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Vietnam sets dong fix rate at record low amid US dollar strength
Vietnam sets dong fix rate at record low amid US dollar strength
VIETNAM set its reference rate for the dong at a record low, setting the stage for more weakness in the South-east Asian nation’s currency as the US dollar’s surge...
Frasers Hospitality Trust’s sudden lurch to a higher tax rate in Australia serves as a cautionary tale
Frasers Hospitality Trust’s sudden lurch to a higher tax rate in Australia serves as a cautionary tale
S-Reits may lose the capital support of strategic investors due to the limit on foreign individual ownershipTHE news that Frasers Hospitality Trust’s (FHT) wholly owned Australian subsidiary, FHT Australia...
Frasers Hospitality Trust’s sudden lurch to a higher tax rate in Australia serves as a cautionary tale
Frasers Hospitality Trust’s hit by sudden jump in Aussie tax rate serves as a cautionary tale
S-Reits may lose the capital support of strategic investors due to the limit on foreign individual ownershipTHE news that Frasers Hospitality Trust’s (FHT) wholly owned Australian subsidiary, FHT Australia...
Recent US economic data points to a concerned Fed opening the door to series of rate cuts
Recent US economic data points to a concerned Fed opening the door to series of rate cuts
BAD news is good news again. And the worse tidings that US Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell can bring about for US economic prospects, the bigger the welcome his...
Philippines inflation matches estimate, gives room for rate cuts
Philippines inflation matches estimate, gives room for rate cuts
PHILIPPINE inflation quickened in October but within market expectations, giving the central bank room to sustain its easing cycle.Consumer prices rose 2.3 per cent year on year in October...
Gold steadies as investors brace for US election and potential rate cuts
Gold steadies as investors brace for US election and potential rate cuts
GOLD prices held steady on Monday (Nov 4), as investors prepared for a crucial week for the global economy, marked by the US presidential election and the likelihood of...
US Fed to debate rate cut in shadow of presidential election
US Fed to debate rate cut in shadow of presidential election
THE US Federal Reserve is widely expected to cut interest rates again this week, while votes are being counted in one of the closest-fought presidential races in decades.Opinion polls...
RBA set to hold key rate to counter sticky prices, global risks
RBA set to hold key rate to counter sticky prices, global risks
AUSTRALIA’S central bank is poised to keep interest rates at a 13-year high, marking a year of unchanged policy as it grapples with a slow pace of disinflation and...
Japan bonds are latest casualties as Fed rate fears jolt markets
Japan bonds are latest casualties as Fed rate fears jolt markets
Japan’s bonds are the latest to succumb to a global debt selloff as traders unwind bets for aggressive US interest-rate cuts.Yields on Japan’s 40-year government debt rose to a...
Thai central bank governor sees ‘high’ bar to another rate cut
Thai central bank governor sees ‘high’ bar to another rate cut
THAILAND’S central bank chief Sethaput Suthiwartnarueput signalled policymakers will not be rushing to follow up on last week’s interest-rate cut and defended the current inflation target amid government calls...