How China built the energy system the world now needs
China’s 25-year pursuit of domestic electrification had the inadvertent effect of giving it greater resilience to the aftershocks…
Government sets 12-year goal for Thailand to become high-income country
He added that the plan would mark a turning point in lifting Thailand’s economic potential through integrated work…
Oman inflation rises 3.8% in May on transport, personal goods costs
RIYADH: Oman’s consumer prices rose 3.8 percent year on year in May, with transport and miscellaneous personal goods…
Brexit: how it has hit your wallet at the supermarket and on holiday | Consumer affairs
It is 10 years since voters in the UK chose to leave the EU, and our wallets have…
Fitch Affirms Kazakhstan’s BBB Sovereign Credit Rating With Stable Outlook
ASTANA — International credit rating agency Fitch Ratings has affirmed Kazakhstan’s sovereign credit rating at BBB with a…
ECB policymaker Escriva says the ECB needs to monitor for second-round effects on wages
ECB’s Escriva said the central bank needs to closely monitor whether higher prices begin feeding into wages. The…
Incentives alone won’t fix Pakistan’s exports
KARACHI: The current fiscal year has been marked by significant strain on the external account, driven in large…
How Britain’s financial industry recovered from Brexit
In the buildup to 2016’s Brexit referendum, JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon said the US bank could shift 4,000…
Economists have long pushed for prediction markets. The reality is not what they’d hoped for
Summary Economists in the 1980s envisioned prediction markets as tools for forecasting elections and economic events, not sports…
Buyers hunt bargains amid signs that China’s home prices are bottoming out
Expectations have heightened in major Chinese cities like Shanghai that home prices are bottoming out following a six-year…
Clearance rates hit six-year low as more than half of Australian homes up for auction fail to sell | Housing
Clearance rates in Australia’s capital cities have fallen to a six-year low, with fewer than half of homes…
Thailand faces deficit and baht risks despite S&P rating relief
Dr Amonthep Chawla, executive vice-president and head of the Research Office at CIMB Thai Bank, said the current-account…