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China April exports unexpectedly fall, imports slide
Reuters, Published on 08/05/2015
» BEIJING — China's exports unexpectedly fell 6.4% in April from a year earlier, while imports tumbled by a deeper-than-forecast 16.2%, fueling expectations that Beijing will quickly roll out more stimulus to avert a sharper economic slowdown.
Seat squeeze raises concerns
Reuters, Published on 18/04/2015
» BERLIN - Airlines are packing ever more seats into economy class to protect profit margins from falling ticket prices, prompting concerns over health and safety from travellers and crew.
Thai corporate debt market builds on record year
Reuters, Published on 07/04/2015
» Businesses are rushing to the debt market after raising a record 1.74 trillion baht last year, encouraged by demand from investors seeking higher returns in the face of low-yielding bank deposits and a relatively volatile stock market.
Southeast Asia's borrowers wince as deflation looms
Reuters, Published on 01/04/2015
» JAKARTA — Loans to businesses and households in Southeast Asia are growing at their slowest pace in five years, but the region's most indebted economies aren't becoming any less leveraged. Because of deflation, borrowers are at risk of shouldering heavier debt burdens.
China eases property rules amid slowdown
Business, Reuters, Published on 31/03/2015
» SHANGHAI/BEIJING: Chinese regulators eased lending and tax policies on real estate yesterday, as Beijing seeks to stop a slide in property prices that has put economic recovery at risk.
S. Korea makes surprise rate cut
Reuters, Published on 12/03/2015
» SEOUL — South Korea's central bank cut interest rates for the first time in five months on Thursday in a surprise move, joining the ranks of other economies which have recently taken advantage of lower inflation to ease monetary policy to spur sluggish growth.
Wall Street ends at records
Reuters, Published on 22/11/2014
» NEW YORK — US stocks closed higher on Friday, with major indices notching a fifth straight weekly advance after China's central bank cut its benchmark interest rate and its euro-zone peer announced asset purchases in efforts to boost each region's economy.
China, East Asia forecasts trimmed
Reuters, Published on 06/10/2014
» SINGAPORE — The World Bank cut its 2014-16 growth forecasts for developing East Asia and China, and cautioned of capital-flight risks to Indonesia while growth in China is seen slowing due to policy measures aimed at putting the economy on a more sustainable footing.
Strong US jobs data boosts dollar, stocks
Reuters, Published on 04/10/2014
» NEW YORK — The US dollar climbed to its highest in more than four years against a basket of currencies and major stock markets surged on Friday after data showed US employers stepped up hiring last month and the jobless rate fell to a six-year low in further signs of a strengthening economy.
Rubber farmers feel betrayed by NCPO
Reuters, Published on 26/08/2014
» Thai rubber farmers who supported anti-government protests that led to a military coup in May say they feel betrayed because the ruling military is failing to help soften the blow of plunging rubber prices.