Cedi ends 2025 selling at GH¢10.45 to the dollar on the interbank market
The Ghana cedi closed 2025 on a strong note, ending the year at GH¢10.45 to the US dollar…
10-year Treasury yield in focus as investors monitor economic data
The U.S. 10-year Treasury was slightly lower on Wednesday as investors await economic data and take stock ahead…
Ethiopia moves to become Africa’s next gold powerhouse with $340m mine
The funding package includes roughly $240 million in long-term debt from African development lenders and about $100 million…
China eases property taxes but avoids bold housing stimulus (property downturn drags on)
TL;DR summary: China is extending a value-added tax (VAT) exemption on certain residential property sales, adding another incremental…
How Trump’s policies, AI boom and global events shaped Wall Street’s wild year
January 27: DeepSeek Loading Venture capitalist Marc Andreessen on January 26 called it “AI’s Sputnik moment.” The rollout…
China manufacturing activity expands for the first time since March, beating expectations
An employee works on the production line of power batteries and box chassis for new energy vehicles at…
Thailand’s Economy Faces Perfect Storm as US Tariffs Compound Structural Weaknesses
The strategy deployed significant fiscal firepower: a 200 billion baht soft loan programme to prevent a liquidity…
On the canvas: Why the economy didn’t recover like it was supposed to – Liam Dann
We’ll definitely turn a corner then, right? The data will improve, and confidence will return … things will…
investingLive Asia-Pacific FX news wrap: Chinese PMIs show unexpected improvement in Dec
It was a relatively subdued New Year’s Eve session across financial markets, with professional participants largely still in…
NBS data shows rebound in manufacturing activity
China’s factory activity saw a notable rebound in December, returning to expansion territory above the 50-point mark for…
South Korea 2025 consumer inflation roughly in line with central bank target
SEOUL, Dec 31 (Reuters) – South Korea’s consumer inflation for 2025 slowed to 2.1% from 2.3% in 2024,…
It’s not just the U.S. struggling with government debt; China also has its problems
There has been a lot of talk lately about the rise in U.S. debt, and rightly so. This…