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Rupee inches up

The Indian rupee was trading marginally higher on Tuesday after a pullback in the US dollar, while traders awaited the Reserve Bank of India’s policy decision.
6 June 2023, 18:00 PM

Pakistan proposes 3.5% GDP

Pakistan has proposed a GDP growth target of 3.5 per cent with a 21 per cent inflation projection in estimates for its budget for the 2023-24 financial year, an official source told Reuters on Tuesday.
6 June 2023, 18:00 PM

Euro zone business growth slowed in May as factories struggled

Euro zone business activity was shored up last month by the bloc’s dominant services industry offsetting a deepening decline in the manufacturing sector, according to a survey which also showed overall price pressures had abated.
5 June 2023, 18:00 PM

US factory orders rise

New orders for US-made goods rose for a second month in April, boosted largely by defense spending, but the overall manufacturing industry continued to struggle under the weight of higher interest rates.
5 June 2023, 18:00 PM

India home prices set to stay above inflation

Home prices in India are set to hold above consumer inflation, even though interest rates are expected to stay higher for longer than previously thought, a Reuters poll of property analysts found.
5 June 2023, 18:00 PM

Signs of de-dollarisation emerge: JPMorgan

There are some signs of de-dollarisation emerging right now, but the dollar should retain its “large footprint” for the foreseeable future, JPMorgan currency strategists said in a note on Monday.
5 June 2023, 18:00 PM

German exports rebound in April

German exports bounced back in April after falling a month earlier, official data showed Monday, but analysts said it was too soon to see a recovery in Europe’s recession-hit largest economy.
5 June 2023, 18:00 PM

Debt ceiling deal ignores US debt time bomb

Republicans and Democrats are touting a hastily-written debt ceiling deal that staves off a devastating US default, but does little to slow a massive buildup of total federal debt now on pace to exceed $50 trillion in a decade.
5 June 2023, 18:00 PM

Cut gold jewellery-carrying limit for travellers to 50g: Bajus

The gold ornament makers' body placed budget reaction
5 June 2023, 12:40 PM

Economic policies sacrifice poor Americans

Dollar General, the ultra-low-cost retailer with 19,000 stores reaching 75 per cent of the US population, has never been a comfortable reflection of the American consumer. It’s getting even worse.
4 June 2023, 18:00 PM

China making headway in large-scale AI models

China has developed at least 79 large-scale artificial intelligence models with over 1 billion parameters each, a research institute said in a rare public statement, amid the worldwide buzz created by OpenAI’s artificial intelligence chat bot ChatGPT.
4 June 2023, 18:00 PM
4 June 2023, 12:41 PM

US hiring heats up in May

Hiring in the United States heated up again in May, according to government data released Friday, with the strong labor market defying expectations of a slowdown amid efforts to cool the world’s biggest economy.
3 June 2023, 18:00 PM

India’s forex reserves fall

India’s foreign exchange reserves fell for a second consecutive week and stood at a one-month low of $589.14 billion as of May 26, the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) data showed on Friday.
3 June 2023, 18:00 PM

China’s yuan may slip further to aid economic recovery

China’s yuan has skidded to six-month lows against the dollar and analysts say it could weaken further as investors fret over a bumpy pandemic recovery in the world’s second-largest economy.
3 June 2023, 18:00 PM

Opec+ may go for further output cuts

Opec and its allies begin two days of meetings on Saturday which may culminate in further production cuts of as much as 1 million barrels per day, Opec+ sources told Reuters, as the organisation faces flagging oil prices and a looming supply glut.
3 June 2023, 18:00 PM

India's forex reserves fall for second straight week

It declines to $589.14 billion as of May 26
3 June 2023, 12:22 PM

US Senate gives final approval on debt ceiling bill

The US Senate voted in favor of a bipartisan deal to suspend the government's $31.4 trillion (€29.4 trillion) debt ceiling on Thursday..The Senate approved the bill with a vote of 63-36 in a race against time after months of partisan disagreements between Democrats and Republicans. .
2 June 2023, 03:22 AM

H&M Group CEO meets PM Sheikh Hasina

They discussed RMG sector's future development
31 May 2023, 16:18 PM

Banks increase dollar buying rate

Exporters, remittance recipients will get Tk 107 for $1
31 May 2023, 15:33 PM