Analysis: Interest Rates

China's property investment falls 12.9% y/y in January-August

BEIJING -Property investment in China fell 12.9% in the first eight months of the year from the same period last year, following a 12% drop in the January-to-July period, official data showed on...

China August bank loans pick up but well below forecast as economy struggles

China's new bank loans recovered in August but were much lower than expected after unexpectedly contracting in July, as a protracted property slump and the government's campaign to rein in industrial...

China considers helping local governments with $1 trillion of unpaid bills, Bloomberg News reports

China is preparing to tackle the significant backlog of unpaid bills owed by local governments to the private sector, estimated by some at over $1 trillion, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday. ...

Asia gets AI fever as Oracle surges

A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Stella Qiu It was Oracle mania that lighted a fire under Asian tech stocks on Thursday, as Japan, Taiwan and South Korea set...

India to ease norms for foreign investors buying only government bonds from February 2026

India's markets regulator said on Wednesday that its newer rules easing regulatory requirements for foreign investors who invest exclusively in the country's government bonds will come into effect...

India's infra investment trusts look to list amid push for wider investor base

India's privately-listed infrastructure investment trusts are set to debut on stock exchanges, with at least three IPOs slated for this financial year, aiming to broaden investor participation and...

China accuses Dior's Shanghai branch of illegal data transfer

Dior's Shanghai branch has transferred customers' personal data to its headquarters in France illegally, leading to a data leak in May, China's public security authority said on Tuesday. ...

Exclusive-Bank Indonesia buys longer-dated government bonds to stabilise market, traders say

SINGAPORE -Bank Indonesia was seen buying longer-dated government bonds on Tuesday in an attempt to stabilise the market, according to two traders. The move came after Indonesia's...

Political turmoil comes thick and fast

A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Rae Wee The political noise just keeps coming. Over the span of a few days, British Deputy Prime Minister Angela...

Fed approaches Easy Street, political pots boil

ORLANDO, Florida -TRADING DAY Making sense of the forces driving global markets By Jamie McGeever, Markets Columnist  World stocks rallied and gold leaped...

Crisis-prone France sinks deeper into debt quagmire

The collapse of France's latest government leaves the euro zone's second-biggest economy lurching deeper into a morass of feeble growth, high borrowing costs and a debt burden becoming one of Europe's...

German exports unexpectedly fall, investor morale plunges

German exports unexpectedly fell in July on a sharp decline in U.S. demand due to Washington's tariffs on European imports, official data showed on Monday, while a survey indicated that investor...

China former securities regulator investigated for suspected corruption, watchdog says

A former top Chinese securities regulator, Yi Huiman, has been put under investigation over suspected violations of law, China's anti-corruption watchdog said on Saturday. The Central...

Brazil's Lula says he expects Mercosur-EU deal to be signed this year

SAO PAULO -Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva spoke with European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen on Friday, a Brazilian government statement said.  Lula told von der...

India finance minister says high bond yields making borrowing unaffordable amid low interest rates

NEW DELHI -India's Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said that rising bond yields had made borrowings expensive for the government at a time when interest rates were low. ...

Rate cut anticipation boosts stocks, bonds as US labor market chills

Wall Street and world stocks were mostly higher on Thursday and U.S. Treasury yields fell, as a cooling U.S. labor market and dovish comments from Federal Reserve officials pointed to a likely...

Relief as Japan debt auction sails through

A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Gregor Stuart HunterJittery bond markets found reasons for calm as members of the Federal Reserve sounded a supportive note for rate cuts...

Bank Indonesia to raise interest paid on government deposits under 'burden sharing' deal

JAKARTA -Indonesia's central bank said it had agreed on a burden sharing arrangement with the government where it will raise the interest rates it pays on government deposits as a way to help the...

Trading Day: 'September effect' makes early mark

ORLANDO, Florida -TRADING DAY Making sense of the forces driving global markets By Jamie McGeever, Markets Columnist  Stock markets around the world slumped...