Month: November 2024

By Kitiphong Thaichareon BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand is planning measures to tackle household debt including a suspension of interest and reduced principal payments on some bad debts, the finance minister…

By Satoshi Sugiyama TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s economy is expected to have slowed sharply in the third quarter hurt by sluggish consumption and capital spending, a Reuters poll showed, which…

By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. job growth likely slowed sharply in October amid disruptions from hurricanes and strikes by aerospace factory workers, but a steady unemployment rate should…

By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) – Asia’s manufacturing activity stagnated in October as a rebound in China failed to give much of a boost to regional factories, private surveys showed,…

By Makiko Yamazaki and Ritsuko Shimizu TOKYO (Reuters) – Tokyo’s high court has ruled the fair value of FamilyMart shares was 13% higher than Itochu’s buyout offer, in another landmark…

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Israel’s decision for a month’s waiver extension on co-operation between Israeli and Palestinian banks covered a “very short term” and would create “another looming…

By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan must fund any additional spending plans within its budget rather than issuing more debt, the International Monetary Fund said on Friday, urging the government…

By Stella Qiu SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asian markets started a likely momentous month on the cautious side, with shares mostly lower and Treasury yields near three-month highs on Friday, while…