By Ellen Zhang and Ryan Woo BEIJING (Reuters) – Many provinces in China including the financial hub of Shanghai have set modest 2024 economic growth targets after missing their previous goals, i[...]
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January 26, 2024
Japan Dec industrial output seen rising; outlook uncertain: Reuters poll
By Satoshi Sugiyama TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s industrial output likely expanded in December thanks to the easing of supply constraints, although the outlook for this month appears to be cl[...]
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Marketmind: Chip selloff short-circuits equity cheer
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Kevin Buckland The feel-good factor that lifted stocks overnight fizzled on Friday, with neither gains on Wall Street – including anot[...]
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Small Boeing suppliers lament new turmoil around 737 planes
By Allison Lampert, Valerie Insinna and Abhijith Ganapavaram SEATTLE (Reuters) – Rosemary and Larry Brester have been running Hobart Machined Products since 1978, milling and grinding metal to m[...]
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Yellen says Biden’s policies help US middle class more than Trump’s
By David Lawder CHICAGO (Reuters) -U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Thursday drew a stark contrast between President Joe Biden’s economic policies and those of former President Donald Tru[...]
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Battery firm LG Energy Solution’s Q4 profit up 43% on higher US output
By Heekyong Yang and Joyce Lee SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean battery firm LG Energy Solution (LGES) posted on Friday a rise of 43% in quarterly profit, helped by increased output from its U.S.[...]
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Inflation in Japan’s capital slows, missing central bank’s 2% target
By Leika Kihara and Takahiko Wada TOKYO (Reuters) -Core inflation in Japan’s capital slowed below the central bank’s 2% target to the lowest rate in nearly two years, data showed on Friday[...]
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Former Credit Suisse APAC asset management head exiting UBS – sources
By Selena Li and Xie Yu HONG KONG (Reuters) – Former asset management head of Credit Suisse in Asia Pacific, Min Huang, is leaving UBS as the bank embarks on reviewing its China business post gl[...]
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BOJ saw need in December for debate on future rate hike pace – minutes
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) -Bank of Japan policymakers actively debated in December the conditions for phasing out stimulus, and agreed to deepen discussions on the appropriate pace of future int[...]
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