Nation of Debt: Business debt hits $143 billion, 3275 firms enter liquidation
With an annual growth rate of 4.9%, lending to the business sector is at its highest point since…
Korea’s August exports jump 68.7% to $98.25 bil. on strong chip demand
Containers bound for export are stacked at a port in Busan, Aug. 6. Yonhap Korea’s exports surged 68.7…
Low risk, modest return, big numbers
There are now $167.3 billion in household term deposits (TDs) with banks, plus another $65.6 bln of TDs…
Trump says U.S. growth could hit 20%, a rate seen once since WWII
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and…
CNBC’s The China Connection newsletter: McKinsey’s contrarian view
Crowds of pedestrians cross a road outside the Taikoo Li Sanlitun shopping complex on August 22, 2026, in…
Rates Spark: Curve influencers | articles
Key moves are being seen on both ends of the curve through Monday, as the market continued to…
Indexes Fall After US Strike
Wall Street closed out August on a downbeat note Monday as stocks fell and the price of…
Businesses have lost the trust of a generation
Someone in my network moved his family across the country for a new job last year. New schools.…
Kiwis say higher interest rates a matter of when, not if – survey
More than half of New Zealanders believe higher interest rates are inevitable, with a net 57% telling ASB’s…
Natural gas prices to consumers, industry to remain unchanged
State-owned oil supplier CPC Corp., Taiwan, said yesterday that it will keep natural gas prices for domestic and…
Iran could face economic collapse in months, US Treasury’s Bessent warns | Banks News
US Treasury Secretary Bessent weighs in on the United States’ economic pressure campaign at a meeting of G20…
Taiwan: Growth outlook upgraded – Standard Chartered
Standard Chartered’s Tommy Wu raises Taiwan’s GDP growth forecasts, projecting 11.5% in 2026 and 6.5% in 2027, both…