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It was a case of steady-as-she-goes across the region’s trading floors with all eyes on today’s critical US Federal Reserve meeting
China's central bank oversaw the tiniest daily cash infusion since January 2021, with just 2 billion yuan ($296 million) added through seven-day reverse repos on Wednesday
Data showed factory profits grew 0.8% compared with a year earlier, rebounding from a 6.5% decline in May, according to the National Bureau of Statistics
The downbeat report comes a day before recently appointed Treasurer Jim Chalmers updates the previous government's budget forecasts
The leaders said they would increase trade and economic cooperation, especially in agriculture. Jakarta is trying to increase exports while Beijing has focused on food security
Rising concern about consumer and business confidence in China - as strict curbs aimed at stamping out Covid-19 undercut a return to prosperity - have hampered growth
The Pakistan Ministry for Energy wants to move away from imported power sources like coal and use more wind, solar and hydroelectric
US public accounting regulators will not accept any restrictions on its access to the audit papers of Chinese companies listed in New York, sources said on Tuesday
Water would be moved from the Three Gorges Dam to the Han River via a 1,400km open canal, the South China Morning Post reported, with the aim of boosting food production by some 540 tonnes.
Most investors across the region held back on Tuesday, keeping their powder dry as another Fed rate hike looms
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