (AFP)
While Europe's main stock markets were dragged down Tuesday by political uncertainty in France, the S&P 500 and Nasdaq in the United States edged to all-time hi...
Asian markets rise ahead of Fed chief's Congress testimony
Jul 09, 2024 (AFP)
The US central bank has held interest rates at the highest levels in more than two decades to bring inflation down to its long-term two percent target without d...
Singapore state investor Temasek focuses on US after China 'underperformance'
Jul 09, 2024 (AFP)
Temasek said its net portfolio value rose 1.8 percent in the financial year to March 31, with growth hit by sluggish Chinese markets. That compared with a 5.2 p...
Euro slips in Asian trade after snap French poll
Jul 08, 2024 (AFP)
In France, the left was set to emerge as the biggest group in a new parliament, beating out a resurgent far right in a vote called by President Emmanuel Macron ...
New UK finance minister vows to power economy
Jul 08, 2024 (AFP)
In her first major speech since being appointed the UK's first woman chancellor of the exchequer by new Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Reeves said there was "no t...
Chinese state-owned carmaker SAIC demands EU hearing over tariffs
Jul 05, 2024 (AFP)
The EU on Thursday slapped extra provisional duties of up to 38 percent on Chinese EV imports after its executive arm, the European Commission, concluded in an ...
Hong Kong fines DBS Bank $1.3 mn for money-laundering breaches
Jul 05, 2024 (AFP)
The HKMA said the bank failed to "continuously monitor business relationships and conduct enhanced due diligence in high risk situations" over a seven-year peri...
China says opposes 'politicising' trade after Germany blocks firm's sale
Jul 04, 2024 (AFP)
MAN Energy Solutions, a subsidiary of Volkswagen group, had been due to sell the unit to Chinese group GHGT and its offshoot Guanghan Gas Turbine. But Germany's...
Markets extend gains, dollar dips as US data fans rate cut hopes
Jul 04, 2024 (AFP)
The advances saw Tokyo end at all-time highs following another record day on Wall Street, while national elections in Britain and France are also on the radar o...
Asian stocks extend gains, dollar dips as US data builds on rate hope
Jul 04, 2024 (AFP)
The advances tracked another record on Wall Street on a holiday-shortened day, while national elections in Britain and France are also on the radar over the nex...
Markets track Wall St records as Powell revives rate hopes
Jul 03, 2024 (AFP)
After a run of above-forecast data and warnings from central bank officials suggesting monetary policy would remain elevated for some time, the remarks provided...
Dollar strengthens as bets on Trump presidency rise post-debate
Jul 02, 2024 (AFP)
Speculation about a second term for the Republican rose on the Supreme Court's ruling that all former leaders had "absolute immunity" from criminal prosecution ...
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