Dec 12, 2024
Li Chen
Chinese leaders are struggling to devise concrete fiscal stimulus measures that could have an immediate impact in reviving faltering consumer confidence and a flailing property market.

Dec 11, 2024
Li Chen
China and Hong Kong indexes gyrated as investors awaited more clarity on fiscal stimulus measures at the end of of the economic work conference on Thursday.

Dec 9, 2024
Li Chen
China's consumer price and producer price inflation indicators confirmed a deflationary trend in November, supporting the case for an additional stimulus announcement at the end of the key policy meeting later in the week. 

Dec 6, 2024
Akira Ito
Japan's nominal wages rose at the fastest pace in 32 years, but real wages were flat in October, highlighting challenges for economic growth in the current year. Real household spending declined amid rising costs of living.

Dec 6, 2024
Li Chen
The Hang Seng index extended weekly gains to over 2%, the best performance in the last two months, as investors held out for additional stimulus next week.

Dec 5, 2024
Arjun Pandit
After a week of political maneuvering, the three-party coalition finalized the selection of chief minister in Maharashtra. Financial markets struggled to advance ahead of the RBI's rate decisions on Friday. 

Dec 4, 2024
Akira Ito
Japan's benchmark indexes struggled to stay above the flatline amid a lack of catalysts and ahead of rate decisions by the central banks in two weeks.

Dec 4, 2024
Li Chen
China and Hong Kong investors overlooked rising trade tensions with the U.S. and Europe and shifted their focus to an upcoming meeting of policymakers later in the month.

Dec 4, 2024
Arjun Pandit
Benchmark indexes in India extended the market rally to the fourth day amid steady domestic fund flows. Crude oil prices hovered near an 18-month low amid weak demand growth from key customers in Asia.

Dec 3, 2024
Akira Ito
The exclusion of Japanese companies in the latest and expanded trade restrictions with China powered a stock market rally in Tokyo.

Dec 3, 2024
Li Chen
The Chinese yuan drifted to a 17-year low, pressured by lackluster economic growth, ongoing property market malaise, and weak consumer sentiment. 

Dec 3, 2024
Arjun Pandit
The Reserve Bank of India is likely to hold rates at the end of its policy meeting in December. Stock market indexes advanced in the hopes of a recovery in the second half of the financial year. 

Dec 2, 2024
Akira Ito
Strong gains in technology and banking stocks supported the reversal in market indexes in Tokyo. Capital spending in the third quarter accelerated, boosted by strong domestic demand.

Dec 2, 2024
Li Chen
China's manufacturing sector activities advanced for the second month in a row, according to two surveys. Non-manufacturing activities, which include the service sector and the construction sector, were stable in November. Foreign direct investment in the ten-month period to October fell by nearly 30%.

Dec 2, 2024
Arjun Pandit
Second quarter GDP fell short of expectations set by the Reserve Bank of India, but economic activities are expected to pick up in the second half of the current fiscal year.


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