Japan's factory output rebounded in June and job availability rose to the highest level in nearly a year, data showed, a sign robust overseas demand was offsetting the drag to consumption from the pandemic.
BANK lending in Singapore grew 1.5 per cent in June, lifted mainly by stronger demand for business loans, data from the Monetary Authority of Singapore showed on Friday.
Asian shares slipped on Friday, with a gauge of regional equities set for its biggest monthly drop since the height of global pandemic lockdowns last March, while the dollar lagged near one-month lows on expectations of continued Fed stimulus.
BEIJING: Some of China's key fertilizer companies said they would temporarily suspend exports to assure the supply in the domestic market, according to a statement on the website of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) on Friday. The fertilizer firms, which are not named, were ...
Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk's brain-chip startup, Neuralink, has raised US$205 million in a funding round led by Dubai-based venture capital firm Vy Capital, with participation from Alphabet Inc's Google Ventures, the company said on Thursday.
TOKYO: Japan's jobless rate fell in June, while the availability of jobs improved to its highest level since May last year, government data showed on Friday (Jul 30). The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell to 2.9 per cent from 3.0 per cent in May, against a median market forecast...
Japan's factory output rebounded in June and job availability rose to the highest level in nearly a year, data showed, a sign robust overseas demand was offsetting the drag to consumption from the pandemic.
The dollar languished near a one-month low on Friday and was poised for its worst weekly performance since May as dovish remarks by the U.S. Federal Reserve together with underwhelming economic data took the steam out of a month-long rally.
Thailand's exports have been a rare bright spot in the struggling economy, but migrant worker shortages are threatening labour-intensive sectors, undermining a fragile recovery as the country struggles with its worst COVID-19 outbreak yet.
The Bank of Japan may see conditions fall in place to begin debating a new strategy for hitting its price target around the end of this year, as the economy shakes off the blues from the COVID-19 pandemic, its board member Asahi Noguchi told Reuters.
