Economy

TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan’s central bank is expected to keep its policy interest rate unchanged this week and to stay the course throughout next year given the strong economy and…

BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s industrial output rose 5.4% from a year earlier in November, quickening from October’s 5.3% growth, signalling tentative stabilisation in the world’s second-largest economy as recent stimulus…

BEIJING (Reuters) – Property investment in China fell 10.4% in the first eleven months of 2024 from a year earlier, after dropping 10.3% in January-October, National Bureau of Statistics (NBS)…

BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s new home prices fell at the slowest pace in 17 months, official data showed on Monday, as the government scaled up stimulus measures to lift the…

By Stella Qiu SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian Treasurer Jim Chalmers on Monday announced two new members to the central bank’s rate-setting board, with the majority of board members staying in…

By Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) – The U.S. dollar hovered close to a three-week peak versus major peers on Monday amid expectations the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates this…

By Rahul Trivedi BENGALURU (Reuters) – Bank Indonesia (BI) will hold its key interest rate steady on Wednesday to support the rupiah, according to a narrow majority of economists in…

By Andy Home LONDON (Reuters) -An unprecedented collapse in conversion fees spells hard times for the global copper smelting sector.  The benchmark smelter treatment charges for next year have been…

By Veronica Dudei Maia Khongwir BENGALURU (Reuters) – The Bank of Thailand (BOT) will keep its key interest rate unchanged on Wednesday after a surprise October trim, according to a…