ASIA:   The major Asian stock markets had a green day today: NIKKEI 225 increased 520.94 points or 1.93% to 27,466.61 Shanghai increased 10.10 points or 0.31% to 3,265.75 Hang Seng increased 332.67 points or 1.73% to 19,591.43 ASX 200 increased 60.20 points or 0.87% to 7,015.60 Kospi increased 28.61 points or 1.20% to 2,416.96 […]

For the life of me, I have stated the obvious that the Biden Administration has been pushing China and Russia together not to mention North Korea, Iran, and perhaps even Turkey. I cannot believe that I am so brilliant that none of these people in the White House understood the historical event that just took […]

ASIA:   The major Asian stock markets had a green day today: NIKKEI 225 closed Shanghai increased 20.74 points or 0.64% to 3,255.65 Hang Seng increased 258.05 points or 1.36% to 19,258.76 ASX 200 increased 56.90 points or 0.82% to 6,955.40 Kospi increased 9.15 points or 0.38% to 2,388.35 SENSEX increased 445.73 points or 0.77% […]

  ASIA:   A new report suggests that China is reducing its imports from the United States, with a decline in US exports to China in 2022, despite suggestions of record trade. The worsening of relations between the US and China since the Trump administration began imposing import tariffs on Chinese goods in 2018 has […]

ASIA:   CRISIL expects India’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth to touch 6% in fiscal 2024, compared with 7% estimated by the National Statistics Office (NSO) for fiscal 2023. Consumer inflation is expected to moderate to 5.0% on average in fiscal 2024 from 6.8% in fiscal 2023, owing to high-base effect and some softening of crude and commodity […]

ASIA:   Asia was an outlier for Zara owner Inditex last year, the only region where profits fell as China faced COVID-19 lockdowns, while profit ballooned in the Americas, the fashion retailer’s annual report showed on Thursday. Inditex, the world’s biggest fashion retailer, reported record annual sales on Wednesday. It has been expanding in the […]

  ASIA: China’s embattled property sector made new progress in its climb out of a months-long slump as official data for January-February on Wednesday showed much narrower declines in home sales, developer investment and construction starts. Home sales by floor area in the first two months of 2023 fell 3.6% from a year earlier, according […]

ASIA: The major Asian stock markets had a negative day today: NIKKEI 225 decreased 610.92 points or -2.19% to 27,222.04 Shanghai decreased 23.38 points or -0.72% to 3,245.31 Hang Seng decreased 448.01 points or -2.27% to 19,247.96 ASX 200 decreased 99.90 points or -1.41% to 7,008.90 Kospi decreased 61.63 points or -2.56% to 2,348.97 SENSEX […]

ASIA: China’s efforts to ramp up lithium extraction could see it accounting for nearly a third of the world’s supply by the middle of the decade, according to UBS AG. The bank expects Chinese-controlled mines, including projects in Africa, to raise output to 705,000 tons by 2025 from 194,000 tons in 2022. That would lift […]

ASIA:   Xi Jinping secured a precedent-breaking third term as president of China on Friday during a parliamentary session in which he tightened his control of the world’s second-largest economy as it emerges from a COVID slump and diplomatic challenges mount. Nearly 3,000 members of China’s rubber-stamp parliament, the National People’s Congress (NPC), voted unanimously […]