Economy

By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan must fund any additional spending plans within its budget rather than issuing more debt, the International Monetary Fund said on Friday, urging the government…

By Stella Qiu SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asian markets started a likely momentous month on the cautious side, with shares mostly lower and Treasury yields near three-month highs on Friday, while…

By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) – Risks to Asia’s economy have increased with escalating trade tensions, China’s property sector woes and the potential for further market turbulence clouding the outlook,…

BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s manufacturing activity swung back to growth in October as an expansion in new orders led to a pick-up in production growth, signalling an improvement in the…

By Devayani Sathyan BENGALURU (Reuters) – Australia’s central bank will hold its key interest rate at 4.35% on Tuesday and for the rest of the year, according to a Reuters…

By Brigid Riley TOKYO (Reuters) – The dollar steadied against major peers on Friday, as investors awaited the U.S. jobs report to confirm economic resiliency heading into the Federal Reserve’s…

By Jihoon Lee SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea’s export growth slowed to a seven-month low in October, missing market expectations, in a sign of cooling global demand that puts further pressure…

By Sarupya Ganguly BENGALURU (Reuters) – The U.S. dollar will hold on to its recent strength over coming months on robust domestic economic data and continued scaling back of bets…

(Reuters) – New Zealand has reached a trade deal with the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council, which includes Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, that Wellington said would open up…