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Europe scores tentative trade deal win over India
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Dollar struggles to recover from losses
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Global Economy
Japan, automakers to discuss industry’s future
Japanese industry minister Yasutoshi Nishimura said he hopes to hold a meeting by the government and the heads of automakers to talk about the future of the automobile industry as early as next month, Kyodo news agency said on Sunday.
11 September 2022, 18:00 PM
General Motors targets China’s urban rich with luxury imports
General Motors has lost its mojo in China.
11 September 2022, 18:00 PM
Russia in talks on instant money transfers to India, Turkey
Russian bank Unistream, which specialises in money transfers, has seen a surge in remittances since Moscow began operations in Ukraine and plans to launch instant transfers to India, Turkey and countries in Africa, its board chairman told Reuters.
11 September 2022, 18:00 PM
India uncovers fraudulent shell firms with China links
Indian authorities on Sunday said they had arrested a man who had masterminded the creation of many shell companies linked to China and appointed dummy directors to run the fraudulent businesses.
11 September 2022, 18:00 PM
Tata in talks to assemble iPhones
Indian conglomerate Tata Group is in talks with Taiwanese supplier Wistron Corp to establish a joint venture to assemble Apple’s iPhones in India, Bloomberg News reported on Friday.
10 September 2022, 18:00 PM
Fed races down the home stretch toward another big rate hike
Federal Reserve officials on Friday ended their public comment period ahead of the US central bank’s September 20-21 policy meeting with strong calls for another oversized interest rate increase to battle high inflation.
10 September 2022, 18:00 PM
India’s rice curbs to lift prices
India’s decision to curb rice exports is expected to lift world prices of the staple and trigger a rally in rival wheat and corn markets, deepening concerns over food inflation.
10 September 2022, 18:00 PM
Russian economy shrinks 4.1pc
Russia’s economy shrank 4.1 per cent year-on-year in the second quarter of 2022, data from the federal statistics service Rosstat showed on Friday, revising the contraction assessment from the previously reported 4.0 per cent.
10 September 2022, 18:00 PM
US forges Asia trade framework
The United States and a group of Asian allies on Friday agreed on a set of negotiating targets, notably on trade and supply chains, as Washington looks to offer an alternative to the economic might of China in the region.
10 September 2022, 18:00 PM
Truss finalises huge power subsidy plan
Britain’s new Prime Minister Liz Truss on Wednesday readied the final details of a plan to tackle soaring energy bills, which looks likely to cool inflation but add more than 100 billion pounds ($115 billion) to the country’s borrowing.
8 September 2022, 18:00 PM
Sterling plunges to weakest vs dollar since 1985
Britain’s battered pound fell to its lowest level against the US dollar since 1985 on Wednesday, lurching lower as investors dumped British assets in the face of a bleak economic outlook and the soaring dollar.
8 September 2022, 18:00 PM
ECB lifts rates by whopping 75 bps
The European Central Bank raised its key interest rates by an unprecedented 75 basis points on Thursday and signalled further hikes, prioritising the fight against inflation even as the bloc’s economy is heading for a likely winter recession.
8 September 2022, 18:00 PM
China’s trade with Russia picks up speed in August
Chinese shipments to and from Russia accelerated in August compared with a month earlier, contrasting with slower flows elsewhere amid weak global demand.
7 September 2022, 18:00 PM
China’s trade falters as demand wanes
China’s exports and imports lost momentum in August with growth significantly missing forecasts as surging inflation crippled overseas demand and fresh Covid curbs and heatwaves disrupted output, reviving downside risks for the shaky economy.
7 September 2022, 18:00 PM
Stop currency swap deals abroad
Qatar’s central bank has told banks in the Gulf state not to exchange its currency with entities outside the country without prior permission, five sources told Reuters, in a move, bankers say aims at ending the riyal’s divergence against the dollar.
7 September 2022, 18:00 PM
More trouble ahead for bruised Indian rupee
India’s battered rupee will trade not far from its lifetime low against the US dollar into next year and remain vulnerable to a worsening trade balance and an aggressive US Federal Reserve rate-hiking campaign, according to a Reuters poll.
7 September 2022, 18:00 PM
European bankers warn on recession, China and US banks
Deutsche Bank chief Christian Sewing, painting a bleaker assessment of the German economy, warned on Wednesday that China was a considerable risk for the nation and that Europe needed big banks to fend off American competitors.
7 September 2022, 18:00 PM
Europe recession risk ‘rising’ as energy shock bites
The threat of recession is rising in Europe, a top EU official warned on Wednesday, as skyrocketing energy prices caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine punish the economy.
7 September 2022, 18:00 PM
Saudi GDP up 12.2pc in Q2, exceeding initial estimate
Saudi Arabia’s real gross domestic product expanded by 12.2 per cent in the second quarter compared with the same period of 2021, data showed on Wednesday, as the world’s top oil exporter reaps the rewards of high crude prices and a post-pandemic recovery.
7 September 2022, 18:00 PM
Oil price rises as Russia threatens to halt supply
Oil prices rose on Wednesday on threats that Russia will walk away from its energy supply contracts, reversing losses from earlier in the session when prices fell to their lowest since Russia invaded Ukraine.
7 September 2022, 18:00 PM