Asia Economy
Singapore inflation stays at 4-year lows as city-state prepares for election
Singapore’s Raffles Place at lunchtime. Roslan Rahman | Afp | Getty Images Singapore’s inflation in March stayed at over four-year lows, with the city-state’s consumer price index climbing 0.9%, year on year. This was lower than Reuters poll expectations of 1.1%, and the same as the 0.9% seen in February.Core inflation — which strips out […]
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Hong Kong stocks lead gains in Asia on hopes of de-escalation in U.S.-China tensions
The view of Nanjing Road East Pedestrian Mall, the main shopping street in Shanghai. Bruce Yuanyue Bi | The Image Bank | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets climbed Wednesday, after all three key benchmarks on Wall Street advanced overnight on optimism that U.S.-China trade tensions could ease. This comes after U.S. President Donald Trump indicated that […]
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IMF cuts 2025 growth forecast for major Asian economies, warns of global slowdown on trade worries
A security guard stands outside the building near signs advertising the International Monetary Fund/World Bank Spring Meetings in Washington, DC, on April 17, 2025. Jim Watson | AFP | Getty Images The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday downgraded its growth forecasts for major Asian economies in 2025, citing trade tensions and “high policy uncertainty.” The […]
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Vietnam clamps down on fraud on US exports, document shows
A truck at the Tan Vu Terminal, operated by Vietnam Maritime Corp., at Haiphong Port in Haiphong, Vietnam, on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Vietnam’s trade ministry has issued a directive to crack down on illegal transshipment of goods to the United States and other trading partners as it tries […]
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Asia-Pacific markets trade mixed as China keeps benchmark lending rates steady
A Chinese flag flies high over The Bund. Liu Liqun | Corbis Documentary | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets traded mixed Monday as China’s central bank held rates at a time when the yuan has come under pressure due to Beijing-Washington trade tensions. Mainland China’s CSI 300 rose 0.38% after the People’s Bank of China kept its key […]
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South Korea finds ‘Made in Korea’ breaches intended to bypass U.S. tariffs
South Korea has found increased attempts to disguise foreign products as Korean exports, primarily from China, to avoid U.S. President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs, its customs agency said on Monday. Insung Jeon | Moment | Getty Images South Korea has found increased attempts to disguise foreign products as Korean exports, primarily from China, to avoid U.S. President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs, […]
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China keeps key lending rates steady in bid to shore up yuan as Trump tariffs pressure currency
The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) building in Beijing, China, on Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022. Bloomberg | Getty Images China expectedly kept its loan prime rates unchanged Monday, with the 1-year LPR at 3.1% and the 5-year at 3.6% as the central bank appears focused on stabilizing the yuan amid trade tensions with the U.S. […]
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China keeps key lending rates steady in bid to shore up yuan as Trump tariffs pressure currency
The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) building in Beijing, China, on Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022. Bloomberg | Getty Images China expectedly kept its loan prime rates unchanged Monday, with the 1-year LPR at 3.1% and the 5-year at 3.6% as the central bank appears focused on stabilizing the yuan amid trade tensions with the U.S. […]
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Vance set to visit India for bilateral talks on economic, trade and geopolitical ties
U.S. Vice President JD Vance shakes hands with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a bilateral meeting, at the residence of the U.S. Ambassador in Paris, France, Feb. 11, 2025. Leah Millis | Reuters U.S. Vice President JD Vance will embark on a four-day visit to India on Monday as the two countries seek to unlock economic […]
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This fund is designed to help investors withstand wild market swings
ETF Edge This fund is designed to help investors withstand wild market swings Published Sat, Apr 19 202511:00 AM EDT Krysta Escobar WATCH LIVE Source
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