Chinese stocks rise 5.5%, support measures improve investor sentiment | Reuters
The Chinese stock market opened sharply higher on the 28th. Investor sentiment has picked up after authorities announced measures to shore up the market over the weekend. FILE PHOTO: Hong Kong, China August 13, 2023. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu [上海 ２８日 ロイター] – The Chinese stock market opened sharply higher on the 28th. Investor sentiment has picked […]
Price target ‘in sight’, support for YCC flexibility to continue easing = Bank of Japan meeting in July | Reuters
TOKYO (Reuters) – At the Bank of Japan’s monetary policy meeting held on July 27-28, the realization of the 2% inflation target was “clearly in sight” regarding the flexibility of yield curve control (YCC). It has become clear that there was a committee member who agreed that it was necessary to continue easing smoothly until […]
Column: Masayoshi Son’s AI “reversal offensive”, investors are prohibited | Reuters
LONDON (Reuters Breakingviews) – SoftBank Group Corp. Chairman and CEO Masayoshi Son is going big on AI. This is the second time this has happened. As early as 2018, Son excitedly “predicted” the future of AI at the beginning of an investor briefing. SOFTBANK GROUP Chairman and CEO Masayoshi Son is about to take a […]
Column: Whether there is a weak yen and high prices pushing the Bank of Japan, the key government response | Reuters
TOKYO (Reuters) – A comparison of recent remarks by Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda and Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell makes the gap between central banks’ policy stances clearer than ever. If the real interest rate differential between Japan and the United States widens, and the dollar strengthens and the yen weakens further, it […]
IAEA delegation transport vehicle is shot, after visiting Zaporozhye nuclear power plant | Reuters
A spokeswoman for the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on Wednesday that an IAEA delegation had been shot at after visiting the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine, which was occupied by Russian forces, and as they traveled in a convoy to areas occupied by Ukrainian forces. announced that it was temporarily suspended […]
China’s exports fall more than expected in May Imports decline due to sluggish domestic and foreign demand | Reuters
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese exports fell 7.5% from a year earlier in May, the biggest drop since January, China Customs said on Thursday. The 0.4% drop was more than expected by economists polled by Reuters, and was down from 8.5% in April. According to May’s trade statistics (dollar-denominated) released by the General Administration of Customs […]
Angle: U.S. labor market, signs of weakness behind significant increase in employment in May | Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Nonfarm payrolls rose by 339,000 in May from the previous month, the Labor Department said on Wednesday. A truly eye-opening figure, nearly doubling from pre-coronavirus pandemic standards, is a positive force in the U.S. labor market despite a sharp tightening by the U.S. Federal Reserve. was confirmed to be firmly maintained. WASHINGTON […]
Crude oil futures rise sharply for the first time in two weeks, pay attention to OPEC + meeting as US debt ceiling progresses | Reuters
Crude oil futures rose more than 2% in the day’s trading, the biggest gain in two weeks. March 2015 (2023 REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin) [１日 ロイター] – Crude oil futures prices jumped more than 2% in one-day trading, hitting a two-week high. The passing of the U.S. debt ceiling bill in the House of Representatives was well […]
Crude oil futures drop more than 4% due to concerns over US debt ceiling and OPEC plus meeting | Reuters
Crude oil futures fell more than 4% in the US. Concerns over whether Congress will pass a deal on the U.S. debt ceiling, as well as major oil producers ahead of a meeting this week of OPEC+, a group of OPEC members and non-members such as Russia. This was due to mixed messages from the […]
UK cuts electricity prices for households by about 40% from July | Reuters
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Gas and Electricity Market Authority (Ofgem) on May 25 lowered the cap on energy prices for households from July onwards after falling wholesale prices. FILE PHOTO: Ratcliffe-on-Soar in central England in September 2014. REUTERS/Darren Staples [ロンドン ２５日 ロイター] – The UK’s Gas and Electricity Market Authority (Ofgem) on Thursday lowered the […]