Asia Economy

Asia-Pacific markets open mixed on the back of Fed chair’s rate cut comments
China’s biggest policy meeting in six years kicks will kick off this week. Wang Yukun | Moment | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets open mixed on Tuesday as traders in Asia react to Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s comments that the central bank will not wait until inflation hits 2% to cut interest rates. Powell indicated that […]
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Asia markets mostly slip as investors assess assassination attempt on Trump, await China Third Plenum
View of the central business district skyline at sunset in Beijing, China. Sheng Peng | Visual China Group | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets mostly fell on Monday as investors awaited China’s Third Plenum and also assessed an assassination attempt on former U.S. President Donald Trump at a rally over the weekend. David Roche, president of […]
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China’s beer market, the world’s largest, set for bounce as drinkers go high-end
Tourists takinf part in a beer carnival in Qingdao, Shandong province, China, July 1, 2023. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images China, the world’s largest producer and consumer of beer, is expected to see a consumption recovery in the second half of this year, favoring premium offerings, on the back of sporting events. CGS International […]
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Institutions snapping up Chinese treasury bonds are shorting the overall economy, point out media claims
A staff members member counts Chinese Yuan at a bank’s personalized finance business company area in Haian, East China’s Jiangsu province, Sept 15, 2023. CFOTO | Long run Publishing | Getty Photographs Monetary establishments snapping up Chinese governing administration bonds are fundamentally shorting the Chinese economic system, China’s central bank-backed Economic News claimed on Saturday, […]
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Japan information implies feasible yen intervention of around $22 billion
A gentleman walks previous an electronic board demonstrating the amount of the Japanese yen vs . the US greenback along a avenue in Tokyo on February 14, 2024. Kazuhiro Nogi | Afp | Getty Illustrations or photos A refreshing current market projection by the Bank of Japan on Friday hints at a feasible intervention of […]
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JPMorgan is bullish on this Southeast Asian country, cites opportunities in data centers
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MAY 26: The JPMorgan Chase logo is seen at their headquarters building on May 26, 2023 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images Data centers have been widely talked about and Malaysia is emerging as an attractive investment opportunity offering different sectors and ideas to play, according […]
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Japan is worried about another ‘transactional’ Trump presidency, Tokyo-based expert says
Prime Minister of Japan Shinz Abe, and U.S. President Donald Trump hold a joint press conference in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, June 7, 2018. Cheriss May | NurPhoto | Getty Images Pesek said that the Japanese government had been “pretty certain that Biden had this well in […]
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