ASIA:   The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today: NIKKEI 225 increased 135.03 points or 0.48% to 28,444.19 Shanghai decreased 1.85 points or -0.06% to 3,283.25 Hang Seng decreased 483.23 points or -2.35% to 20,051.25 ASX 200 decreased 56.90 points or -0.77% to 7,307.80 Kospi decreased 31.44 points or -1.28% […]

ASIA:   India’s domestic economy is its primary engine of growth and the slowdown in economic activity late last year will only be temporary, said Moody’s Analytics on Tuesday. Citing that the private consumption lagging overall GDP for the first time since the Delta wave of Covid-19 struck the economy in the second quarter of 2021, […]

ASIA:   Retail sales of vehicles in India jumped 16% to around 1.8 million units in February, helped in part by strong demand during the wedding season, an industry body of automobile dealers said on Monday, adding that festivals could push the sales higher in March. Sales have picked up in the last two months […]

ASIA:   The major Asian stock markets had a green day today: NIKKEI 225 increased 428.60 points or 1.56% to 27,927.47 Shanghai increased 17.74 points or 0.54% to 3,328.39 Hang Seng increased 138.08 points or 0.68% to 20,567.54 ASX 200 increased 28.20 points or 0.39% to 7,283.60 Kospi increased 4.22 points or 0.17% to 2,432.07 […]

ASIA:   U.S. President Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the World Bank, ex-Mastercard Chief Executive Officer Ajay Banga, said he plans to travel to Europe, Asia, Africa and potentially Latin America in coming weeks to hear from donor countries and borrowers on challenges facing the global institution. Biden last week nominated Banga, to head the […]

ASIA:   China is willing to “constructively” participate in solving the debt problems of relevant countries under a multilateral framework, its Premier Li Keqiang said on Wednesday. China, the world’s largest bilateral creditor, has criticized multilateral lenders for not accepting losses, or haircuts, on loans to low-income countries while Beijing is being asked to do […]

ASIA: India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth slowed to a three-quarter low of 4.4 percent in October-December 2022-23 primarily due to a 1.1 percent contraction in manufacturing, along with weaker private consumption demand and government expenditure, according to data released by the National Statistical Office (NSO) on Tuesday. Slowing from 6.3 percent in July-September and […]

ASIA: JPMorgan is proposing a new Asia credit index with slashed China weighting in parallel to its existing $85 billion Asia credit index, amid growing geopolitical tensions and dimming appetite for Chinese property bonds, Reuters reported. For the new index, JPMorgan has suggested the weighting of China be cut to close to 30% compared with […]

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ASIA:   The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today: NIKKEI 225 increased 349.16 points or 1.29% to 27,453.48 Shanghai decreased 20.32 points or -0.62% to 3,267.16 Hang Seng decreased 341.31 points or -1.68% to 20,010.04 ASX 200 increased 21.60 points or 0.30% to 7,307.00 Kospi decreased 15.48 points or -0.63% to 2,423.61 […]