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China's fiscal revenue falls 0.3% in January-May period
China's fiscal revenue shrank 0.3% in the first five months of 2025 from a year earlier, narrowing a 0.4% decline in the January-April period, finance ministry data showed on Frida...
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BOJ to keep raising rates if economy improves, Governor Ueda says
Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said on Friday the central bank will continue to raise interest rates if improvements in the economy keep the country on track to durably achieve ...
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BOJ board agreed to keep rate hike path, some saw need for pause, May minutes show
Bank of Japan policymakers agreed on the need to keep raising still-low interest rates, but some saw the need to pause for the time being due to uncertainty over U.S. trade policy,...
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Japan's core inflation hits 2-year high, keeps rate-hike bets alive
Japan's core inflation hit a more than two-year high in May and exceeded the central bank's 2% target for well over three years, keeping it under pressure to resume interest rate h...
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Insurer FWD Group could launch $500 million Hong Kong IPO next week, sources say
Insurer FWD Group plans to launch its Hong Kong initial public offering (IPO) to raise about $500 million as early as next week, said two sources with direct knowledge of the matte...
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China youth jobless rate drops to 11-month low in May
The jobless rate for 16 to 24-year-olds in China, excluding college students, dropped to an 11-month low of 14.9% in May, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed on Wedn...
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Thailand seeks to head off US tariffs with trade proposal
Thailand held trade talks with the United States on Wednesday and plans to submit a proposal on Friday, a top commerce ministry official said, as tariffs pushed industrial sentimen...
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BOJ Governor Ueda's comments at news conference
The Bank of Japan kept interest rates steady on Tuesday and decided to decelerate the pace of its balance sheet drawdown next year, signalling its preference to move cautiously in ...
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Vietnam parliament approves extension of VAT cut until end-2026
Vietnam's National Assembly, the country's lawmaking body, on Tuesday passed a resolution to extend a cut in the value-added tax rate until the end of next year, state media report...
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Indonesia sovereign wealth funds Danantara, INA sign MOU with Chandra Asri Pacific
Sovereign wealth funds Danantara Indonesia and Indonesia Investment Authority (INA) said on Tuesday that they had signed a memorandum of understanding with petrochemical and energy...
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Explainer: What's behind the surge in Japan's rice prices?
Rice prices in Japan have doubled since last year partly due to supply shortages that began last year, triggering a national crisis that has caught policymakers and consumers off-g...
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Thai Airways to exit debt restructuring programme
Flag carrier Thai Airways International on Monday said it will exit its debt restructuring programme and expects to resume trading its shares on the stock market by early August.
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China's factory output slows, retail sales unexpectedly robust
China's factory output growth hit a six-month low in May, while retail sales picked up steam, offering temporary relief for the world's second-largest economy amid a fragile truce ...
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China's May factory output slows, retail sales surprisingly upbeat
China's industrial output rose 5.8% year-on-year in May, slowing from the 6.1% pace in April and missing forecasts, but retail sales growth unexpectedly picked up, official data sh...
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China c.bank plans second cash injection via outright reverse repos in June
China's central bank will inject cash via outright reverse repos for the second time this month, it said on Friday, aiming to ease funding pressures during the peak season for bond...
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Japan PM instructs ruling LDP executive to include cash handout in election pledge
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Friday he had instructed a ruling Liberal Democratic Party executive to include cash handouts as part of its election campaign pledge...
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China May bank loans rise less than expected as trade jitters weigh
New bank lending in China rose less than expected in May after hitting a nine-month low in April, as companies and consumers remained cautious about taking on more debt despite int...
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China's new bank loans rise in May, below forecasts
Chinese banks extended 620 billion yuan ($86.34 billion) in new loans in May, rising from the previous month as reassuring monetary measures and a trade truce achieved between Beij...
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