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Asia: Markets fluctuate as traders weigh US rate outlook
ASIAN stocks swung through the morning session on Tuesday (Mar 26) as traders weighed the outlook for United States interest rates ahead of the release of a key inflation...
Thai central bank to weigh recalibrating neutral stance in April
THAILAND’S monetary policymakers will weigh the need to adjust the central bank’s neutral interest-rate stance at its meeting next month after reviewing any structural drags on economic growth, assistant...
Oil slips as investors weigh Fed rate decision
OIL prices fell on Wednesday as the US Federal Reserve held interest rate steady and demand concerns continue to weigh. Brent crude futures for May settled down US$1.43, or 1.64...
Unilever said to weigh sale of water purification unit Truliva in China
UNILEVER is considering selling its majority stake in Qinyuan Group, a Chinese maker of water purification equipment that it acquired for an undisclosed sum in 2014, according to people...
Top Japan banks weigh first rate-hikes on ordinary deposits in 17 years
MIZUHO Financial Group said on Tuesday (Mar 19) it plans to raise interest rates on ordinary yen deposits for the first time in 17 years after the Bank of...
Oil posts weekly loss as markets weigh Chinese demand
OIL prices closed 1 per cent lower on Friday (Mar 8) and fell even more for the week as markets remained wary of soft Chinese demand even as producer...
Oil inches down as US inflation data, rising Opec output weigh
OIL prices edged lower on Thursday as US inflation data implied a softening of the world’s biggest economy that could weaken crude demand, with rising Opec production also weighing on...
Interest costs weigh on S-Reit distributions, but not all is doom and gloom for long-term investors
THE latest results from Singapore-listed real estate investment trusts (S-Reits) for the financial period ended December do not appear to give investors too much to cheer about.Of the 22...
