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Even the Bank of Japan, which has stuck to its ultra-loose policy despite price pressures this year, is now expected to abandon negative interest rates
September’s 11.9% year-on-year rise was a sign of continued recovery in market demand, said one analyst
Wang, who is in the US until Saturday, is also set to meet Biden's national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, at the White House
Traders were buoyed by signs of a turn in the tide on US prices while China’s industrial firms saw their profits extend gains last month
The Japanese investment bank’s joint venture lost $30.75 million last year, after losing $11.48 million in the previous year
The UK-based bank, which earns most of its revenue in Asia, lost $700m alone from its stake in China Bohai Bank
Police alleged on Thursday that the Chinese Long River crime syndicate laundered $143 million via Changjiang Currency Exchange, a large money transfer group with dozens of shops nationwide
A push since last year to replace all Western equipment in critical sectors with domestic alternatives 'has re-drawn entire sub-sectors' of China's software industry
The Netherlands-based joint venture is expected to start exporting vehicles in the second half of 2024
"If China’s near-term growth were to slow by another percentage point, this would reduce 2030 coal demand by an amount almost equal to the volume currently consumed by the whole of Europe."
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