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Central banks parse inflation risk as turn from pandemic policy begins
By Howard Schneider, Balazs Koranyi, Leika Kihara and David Milliken (Reuters) - Central banks that launched massive emergency support to fight the pandemic last year are now planning a global turn in...
Sep 29, 2021
Thai Aug factory output drops 4.15% y/y, worst than forecast
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's manufacturing production index (MPI) in August fell 4.15% from a year earlier, as a coronavirus outbreak affected production and jobs, the industry ministry said on Wedn...
Sep 28, 2021
Boeing 737 MAX test flight for China’s regulator a success – exec
By Stella Qiu and David Kirton ZHUHAI, China (Reuters) - Boeing Co's 737 MAX test flight for China's aviation regulator last month was successful and the planemaker hopes a two-year grounding will be ...
Sep 28, 2021
Panama cancels contract with Brazil’s CNO for airport terminal construction
By Elida Moreno PANAMA CITY (Reuters) - Panama canceled a contract with the Brazilian company CNO S.A. for "non-compliance" in the construction of a terminal at the country's main airport, according t...
Sep 28, 2021
Japan’s GPIF to shun Chinese govt bonds even after benchmark inclusion
By Hideyuki Sano and Andrew Galbraith TOKYO/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) will not invest in Chinese government bonds due to settlement and liquidity issues, e...
Sep 28, 2021
Brazil’s Eletrobras to receive $500 million in regulatory decision
(Reuters) - Brazilian state-run utility Eletrobras said on Tuesday that electric sector regulator Aneel ruled that the company would receive a 2.67 billion reais ($500 million) credit related to the "...
Sep 28, 2021
Thai Fin Min says monetary policy must be accommodative
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's finance minister said on Wednesday that monetary policy needed to be kept accommodative and be in step with fiscal policy to support Southeast Asia's second-biggest econ...
Sep 28, 2021
Taiwan economy likely to grow above 6% this year, finance minister says
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's economy is likely to grow more than 6% this year, Finance Minister Su Jain-rong said on Wednesday, offering a forecast slightly more optimistic than the central bank's outl...
Sep 28, 2021
U.S. bars flight from landing with Americans from Kabul – activists
(Corrects number of Americans on plane to 28 from 6 in 9th paragraph) By Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday denied U.S. landing rights for a charter p...
Sep 28, 2021
China calls for coal transportation to be strengthened to secure supply
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's top economic planner said on Wednesday that railway companies and local authorities should strengthen coal transportation in key areas including the northeast region and en...
Sep 28, 2021
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