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Asian markets drop as traders brace for key US inflation data
Oct 13, 2022 (AFP)
The release of the September report comes a day after minutes from the central bank's latest policy meeting showed officials determined to win their battle agai...
Biden to prioritize China competition amid 'dangerous' Russia
Oct 12, 2022 (AFP)
"The post-Cold War era is over, and the competition is underway between the major powers to shape what comes next," Biden's national security advisor, Jake Sull...
Stocks dive, dollar rallies as dazed traders gird for inflation data
Oct 12, 2022 (AFP)
Angst-ridden investors are struggling to find some solace as they navigate a range of crises that threaten the global economy, from soaring prices and bumper in...
German foreign minister urges more caution towards China
Oct 12, 2022 (AFP)
"We must align our political, but above all economic relations with the China that exists today," Baerbock told the Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper. The lesson f...
Sterling swings as BoE confirms end of market support
Oct 12, 2022 (AFP)
The news dealt a blow to investors who had been buoyed by a report that the BoE had pledged to lenders it would continue to provide cash if needed after Friday'...
Hong Kong leader says he 'laughs off' US sanctions
Oct 11, 2022 (AFP)
The Nord -- a $500 million luxury vessel linked to Russian billionaire Alexei Mordashov -- arrived in the Chinese territory's waters last week. Mordashov is amo...
US climate spending could spark 'tariff war', Scholz warns
Oct 11, 2022 (AFP)
Unease has been growing abroad about US President Joe Biden's landmark "Inflation Reduction Act", which will see vast spending on green energy initiatives and i...
54 poor nations urgently need debt relief: UN
Oct 11, 2022 (AFP)
In a new report, the United Nations Development Programme warned that dozens of developing nations were facing a rapidly deepening debt crisis and that "the ris...
Silicon Valley billionaire Milner renounces Russian citizenship
Oct 11, 2022 (AFP)
"My family and I left Russia for good in 2014, after the Russian annexation of Crimea. And this summer, we officially completed the process of renouncing our Ru...
IMF cuts China growth forecasts for 2022, 2023
Oct 11, 2022 (AFP)
China's gross domestic product is expected to expand 3.2 percent this year, the IMF said in its quarterly global forecast, down 0.1 percentage point from its pr...
Asian markets swing on recession fears as inflation data looms
Oct 11, 2022 (AFP)
With the focus on inflation, analysts said consumer price index data released later this week will be crucial to the direction of risk assets -- another big rea...
US rate hikes feeding risk of global recession: Borrell
Oct 10, 2022 (AFP)
"Everybody's running to increase interest rates -- these will bring us to a world recession," Josep Borrell predicted to EU ambassadors in an annual gathering. ...
Asian markets sink as US jobs data fan rate hike bets
Oct 10, 2022 (AFP)
A brief rally across trading floors last week gave way to gloom as investors grow increasingly worried that central bank efforts to tame runaway prices will plu...
US says Hong Kong risks reputation over yacht linked to Putin ally
Oct 08, 2022 (AFP)
The Nord -- a US$500 million, 142-metre (466-foot) luxury vessel linked to Russian billionaire Alexei Mordashov -- arrived in the Chinese territory's waters thi...
Stocks drop, dollar holds gains as US jobs report looms
Oct 07, 2022 (AFP)
Soft economic data out of Washington sent equities surging at the start of the week and dragged the greenback on hopes that the readings could allow the US cent...
Asian stocks drop, dollar holds rally as US jobs report looms
Oct 07, 2022 (AFP)
Soft economic data out of Washington sent equities surging at the start of the week and dragged the greenback on hopes that the readings could allow the US cent...
Asian markets drift as global rally peters, focus now on US jobs
Oct 06, 2022 (AFP)
The mood on trading floors has been a little lighter this week, sending equities surging and weighing on the dollar, after weak readings on US factory activity ...
Under-fire UK PM Truss fails to calm markets with growth pledge
Oct 05, 2022 (AFP)
Since succeeding Boris Johnson, Truss has alienated voters, financial markets and many in the ruling Conservative party with a crash programme of debt-fuelled t...
Markets rally, dollar dips as US data tempers rate fears
Oct 04, 2022 (AFP)
Oil also continued to rise on expectations OPEC and other major producers will slash output this week, having become spooked by a plunge in the commodity on rec...
Markets drop as traders eye jobs and earnings, oil jumps
Oct 03, 2022 (AFP)
A report showing prices rose in the eurozone at a record pace last month added to concerns that central bank tightening has a long way to go, while Federal Rese...
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