Third time lucky for ‘Year of the Bond’ call?: McGeever
By Jamie McGeever ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) -After two years of significant underperformance by bonds, investors may have a hard time swallowing claims that 2025 will be the “year of the…
Factbox-Five key challenges for the Russian economy in 2025
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Russian economy has shown resilience during the three years of war in Ukraine and Western sanctions. However, as the war approaches its fourth year, the economy…
Morning bid: China’s shot in the arm for markets
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Rae Wee After drowning for days in headlines about Donald Trump’s return to the White House, investors were…
China pushes insurers to invest billions in latest move to support market
SHANGHAI/HONG KONG (Reuters) -China announced plans on Thursday to channel hundreds of billions of yuan annually into shares from state-owned insurers, in the government’s latest effort to support equity markets.…
S.Africa’s Reserve Bank to cut rates by 25 bps Jan 30 to 7.50%- Reuters poll
By Vuyani Ndaba JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – The South African Reserve Bank will trim its repo rate next week by a quarter of a percentage point to 7.50% and repeat that…
Singapore December core inflation at 1.8% y/y, lowest since November 2021
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore’s key consumer price gauge rose 1.8% in December from a year earlier, higher than economist forecasts and the lowest in more than three years, official data…
Japanese investors boost foreign stock purchases on Fed rate-cut hopes
(Reuters) – Japanese investors raised their holdings in foreign stocks, driven by a benign U.S. core inflation report that fuelled expectations of Federal Reserve cuts and boosted global equities, while…
Morning bid: China’s shot in the arm for markets
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Rae Wee After drowning for days in headlines about Donald Trump’s return to the White House, investors were…
China pushes insurers to invest billions in latest move to support market
SHANGHAI/HONG KONG (Reuters) -China announced plans on Thursday to channel hundreds of billions of yuan annually into shares from state-owned insurers, in the government’s latest effort to support equity markets.…
S.Africa’s Reserve Bank to cut rates by 25 bps Jan 30 to 7.50%- Reuters poll
By Vuyani Ndaba JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – The South African Reserve Bank will trim its repo rate next week by a quarter of a percentage point to 7.50% and repeat that…