Economy

By Liz Lee BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s new yuan loans are expected to fall sharply in October from September, a Reuters poll showed on Friday, signalling weak credit demand even…

TOKYO (Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s economic and policies could further weaken the yen’s value against the U.S. dollar, the head of an opposition party that Japanese Prime Minister…

(Reuters) – Japanese investors aggressively divested their foreign asset holdings in the week to Nov. 2 on caution ahead of the U.S. presidential election, while the recent downtrend in the…

By Davide Barbuscia and Lewis (JO:LEWJ) Krauskopf NEW YORK (Reuters) – Prospects of a near-term rebound in the $28-trillion U.S. government bond market are faltering, as Donald Trump’s return to…

BRUGG, Switzerland (Reuters) – The Swiss National Bank is wary about cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ether, Chairman Martin Schlegel said on Thursday, adding physical cash would retain an important role…

BEIJING (Reuters) -Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp, China’s largest chipmaker, warned on Friday that overcapacity in mature node chips will persist through 2025 and that it was turning cautious on building…

By Casey Hall SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Manolo Blahnik, the high-end shoe brand with many celebrity fans and often worn in the TV hit “Sex and the City”, has opened its…

By Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian stocks rose broadly on Friday, tracking Wall Street’s overnight rise to record highs, as investors digested the Federal Reserve’s message for careful interest…

SYDNEY (Reuters) – A technical outage crippled all of Australia’s major airports on Friday, leading to long queues at international terminals after the disruption of automated kiosks for identity and…

SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s finance minister said on Friday that authorities will respond in a timely manner if volatility heightens excessively in financial markets. Minister Choi Sang-mok said the…