The yen rose after the Bank of Japan (BOJ) hiked rates on Friday and revised up its inflation forecasts, while the Australian ...

The modest bump in births in 2024 is a temporary rebound largely driven by unusually favourable social conditions. Read more at straitstimes.com.

By Rae Wee SINGAPORE (Reuters) -The yen was choppy after the Bank of Japan (BOJ) delivered a widely anticipated rate hike on Friday, while the Australian and New Zealand dollars surged on comments ...

The Australian Dollar extends its gains following the PBOC's conducting a medium-term loan operation. Australia's Judo Bank ...

Analysts see China’s latest initiatives injecting at least 1 trillion yuan ($138 billion) of additional flows in 2025 into its ailing stock market, with the most bullish calculation by JPMorgan Chase ...

The Australian and New Zealand dollars rose on Friday as did the yuan, reacting to comments from U.S. President Donald Trump that suggested a softer stance on tariffs ...

Listed companies in the country distributed dividends totaling 2.4 trillion yuan (US$329 billion) and conducted share buybacks worth 147.6 billion yuan in 2024, both reaching record highs, said Wu ...

We have one very big power over China, and that’s tariffs, and they don’t want them,” Donald Trump told Fox News in an interview that aired Thursday in the US. “And I’d rather not have to use it. But ...

Holidaymakers who are going abroad are increasingly choosing nearby countries like Japan and South Korea, whose weakened currencies extend the buying power of the yuan. South-east Asian nations such ...

TikTok’s parent company ByteDance Ltd. has set aside 150 billion yuan ($20.64 billion) for its capital expenditure this year, and the bulk of that money will be spent on boosting its artificial ...

Retail sales of home appliances in China's businesses whose operating income reaches a certain scale surged by 39.3 percent year on year in December, backed by the country's trade-in program, ...

China's central bank kept a key policy rate steady on Friday while injecting liquidity into the financial market, signaling that it may hold benchmark rates unchanged for longer.