(Reuters) – A United Nations commission has increased its projection for poverty in Latin America and Caribbean for 2022, citing economic disruptions caused by the conflict in Ukraine. Latin America…
(Reuters) – The Russian central bank is expected to cut its key interest rate by 100 basis points to 10% on Friday as it tries to make lending more affordable…
BANGKOK – Thailand’s economy is still expected to grow 3% this year, driven by exports, despite global uncertainty, the finance minister said on Monday. However, shipments may see more impacts…
PHILADELPHIA, PA – The Philadelphia Police Department is requesting the public’s assistance in locating missing juvenile Devon Brown. Devon was last seen walking on S. 29th Street near the Penn…
(Reuters) – The slowdown in Russia’s consumer price growth cannot yet be regarded as sustainable, the country’s central bank said in its review of trends on Thursday. Consumer price growth…
By Vuyani Ndaba and Vivek Mishra JOHANNESBURG/BENGALURU – Battered emerging market currencies will struggle to hold on to recent gains towards year-end as U.S. Federal Reserve interest rate hikes and…
EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP, NJ – The Egg Harbor Township Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance in locating a 17-year-old girl who has been missing for 10 days. Jenice Trombetta…
By Kevin Yao BEIJING – Chinese provinces are racing to issue some $225 billion of bonds in June, frontloading investment to revive the COVID-battered economy even as policy advisers step…
By Jihoon Lee SEOUL – South Korean export growth is expected to have rebounded in May, but the trade balance likely remained in red, while consumer inflation is seen rising…
TOKYO – Japan’s factory output likely fell in April for the first time in three months as some manufacturers took a hit from strict COVID-19 lockdowns in Shanghai and other…
By Kevin Buckland TOKYO – Japan’s Nikkei share index, which has had a rollercoaster ride in the past year, is forecast to climb over 7% to 29,000 by end-2022, a…
PHILADELPHIA, PA – The Philadelphia Police Department needs the public’s assistance in locating 13-year-old Missing Juvenile Eric Mercer-Smallwood. He was last seen on Thursday May 19, 2022, on the 15xx…
MEXICO CITY – Mexican inflation is forecast to have slowed in the first half of May, although still far above central bank targets, a Reuters poll showed Friday, reinforcing expectations…
SHANGHAI – China is expected to cut benchmark lending rates at its monthly fixing on Friday, a second reduction this year, a Reuters survey showed, as it seeks to prop…
(Reuters) -China has removed a three-year restriction on imports of Canadian canola seed, Canadian officials said in a statement on Wednesday that didn’t provide a reason for the lifting of…
By Leika Kihara TOKYO – Japan’s core consumer inflation in April is expected be slightly higher than the central bank’s 2% target, hitting a seven-year peak as sharp climbs in…
SHANGHAI -China’s major state-owned banks were actively swapping yuan for dollars in the onshore forwards market on Tuesday, five banking sources said, pressuring swap points into negative territory for the…
SANTIAGO – Chile is expected to hike its benchmark interest rate to 9% in June, a central bank poll of analysts suggested on Tuesday, as the world’s top copper producer…
(Reuters) – High inflation, volatility in stock and commodity markets and the war in Ukraine have emerged as the chief risks to the U.S. financial system, the Federal Reserve reported…
BEIJING – China’s new yuan loans are expected to have dropped in April after a rebound in March as credit demand weakened, a Reuters poll showed, even as the central…
By Sam Nussey TOKYO – Japan’s SoftBank Group Corp is set to report a bruising loss at its Vision Fund investment unit on Thursday, analysts said, after investors sold off…
By Mei Mei Chu KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia’s palm oil inventories at the end of April likely rose for the first time in six months as production and imports climbed,…
BEIJING – China’s export growth is expected to have slowed to a crawl in April as strict COVID-19 curbs hit production while imports likely extended declines, creating heavy headwinds for…
By Fergal Smith TORONTO – The Canadian dollar will claw back its recent decline over the coming year, as elevated oil prices bolster Canada’s trade surplus and the central bank…
Massive Chinese Fleet Seen Barreling Towards US Naval Base Philip Lenczycki on May 3, 2022 The largest Chinese aircraft carrier group reportedly ever assembled is conducting combat training near a…