A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Tom Westbrook Not yet the end of the first trading week of the year and festivity is giving way to now familiar tension. Ukraine has rejecte[...]
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January 6, 2023
China property set for modest demand recovery in 2023 on policy support
By Clare Jim, Xie Yu, Rae Wee and Liangping Gao HONG KONG/BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s deeply troubled property sector is set to see home sales fall for the second straight year in 2023, bu[...]
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China establishes mortgage rate adjustment mechanism for some home buyers
BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s central bank and the banking and insurance regulator have established a dynamic adjustment mechanism on mortgage rates for first-time home buyers, the central bank sai[...]
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China expects passenger traffic during Lunar New Year to double from 2022
BEIJING (Reuters) – China expects the total number of passenger trips made by travellers by road, rail, water and flight during the upcoming Lunar New Year to reach 2.1 billion this year, double[...]
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Japan Dec service-sector activity rebounded on tourist boom
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s service sector activity rebounded in December thanks to a boom in international and domestic tourism as COVID curbs were relaxed, a business survey showed on Frid[...]
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Southwest promises thorough review of operations meltdown
By Rajesh Kumar Singh CHICAGO (Reuters) -Southwest Airlines on Thursday said it would carry out a thorough review of the disruption from a winter storm that forced it to cancel nearly 16,000 flights.[...]
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Dollar’s vice grip on FX markets to loosen this year – analysts
By Hari Kishan BENGALURU (Reuters) – The dollar’s vice grip on FX markets will loosen a bit this year, according to analysts in a Reuters poll who expect most currencies to post marginal g[...]
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Southwest to carry out thorough review of disruption -CEO
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Southwest Airlines Chief Executive Bob Jordan said on Thursday the company will carry out a thorough review of the disruption from a winter storm that forced it to cancel nea[...]
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Wall St drops more than 1% with jobs data feeding fears of more Fed tightening
By Sinéad Carew and Amruta Khandekar (Reuters) – Wall Street’s main indexes lost more than 1% on Thursday, with Nasdaq leading the declines, as evidence of a tight labor market eroded hope[...]
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