Bangladesh, India to begin bilateral trade in rupee from July 11

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called on Friday for market reforms in China and criticised its recent tough actions against US companies and mineral export controls, while China’s premier called on her to “meet China halfway” and put bilateral relations back on track.

India’s fuel demand eased 3.7 per cent in June month-on-month, government data showed on Friday, as monsoon rains restricted mobility in the world’s third-biggest oil consumer.

The Indian rupee ended at an over one-month low against the US dollar on Friday, and logged its worst week in seven on worries that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates more than expected this year.

Canada’s economy added far more jobs than expected in June, data showed on Friday, a result analysts said probably seals the deal for another Bank of Canada (BoC) interest rate hike next week.

Turkey expects Gulf countries to make direct investments of about $10 billion initially in domestic assets as part of President Tayyip Erdogan’s trip to the region in two weeks, according to two senior Turkish officials.

British regulator the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said on Thursday that banks need to accelerate rate rises for savers, but said it was not up to the watchdog to dictate pricing.

Oil prices climbed about 3 per cent to a nine-week high on Friday as supply concerns and technical buying outweighed fears that further interest rate hikes could slow economic growth and reduce demand for oil.

Hiring in the United States slowed in June, the Labor Department said Friday, providing a much-needed signal that the American economy is cooling ahead of another interest rate decision later this month.

Mark Zuckerberg has pitched Meta’s Twitter copycat app, Threads, as a “friendly” refuge for public discourse online, framing it in sharp distinction to the more adversarial Twitter which is owned by billionaire Elon Musk.

It missed FY23’s target by 30% and FY22’s by 7%

Zelenskiy's visit followed stops in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, part of a tour of various NATO capitals.

Oil prices were little changed on Thursday as the market digested tighter crude supply alongside fears of global economic slowdown.

German industrial orders rose significantly in May, official data showed Tuesday, despite concerns that Europe’s largest economy was set for a period of subdued growth.

China’s decision this week to restrict exports of some strategic metals has prompted more companies to re-think their reliance on the world’s No. 2 economy at a time when mounting geopolitical tensions have fed fears that more curbs could be coming.

Global rice prices, now at their highest in 11 years, are set to rally further after India moved to boost payments to farmers, just as El Nino threatens yields in key producers and alternative staples get costlier for poor Asians and Africans.

Global rice prices, now at their highest in 11 years, are set to rally further after India moved to boost payments to farmers, just as El Nino threatens yields in key producers and alternative staples get costlier for poor Asians and Africans.

China’s services activity expanded at the slowest pace in five months in June, a private-sector survey showed on Wednesday, as weakening demand weighed on post-pandemic recovery momentum.

Turkey’s annual inflation rate slowed to 38.2 per cent in June, official data showed Wednesday, although economists warned that this may be a low point for the year.

President Vladimir Putin said late on Tuesday that the Russian economy was performing better than expected after Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin reported to him that gross domestic product growth and inflation have been surprisingly positive.