Browsing: Economy

By Orathai Sriring and Devjyot Ghoshal BANGKOK (Reuters) – On the campaign trail, Thailand’s new prime minister promised to kick-start the pandemic-hit economy, bolster household incomes,…

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department said on Wednesday it has seized over $1.4 billion in COVID-19 relief funds that criminals had…

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia faces decades of slower economic growth as its population gets older which will pressure the budget and lift national debt, a government…

By Jihoon Lee and Joyce Lee SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea’s central bank on Thursday held rates steady for a fifth straight meeting, with the governor tempering…

ISTANBUL (Reuters) -Turkey’s central bank is expected to raise its policy rate to 20% this week, a Reuters poll showed on Monday, though some economists expect…

By Jorgelina do Rosario LONDON (Reuters) -Argentina plans to tap a $7.5 billion disbursement from the International Monetary Fund to repay China part of the money…

By Joe Cash BEIJING (Reuters) -China is looking forward to in-depth discussions with the United States on resolving economic and trade issues when its commerce secretary,…

By Xie Yu and Yoruk Bahceli HONG KONG/AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -Global investors fleeing China have one simple message for the country’s leadership: put prudence aside for a…

Beating inflation will probably require one more U.S. interest-rate hike and then going on hold for “a while,” Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank Loretta Mester said on…

By Shaloo Shrivastava and Jonathan Cable BENGALURU/LONDON (Reuters) – The Bank of England is now marginally predicted to make only one more increase to Bank Rate,…