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,…
A worker handles sacks of brown rice at a Shinmei Co. plant in Kawaguchi, Saitama Prefecture, Japan, on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. Bags of rice are expected to start filling the shelves of Japan’s supermarkets again soon as farmers harvest…
Beijing Central Business District, mix of offices and apartments Ispyfriend | E+ | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets mostly rose Monday, as investors assessed escalating Israel-Iran tensions and parsed a slew of data from China. Oil prices jumped as Israel and…
Hong Kong. Kowloon. Busy street in Mong Kok District. Acavalli | E+ | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets traded mixed as investors assessed U.S. President Donald Trump’s declaration that a trade deal with China was “done.” Chinese imports would invite 55%…
A woman takes pictures with a Labubu doll at a Pop Mart store in Shanghai, China, on June 5, 2025. Ying Tang | Nurphoto | Getty Images China’s consumer prices fell for a fourth consecutive month in May, as Beijing’s…
TOPSHOT – Customers enter an electronics shop in the Akihabara district of Tokyo on January 12, 2024. Richard A. Brooks | Afp | Getty Images Japan’s core inflation accelerated to 3.5% in April, government data showed on Friday, bolstered in…
BEIJING, CHINA – MARCH 06: Pan Gongsheng, governor of the People’s Bank of China, attends a new conference on economy for the third session of the 14th National People’s Congress (NPC) on March 6, 2025 in Beijing, China. Visual China…
The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) building in Beijing, China, on Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022. Bloomberg | Getty Images China expectedly kept its loan prime rates unchanged Monday, with the 1-year LPR at 3.1% and the 5-year at 3.6% as…