Retail pay barely budges amid ‘tight margins, sluggish consumer confidence’
Retailers battling tight margins are still cutting jobs and losing their best-paid workers, dragging average pay growth down…
Number of Kiwis behind on repayments falls to lowest level in five years – Centrix data
“There are still 84,000 consumers who are 90 or more days behind on payments, most of whom are…
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Hong Kong: Growth seen moderating – UOB
UOB’s Ho Woei Chen notes that Hong Kong’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth slowed to 4.3% year-on-year in…
More people ‘thinking twice’ before borrowing for non-essentials – Centrix
Consumer arrears continued to improve in June despite the headwinds of rising inflation driven by higher fuel and…
Kalshi traders think July jobs will come in cooler than estimates
A Contemporary Services Corporation (CSC) now hiring flyer is displayed for job opportunities as an event security guard…
Banks see CBK rate hold amid uncertainty in Middle East
Commercial banks expect the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) to keep its benchmark rate unchanged at 8.75 percent…
Turkish Lira: Trade data underline external pressures – Commerzbank
Commerzbank’s Tatha Ghose analyses Turkey’s June trade figures, highlighting a 26.2% year-on-year widening of the trade deficit to…
Taiwan: Growth stays strong as normalization begins – DBS
DBS Group Research economist Ma Tieying notes Taiwan’s 2Q GDP growth slowed to 12.9% year-on-year from 14.5% in…
Singapore PMI edges up to 51.4 in July despite Middle East supply-chain pressures
[SINGAPORE] The Republic’s factory activity expanded at a slightly faster pace in July, supported by the continuing artificial…
Euro area: Services PMI and inflation risks – BNY
Geoff Yu at BNY argues that the lack of further Fed tightening has eased global financial conditions and…
Indonesia’s financial sector resilient amid global volatility: KSSK
Jakarta (ANTARA) – Indonesia’s financial system maintained its stability through the second quarter of 2026 despite escalating global…