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Philippines eyes India, Thailand rice to cut Vietnam reliance
[MANILA] The Philippines, the world’s top rice importer, plans to look beyond its dominant supplier, Vietnam, to ensure steady supplies and competitive prices at home.The agriculture department is in...
Fed’s Waller still open to cutting interest rates later this year
[NEW YORK] US Federal Reserve governor Christopher Waller said on Monday (Jun 2) that interest rate cuts remain possible later this year even with the Trump administration’s tariffs likely...
Gold prices climb on softer US dollar, Trump’s fresh tariff threat
Investors now see a 50-basis-point rate cut by the US Federal Reserve this year, starting in OctoberPublished Mon, Jun 2, 2025 · 10:01 AM[BENGALURU] Gold prices climbed on Monday...
Morgan Stanley sees dollar falling 9% on slowing US growth bets
[SINGAPORE] The US dollar will tumble to levels last seen during the Covid-19 pandemic by the middle of next year, hit by interest rate cuts and slowing growth, according...
Big Tech is back in S&P 500 driver’s seat as profit engines hum
[SAN FRANCISCO] The same technology giants that helped drag the S&P 500 to the brink of a bear market in April are giving the recovery in US equities some...
Oil advances as Opec+ supply boost vies with geopolitical risk
Published Mon, Jun 2, 2025 · 08:02 AM[SINGAPORE] Oil gained as a third straight production increase by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies (Opec+) vied...
Asia’s coal-reliant steel giants stall green transition: panellists
[SINGAPORE] Asia’s steel giants are slowing the global green transition, as top producers China and India drag their feet on decarbonisation amid high costs and weak market demand –...
Trump’s tariffs, ‘big beautiful Bill’ may do more for the Singapore market than the MAS review group
[SINGAPORE] When news broke early last Thursday (May 29) morning that a US federal court had struck down most of President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs, I was almost done...
