Asian markets
Asia stocks fragile as trade anxiety overshadows Huawei reprieve
The Chinese markets, which have endured a volatile few months, started off on a cautious note. The Shanghai Composite Index was last down 0.1%.
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Asian markets sink as Trump further stokes trade war fears
The announcement comes as trade tensions between the economic superpowers are rising after the US hiked tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese goods last week, to which Beijing retaliated.
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IMF warns trade friction, market turmoil to hurt Asian growth
The IMF maintained its forecast that Asia’s economy will expand by 5.6% this year but cut its projection for next year to 5.4%, down by 0.2 point from April.
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Global stocks tumble after Trump 'crazy' Fed comment
The benchmark Nikkei 225, the Hang Seng in Hong Kong and the Shanghai Composite all plummeted more than 3% in early morning trade, as investors fretted about surging interest rates and an ongoing trade war.
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Crop-munching armyworm could threaten millions of farmers in Asia
The pest - a moth which devours crops in the caterpillar stage of its lifecycle - prefers maize but can feed on some 80 crops, including rice, vegetables, groundnuts and cotton.
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Ten years after crash, Americans still have not fallen back in love with stocks
Americans have yet to embrace the US stock market with the same fervour as before, holding fewer individual stocks and putting less money into equities overall.
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Asia shares jump as Trump agrees to meet North Korea leader
The chance of any easing in geopolitical tensions in the region helped Japan’s Nikkei climb 2.3%. South Korean stocks enjoyed their best day since May with a rise of 1.76%.
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Rand weakens as more forecasts predict Trump victory
Markets fear that a Donald Trump win could cause global economic and trade turmoil.
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Chinese nationals face a bleak future in Africa
Most Asian expatriates are either too poor or too tied into African economies to move elsewhere.
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Weak rand poses upside inflation risk
The rand has weakened as much as 18 percent against the dollar since mid-December.
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Rand needs to time to recover from record lows
The rand slumped to a level of R17.99 against the US dollar on Sunday night after erratic trading.
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Shares extend losses as China sows confusion
MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan slid 1.8 percent to its lowest since late 2011.
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All eyes on China after weeks of market turmoil
China is headed for its slowest economic expansion in 25 years and markets have slumped by 40 percent.
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How did the markets in Asia-Pacific fare today?
How did the markets in Asia-Pacific fare today?
