A woman waits on her bicycle to cross an intersection outside a new shopping mall in Beijing, China, on Sept. 13, 2023. Kevin Frayer | Getty Images News | Getty Images After a year of uneven and disappointing post-pandemic recovery in 2023, China’s consumer sentiment may finally start to improve this year. Last year, the … Read more
HANGZHOU, CHINA – NOVEMBER 15, 2023 – An aerial photo shows a new property under construction in Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, China, Nov 15, 2023. CFOTO | Future Publishing | Getty Images Zhongzhi Enterprise Group filed for bankruptcy liquidation late Friday, as the Chinese shadow banking conglomerate is unable to repay its debt amid a … Read more
Beautiful and colorful aerial view of Mumbai skyline during twilight seen from Currey Road, on February 16, 2022 in Mumbai, India. Pratik Chorge | Hindustan Times | Getty Images India’s stock markets have staged record-breaking rallies this year, making the country a favorite among its Asia-Pacific counterparts. The Nifty 50 index has repeatedly notched fresh all-time … Read more
A security guard walks past the National Stock Exchange of India building in Mumbai, India. Dhiraj Singh | Bloomberg | Getty Images India’s stock market value has overtaken Hong Kong’s to become the seventh largest in the world as optimism about the country’s economic prospects grow. As of the end of November, the total market … Read more
The Federal Reserve needs to cut interest rates at least five times next year to avoid tipping the U.S. economy into a recession, according to portfolio manager Paul Gambles. Gambles, co-founder and managing partner at MBMG Group, told CNBC’s “Squawk Box Asia” the Fed was behind the curve on cutting rates, and in order to avoid … Read more
Pedestrians walk past the Reserve Bank of New Zealand headquarters in Wellington, New Zealand, on Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012. Mark Coote | Bloomberg | Getty Images The New Zealand dollar jumped 1% to nearly 0.62 against the U.S. dollar after the Reserve Bank of New Zealand held its official cash rate at 5.5% and warned that … Read more
An employee works on the assembly line of LED lighting products in China. Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images China’s consumer prices fell in October, as the world’s second-largest economy struggled with an uneven post-Covid recovery. Data from China’s National Bureau of Statistics on Thursday showed October consumer price index shrank 0.2% year-on-year, more than … Read more
DBS branch in Hong Kong. Budrul Chukrut | SOPA Images, LightRocket | Getty Images Southeast Asia’s largest lender DBS Group reported a 17% jump in third-quarter profit on Monday, benefiting from a high-interest rate environment. During the quarter, net profit rose to 2.63 billion Singaporean dollars ($1.94 billion) compared to SG$2.24 billion a year ago. … Read more
Country Garden shares tumbled to fresh eight-month lows Monday, extending losses on renewed debt fears for the Chinese property sector. Future Publishing | Future Publishing | Getty Images All of Country Garden’s offshore debt could potentially be in default if the Chinese property developer fails to make a $15 million coupon payment on Tuesday, which … Read more