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Updated 1 hour, 25 minutes ago
China’s manufacturing is contracting in May for the first time in seven months, adding to signs that economic growth is losing steam for a second quarter.
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Updated 2 hours, 21 minutes ago
Singapore’s economy unexpectedly expanded last quarter as services and construction strengthened, reducing pressure on the central bank to ease monetary policy.
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Updated 2 hours, 22 minutes ago
Economists are forecasting that the People’s Bank of China is more likely to raise interest rates than cut them in the coming year, even as they slash growth projections for the world’s second-largest economy.
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Most Chinese stocks fell as declines by technology shares and power producers overshadowed gains among property and consumer-staples companies. Price swings on the Shanghai Composite Index dropped to a five-month low before the release of a manufacturing gauge tomorrow.
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Emerging-market stocks advanced to a one-week high as a stronger Japanese currency lifted global exporters. The Jakarta Composite Index surged to a record.
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Federal Reserve policy makers say they want to avoid a sudden increase in interest rates when the time comes to start unwinding record monetary easing. A shrinking federal budget deficit is likely to help them meet that goal.
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India and China sought to draw a line under a military standoff along part of their disputed border, agreeing to accelerate talks on a settlement and boost trade that they said would help drive the world economy.
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Bank of Communications Co., China’s fifth-largest lender, promoted Niu Ximing to chairman in the latest executive change at the nation’s state-controlled banks.
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U.K. home sellers raised asking prices for a fifth consecutive month, pushing values to a record and giving the market its best start to a year since 2004.
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China needs at least 50 trillion yuan ($8.1 trillion) in new investment by 2020 to accommodate a burgeoning population of city-dwellers, according to the president of China Development Bank.
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