Asia Economy
Japan core inflation accelerates after five months as Iran war pushes energy prices higher
Customers check out vegetables and other groceries at a supermarket in Tokyo on June 20, 2025. Kazuhiro Nogi | Afp | Getty Images Core inflation in Japan accelerated for the first time in five months, rising to 1.8% in March as Iran war-fueled higher energy prices stoke consumer inflation. Government data showed the inflation figure […]
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Justin Trudeau tells CNBC that international organizations may no longer be fit for purpose. Watch live
Canada’s former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said at CNBC’s CONVERGE LIVE in Singapore Thursday that international financial institutions were “spectacularly ill-adjusted” to respond to modern day issues. “You can look to different places around the world to realize that those institutions, whether it was the WTO or the IMF or what have you, aren’t necessarily […]
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South Korea economic growth roared past estimates in Q1, thanks to chips
A screen displays the closing figure of the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) inside a trading room at Hana Bank in Seoul, South Korea, on April 8, 2026. Hwawon Lee | Anadolu | Getty Images South Korea’s economy beat expectations in the first quarter of 2026 to record the fastest growth since mid-2020, as booming semiconductor demand offset the drag of weak public spending, central bank […]
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Asia markets open higher as Iran ceasefire extension lifts mood
Kazuhiro Nogi | AFP | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets opened broadly higher Thursday, tracking U.S. stocks, which rose overnight after President Donald Trump’s extension of the Iran ceasefire helped to buoy investor sentiment, while upbeat earnings reports also lifted sentiment. Trump extended a two-week U.S. ceasefire on Tuesday, saying it was warranted due to Tehran’s “seriously […]
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Step aside Tesla, BYD: Japanese carmakers deepen their hold on India’s auto market with hybrids
Hello, this is Priyanka Salve, writing to you from Singapore. Welcome to the latest edition of “Inside India“ — your one-stop destination for stories and developments from the world’s fastest growing large economy. Indian consumers’ desire to shift away from gasoline-based cars should have been Tesla and BYD’s moment to shine in the world’s third-largest auto market. […]
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How Standard Chartered rebuilt after crisis: CEO Bill Winters on leading the turnaround
Standard Chartered CEO Bill Winters reflects on leading the bank through one of its most challenging periods — and how he is positioning it for the future of finance across Asia and beyond. When Bill Winters took over Standard Chartered in 2015, the bank was facing mounting pressure from bad loans, regulatory scrutiny and declining investor confidence. […]
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CEO with over $3 trillion under management tells Gen-Z to think past ‘hobby investing’
Capital Group Chief Executive Mike Gitlin wants Gen-Z investors recoiling from war-driven commodity trades to start thinking long-term, as the asset management industry races to win over a generation with fundamentally different rules of investing. Responding to an audience question at CNBC’s Converge Live conference in Singapore on Wednesday, Gitlin said younger investors should approach […]
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Hormuz is just a ‘dry run’ if China and U.S. go to war in the Pacific, Singapore foreign minister warns
Singapore Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan (left) speaks with CNBC’s Steve Sedgwick at the CONVERGE LIVE event on April 22, 2026. CNBC Should a war break out between China and the U.S. in the Pacific, “what you are seeing in the Strait of Hormuz will be a dry run,” Singapore Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan said Wednesday. […]
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CNBC Daily Open: Trump looks to mitigate tariff, geopolitical blowback
US President Donald Trump speaks in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, April 21, 2026. Daniel Heuer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Hello, this is Dylan Butts writing to you from Singapore. Welcome to another edition of CNBC’s Daily Open. U.S. President Donald Trump has extended the […]
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Japan’s exports expand 11.7% in March on brisk demand, higher prices
File photo: The Japanese national flag flies in front of the container pier in the Tokyo port. Toshifumi Kitamura | Afp | Getty Images Japan’s exports rose for a seventh straight month, data showed on Wednesday, boosted by solid global demand and rising prices and for now defying any major impact from disruptions caused by the conflict […]
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