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Food security drives China to cut soymeal use in animal feed
By Dominique Patton BEIJING (Reuters) - China's agriculture ministry issued a three-year action plan on Friday to reduce soymeal use in animal feed as it continues to try to reduce its heavy reliance ...
Apr 13, 2023
Bank Indonesia forecast to hold rates at 5.75% for rest of 2023
By Sujith Pai and Veronica Dudei Maia Khongwir BENGALURU (Reuters) - Bank Indonesia is expected to keep its key interest rate unchanged at 5.75% for a third consecutive meeting on April 18 and for the...
Apr 13, 2023
Japan convening panel on digital yen as BOJ pilot scheme gets underway
TOKYO (Reuters) - Following the Bank of Japan's launch this month of a pilot programme to test the use of a digital yen, the Ministry of Finance plans to convene a meeting of experts on April 21 to di...
Apr 13, 2023
Ether jumps to 11-month high in wake of software upgrade
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Cryptocurrency ether leapt more than 5% in early Asia trade on Friday as traders breathed a sigh of relief that a software upgrade this week ran relatively smoothly. The second-b...
Apr 13, 2023
Australia signs land deal for proposed battery material plant
SYDNEY (Reuters) - The state of Western Australia will allocate land to a battery metal processing facility proposed by IGO Ltd and Wyloo Metals, which is backed by billionaire Andrew Forrest, as the ...
Apr 13, 2023
US, Mexico agree to ramp up fight against fentanyl and arms trafficking
By Adriana Barrera and Lizbeth Diaz MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico and the United States on Thursday agreed to ramp up the fight against fentanyl trafficking, as well as Mexico's Sinaloa and CJNG drug...
Apr 13, 2023
Biden admin greenlights LNG exports from Alaska project -document
By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration on Thursday approved exports of liquefied natural gas from the Alaska LNG project, a document showed, as the United States competes w...
Apr 13, 2023
BOJ’s Ueda: Told G20 that Japan will keep monetary policy ultra-loose
By Leika Kihara WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said on Thursday he told his G20 counterparts the central bank will likely keep monetary policy ultra-loose to stably and susta...
Apr 13, 2023
Asia shares up as Singapore joins the pause camp
By Wayne Cole SYDNEY (Reuters) - Asian shares firmed on Friday as Singapore became the latest country to pause its policy tightening and markets became more confident the likely next hike in U.S. rate...
Apr 13, 2023
Dollar loses steam as cooling inflation raises Fed pause expectation
By Rae Wee SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The U.S. dollar languished near a two-month low against major peers on Friday while the euro flirted with a one-year peak, as traders ramped up expectations of an immi...
Apr 13, 2023
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