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Haruhiko Kuroda, governor of the Bank of Japan, said the country's 15-year experience with deflation is keeping wage growth subdued.
The city-state has put in a number of measures to ensure what it calls 'protections for local employees' by cutting back visas and raising the salary level for foreigners
Beijing’s relaxation of some quarantine rules for international arrivals boosted hopes of a recovery in the world’s No-2 economy
Local administrations issued bonds to the tune of 1.41 trillion yuan ($210 billion) up till Sunday June 26, which was an 80% jump from a year ago, and that total could rise further
China has set up a yuan reserve pool along with Indonesia, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Singapore and Chile at the Bank for International Settlements
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng tech index soared 4.71%, while technology heavyweights also lifted Japan’s Nikkei as commodity prices cooled
Shares of Tencent Holdings, China's gaming giant, fell as much as 2.5% to HK$374.60 in the afternoon on Monday, after Prosus and Naspers said they would gradually sell shares in the firm
China's central bank injected 100 billion yuan ($14.95 billion) worth of seven-day reverse repos, the biggest daily injection via the liquidity tool since March 31
The yuan-denominated bonds are offered by mostly European automobile firms and financial institutions to balance foreign exchange risks
Copper is heading for its steepest weekly drop since March 2020, while tin is on track for a weekly percentage fall of nearly 22%, its biggest on record
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