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Asian shares head for worst month since pandemic started
By Stella Qiu SYDNEY (Reuters) - Asian shares on Friday were headed for the worst month since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, while jitters in currency and bond markets persisted over hawkish talk...
Sep 29, 2022
China’s services sector activity slows in Sept – official PMI
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's services activity expanded at a slower pace in September, an official survey showed on Friday, as COVID-19 curbs in populous cities weighed on consumption. The official non...
Sep 29, 2022
S.Korea’s Yoon calls for sense of urgency in cushioning economic shocks
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol on Friday called for more sense of urgency in dealing with heightened volatility in financial markets and promised to take contingency measures i...
Sep 29, 2022
China’s Sept factory activity contracts more sharply as demand slumps – Caixin PMI
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's factory activity contracted at a sharper pace in September as strict COVID lockdowns disrupted production and dampened sales, a private sector survey showed on Friday. Weak...
Sep 29, 2022
China central bank makes biggest weekly net cash injection since Jan 2020
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's central bank made the biggest weekly liquidity injection on a net basis through short-term bond instruments in more than 32 months, to counteract higher cash demand at the...
Sep 29, 2022
China’s Sept factory activity unexpectedly expands – official PMI
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's factory activity unexpectedly expanded in September, an official survey showed on Friday, even as authorities imposed strict COVID-19 curbs in big cities and export growth ...
Sep 29, 2022
Pentagon chief: Too soon to say who might be behind Nord Stream pipeline ruptures
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Thursday it was still too soon to speculate who might have been behind the Nord Stream pipeline ruptures. "In terms of the attack - o...
Sep 29, 2022
To tackle a kimchi crisis, South Korea banks on massive cabbage warehouses
By Joori Roh and Minwoo Park SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's kimchi makers are in serious pain - brought low as a climate change-induced shortage of cabbages sent prices rocketing this year, exacerbat...
Sep 29, 2022
Oil steadies on prospect of OPEC+ output cut, weaker dollar
By Sonali Paul MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Oil prices were little changed in early trade on Friday but headed for their first weekly gain in five weeks, underpinned by a weaker U.S. dollar and the possibili...
Sep 29, 2022
Japan’s factories boost output for third month in August
By Daniel Leussink TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's factories ramped up output for a third straight month in August, as the manufacturing sector showed resilience in the face of heightened fears about high m...
Sep 29, 2022
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