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Asia-Pacific markets poised for gains ahead of China’s key lending rate decision
19 November 2025, China, Shanghai: Boats sail past downtown Shanghai on the Huangpu River. The tallest building on the skyline is the Shanghai Tower (rear). Bernd von Jutrczenka | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets were set to climb Monday as investors look toward benchmark lending rate decisions coming out of China later in the […]
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CNBC Daily Open: Investors might not want to take U.S. inflation numbers in November at face value
A food shopper browses for groceries ahead of the Thanksgiving Day holiday at an Albertsons supermarket in Redmond, Washington, U.S., November 24, 2025. David Ryder | Reuters The U.S. inflation numbers in November looked supremely encouraging, with the annual headline rate coming in 0.4 percentage points less than expected. But don’t get too happy about […]
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Japan’s consumer inflation stays above cenbank’s target for 44th month, boosting case for a rate hike
People looks at the fruits at a shop at the Tsukiji Outer Market in Tokyo on August 22, 2025. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP) (Photo by PHILIP FONG/AFP via Getty Images) Philip Fong | Afp | Getty Images Japan’s consumer inflation rate dropped to 2.9% in November, staying above the 2% target set by […]
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Asia-Pacific markets rise as investors await Bank of Japan decision
Aerial view of Mt. Fuji, Tokyo Tower and modern skyscrapers in Tokyo on a sunny day. Yongyuan | E+ | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets rose Friday as investors look toward the Bank of Japan decision coming out later in the day. The decision could see rates raised to 0.75% — the highest since 1995 — […]
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CNBC Daily Open: Oracle’s debt seems to be affecting data center funding
A view of Oracle headquarters on September 11, 2023 in Redwood Shores, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images The apprehension investors have surrounding Oracle has spilled over from manifesting in its stock price — which has fallen nearly 50% from its all-time high on Sept. 10 — to affecting its projects. Asset management firm Blue […]
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SoftBank leads decline in Japanese tech stocks as worries over AI spending spill over to Asia
TOKYO, JAPAN – FEBRUARY 03: SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son delivers a speech during an event titled “Transforming Business through AI” in Tokyo, Japan, on February 03, 2025. SoftBank and OpenAI announced that they have agreed a partnership to set up a joint venture for artificial intelligence services in Japan. Tomohiro Ohsumi | Getty Images […]
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Asia-Pacific markets set to fall as rotation out of tech continues; traders await Trump address
US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters after stepping off Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews on Dec. 17, 2025. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds | AFP | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets were set to fall Thursday as investors on Wall Street continued to rotate out of tech and markets look toward an address by U.S. President […]
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CNBC Daily Open: Beauty is in the eye of the U.S. jobs report beholder
Business representatives staff a table at a career fair in Harlem hosted by Assemblymember Jordan Wright on Dec. 10, 2025, in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images The U.S. November jobs report has something for everybody. Those convinced of weakness will highlight the higher-than-expected unemployment rate as well as the number of jobs […]
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Asia-Pacific markets open mixed as investors parse Japan trade data
Mount Fuji and the Shinjuku skyline in Tokyo, Japan, on Friday, Feb. 14, 2025. Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg via Getty Images Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets mostly fell Wednesday as investors parsed trade data that just came out of Japan. Japan’s exports in November grew 6.1% year on year, data from the country’s […]
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Asia-Pacific markets opened mostly lower as AI sell-off on Wall Street continues
Australia, Victoria, Melbourne, buildings on bank of Yarra river Peter Adams | Stone | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets opened mostly lower Tuesday, after Wall Street declined as investors continued to rotate out of the artificial intelligence trade in the U.S. Shares of AI plays, like Oracle and Broadcom, slipped more than 5% and 2% respectively, […]
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