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Industrial profit decline slows
Industrial profit decline slows

(ATF) Profits of China’s major industrial firms dropped 19.3% year-on-year in the first five months of...

PBoC vows to step up coronavirus recovery efforts
PBoC vows to step up coronavirus recovery efforts

(ATF) China’s central bank on Sunday vowed stronger macro-economic policy adjustments as well as better fiscal, monetary, and employment...

US Covid cases rise at record pace, FX impact negligible
US Covid cases rise at record pace, FX impact negligible

(ATF) The US recorded 37,000 new Covid-19 cases on Thursday, the highest number since April 24.

So, why do...

China local-currency bond market largest in East Asia
Investors confident economies will stay open despite Covid spike
PPP projects surge
Chinese goods held up at Indian ports
Markets broadly firm on recovery hopes
China warns of ‘critical 10 days’ for flooding
Confusion in Beijing over coronavirus spread

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ASML in the Centre of the Chip War

With a market cap of$240 billion, chipmaker ASML is Europe’s most valuable tech company. Its market-leading position comes from its monopoly in Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography (EUV) machines which allow chipmakers to make smaller, faster and smarter semiconductors