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China Regulator Pledges to Expand Credit as Economy Slows
June 6th, 2014
China’s banking regulator vowed to expand loans and cap borrowing costs, seeking to boost the supply of funds to the real economy as growth slows amid a clampdown on shadow financing. Lending to small businesses, major infrastructure projects and ...
Asian Stocks Rise With Ringgit; U.S., Europe Futures Gain
June 6th, 2014
Asian stocks rose for the fourth straight week and emerging-market currencies strengthened after the European Central Bank cut interest rates to fight deflation. The dollar headed for its best week since April versus the yen and U.S. and European ...
Yen Rebounds as Most Asia Stocks Drop With Oil Before ECB
June 5th, 2014
Japan’s yen rebounded from a one-month low while Euro Stoxx 50 Index futures were little changed before a European Central Bank monetary-policy announcement. Most Asian stocks retreated with oil, and platinum dropped amid talks to end a South African ...
Can This Be Good? China Looks To Build Out Risky Derivatives Market
June 2nd, 2014
The asset backed securities that sunk the U.S. economy, namely the complicated financial products known as mortgage backed securities, is a market China wants to consider opening up to…Americans. Well, not just Americans, but any multinational investment bank with ...
Soft Futures market outlook
May 23rd, 2014
Wheat futures once again started firm, but whether they will end that way… There may be some cause to hope that the trend which set in on Tuesday, of strong starts followed by weak closes, may come to an ...
Japan Ship Firm Mitsui OSK Lines Pays $39 million To China After Seizure: Media
April 24th, 2014
Update, 10 p.m.: A Chinese court said on Thursday that it has released a ship owned by Japanese shipping firm Mitsui OSK Lines Ltd., which had been seized in a contract dispute, after the Japanese firm paid up. China’s ...
China HSBC Flash PMI For April Is 48.3, Up From 48.0 In March As Slowdown Continues
April 23rd, 2014
China’s factory activity shrank for the fourth straight month in April, signaling economic weakness into the second quarter, a preliminary survey showed Wednesday. But the pace of decline eased, helped by policy steps to arrest the slowdown. Analysts see ...
China Unveils Plan to Link Shanghai and Hong Kong Bourses
April 10th, 2014
China plans to connect the stock exchanges of Hong Kong and Shanghai, allowing a combined 23.5 billion yuan ($3.8 billion) of daily cross-border trading. Investors will be able to trade 10.5 billion yuan of Hong Kong-listed stocks through the ...
Asia Stocks Cut Gain as Emerging Currencies Fall on China
April 10th, 2014
Asian stocks pared gains, while emerging-market and commodity producers’ currencies slipped as a surprise drop in China’s trade tempered optimism after the Federal Reserve eased concern about U.S. rate rises. Indonesian equities tumbled after elections failed to show a ...
Stock Futures Rise as Dollar Holds Yen Gain Before Data
April 4th, 2014
U.S. and European equity-index futures climbed and the dollar held gains against the yen and euro before a payrolls report. Stocks fluctuated in Asia, wheat slid toward its first loss in five weeks and India’s rupee fell. Contracts on ...
