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Marketmind: Breathe in
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Tom Westbrook Markets are holding their breath for a week where central banks may start to take divergent paths. Chinese markets have return...
Jan 29, 2023
China’s factory activity likely contracted more slowly in January
BEIJING (Reuters) -China's factory activity in January is expected to have contracted more slowly than in December, a Reuters poll showed on Monday, with production hampered as workers continued to fa...
Jan 29, 2023
South Korea Jan exports to extend falling streak to fourth month: Reuters poll
By Jihoon Lee SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's January export data will likely show an annual fall for a fourth straight month, with the pace of decline accelerating amid persistently weak demand from ...
Jan 29, 2023
The 2% target: Central banks’ inflation touchstone faces post-pandemic reckoning
By Howard Schneider, Balazs Koranyi and William Schomberg WASHINGTON/FRANKFURT/LONDON (Reuters) - Top central bankers, who credit the use of a 2% inflation target with anchoring decades of stable pric...
Jan 29, 2023
The mouse that roared: New Zealand and the world’s 2% inflation target
By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON, New Zealand (Reuters) - More than 30 years ago, some relatively youthful central bank and Treasury economists in New Zealand were grappling with how to bring two decades of...
Jan 29, 2023
Toyota defends title as world’s top-selling automaker in 2022
TOKYO (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp sold 10.5 million vehicles in 2022, it said on Monday, defending its title as the world's top-selling automaker for a third straight year. Global sales for the grou...
Jan 29, 2023
Key panel urges BOJ to make 2% inflation target long-term goal
By Leika Kihara and Yoshifumi Takemoto TOKYO (Reuters) -A panel of academics and business executives on Monday urged the Bank of Japan (BOJ) to make its 2% inflation target a long-term goal instead of...
Jan 29, 2023
Nissan, Renault near deal on alliance restructure, to make statement -sources
By Maki Shiraki and David Dolan TOKYO (Reuters) -Nissan Motor Co and Renault SA are moving towards an agreement that involves sweeping changes to their two-decade-old automaking alliance and will rele...
Jan 29, 2023
Taiwan export orders seen contracting at faster pace in Dec: Reuters poll
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's export orders likely contracted again in December and at a faster clip than the previous month, a Reuters poll showed on Monday, as global demand for the island's technolog...
Jan 29, 2023
BOJ Kuroda stresses need to maintain ultra-easy policy
TOKYO (Reuters) - Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda on Monday stressed the importance of maintaining ultra-loose monetary policy to support the economy and prod companies to raise wages. "Japan's...
Jan 29, 2023
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