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Asian markets rally but China's latest stimulus leaves traders wanting
Oct 17, 2024 (AFP)
Hong Kong and Shanghai finished the morning session on a positive note after China's housing minister outlined a fresh batch of measures in the latest bid to co...
IMF chief calls for unity on shared challenges in 'deeply troubled times'
Oct 17, 2024 (AFP)
Kristalina Georgieva, who has just started her second five-year term as the International Monetary Fund's managing director, spoke ahead of the Fund and the Wor...
'Deeply misguided' to wall US off with tariffs: Yellen
Oct 17, 2024 (AFP)
Her prepared remarks, to be delivered in New York, come as Trump vows to impose across-the-board levies on US imports, with a particularly high tariff level on ...
Markets mixed as China's latest stimulus leaves traders wanting
Oct 17, 2024 (AFP)
China's housing minister outlined a fresh batch of measures in the latest bid to convince traders the government was getting a handle on a painful real-estate c...
Asian markets track Wall Street losses on worries over tech rally
Oct 16, 2024 (AFP)
Traders were keeping tabs on China after Beijing said its housing minister would hold a briefing with central bank and finance ministry officials on Thursday, r...
Markets struggle after Wall Street losses as tech fears weigh
Oct 16, 2024 (AFP)
Traders were keeping tabs on China after Beijing said its housing minister would hold a briefing with central bank and finance ministry officials on Thursday, r...
Panama Canal crossings down 29 percent due to drought
Oct 16, 2024 (AFP)
The volume of cargo shipped through the canal, which links the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, was down by 17 percent in a year to 423 million tons, the canal auth...
China set to post slowest quarterly growth this year: analysts
Oct 16, 2024 (AFP)
Officials have in recent weeks unveiled a string of measures to reignite the world's number-two economy and bring an end to years of depressed business activity...
Oil prices drop on easing fears over Middle East, most markets rise
Oct 15, 2024 (AFP)
The sell-off came as the commodity is hit by worries about China's economic outlook after Beijing failed to announce any new stimulus at a weekend briefing, nor...
Shanghai stocks swing after stimulus briefing as most of Asia rises
Oct 14, 2024 (AFP)
While a much-anticipated briefing on Saturday failed to deliver a hoped-for overall figure on stimulus, Lan Fo'an did set out plans to boost the beleaguered pro...
Vietnam, China to expand rail links, cross-border payments
Oct 13, 2024 (AFP)
The signings followed a meeting between Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and visiting Chinese Premier Li Qiang. They agreed to work on a technical plan...
China consumer prices rises slow in Sept; Fresh spending set to boost ailing economy
Oct 13, 2024 (AFP)
The slowdown comes as authorities have been seeking to boost domestic activity and shore up China's ailing property sector, with officials on Saturday announcin...
China tees up fresh spending to boost ailing economy
Oct 12, 2024 (AFP)
The plan is part of a series of actions undertaken by Beijing to draw a line under a years-long property sector crisis and chronically low consumption that has ...
Analysts warn more detail needed on new China economic measures
Oct 12, 2024 (AFP)
At a highly anticipated news conference, Beijing said it would issue special bonds to boost the capital available to banks, as well as allow local governments t...
Shanghai markets sink ahead of briefing on mixed day for Asia
Oct 11, 2024 (AFP)
The losses came on a mixed day for Asian markets following disappointing US inflation data that further dampened expectations for another bumper interest rate c...
Investors, analysts eye bigger China stimulus at Saturday briefing
Oct 11, 2024 (AFP)
Authorities last month announced several stimulus policies -- from interest rate cuts to looser home-buying rules -- after struggling to reignite growth and bus...
Stock markets diverge before China weekend briefing
Oct 11, 2024 (AFP)
Wall Street opened mixed, with the Dow and broad-based S&P 500 rising but the tech-heavy Nasdaq falling after disappointing US inflation data lowered expectatio...
EU chief says China must 'adapt its behaviour' to solve trade row
Oct 11, 2024 (AFP)
The European Council president met Chinese Premier Li Qiang on the margins of a Southeast Asian summit in Laos as Beijing and the European Union impose tit-for-...
China to end Australia lobster sanctions, ending spiky spat
Oct 10, 2024 (AFP)
After meeting Chinese Premier Li Qiang in Laos, Albanese said both had agreed to a "timetable to resume full lobster trade by the end of this year". Since 2017,...
China to lift Australia lobster ban, ending costly trade war
Oct 10, 2024 (AFP)
Beijing has banned or slapped retaliatory tariffs on almost $15 billion worth of Australian exports, from wine to timber, during years of soured ties with Canbe...
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