Tokyo, Japan skyline with the Tokyo Tower Chunyip Wong | E+ | Getty Images Japan’s economy contracted by a smaller-than-expected 0.4% in the quarter ended September compared to the previous three months, helped by both private and government consumption. Economists…
NANJING, CHINA – NOVEMBER 9, 2025 – Citizens shopping at a farmers’ market in Nanjing, China’s Jiangsu Province on November 9, 2025. Cfoto | Future Publishing | Getty Images Deflation pressures in China alleviated in October as consumer prices returned…
An employee works on the production line of power batteries and box chassis for new energy vehicles at a workshop on July 11, 2025 in Huaibei, Anhui Province of China. Li Xin | Visual China Group | Getty Images Asia-Pacific…
BEIJING, CHINA – OCTOBER 12: The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) building is pictured on October 12, 2020 in Beijing, China. Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images China kept its benchmark lending rates unchanged for the fourth straight…
Ulsan city skyline from the Hamwolru Pavilion. People can enjoy beautiful cityscape for free. Ulsan, South Korea. Insung Jeon | Moment | Getty Images Asia-Pacific rose Monday, tracking Wall Street gains after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell signaled that the central…
Owngarden | Moment | Getty Images Japan’s exports plunged 2.6% in July from a year earlier, their steepest drop since February 2021, as shipments to its two largest markets — the United States and China — declined. The fall was…
The Tokyo Tower stands amid buildings at dusk in Tokyo, Japan. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Japan’s economy expanded 0.3% in the second quarter of 2025 from the previous first three months, outpacing forecasts despite tariff headwinds out of…
Michele Bullock, governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), speaks during a news conference at the bank’s head office in Sydney, Australia, on Tuesday, Apr. 1, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Australia’s headline inflation rate in the…
Shares of China’s baby product companies jump after Beijing announces childcare subsidies Shares of babycare and baby product companies rose Tuesday after China launched a childcare subsidy program in its bid to tackle worsening fertility rates. China will offer an…
Hong Kong stocks rise in early trade Hong Kong stocks started the day higher Monday, following mixed trading in the other key Asia-Pacific markets. As of 10 a.m. local time (10 p.m. ET Sunday), the Hang Seng Index added 0.49%. Meanwhile,…