China’s stocks fluctuated after Premier Wen Jiabao said the world’s fastest-growing economy is in “good shape,” while cautioning that rising property prices threaten to stoke unrest.
SAIC Motor Corp., the nation’s largest carmaker, added 0.8 percent after an indicator of China’s economic outlook increased for a third month in July. Air China Ltd. gained among airlines [...]
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China’s Stocks Fluctuate After Wen Comments; SAIC Gains, Developers Drop
September 13th, 2010 by Financial Writer
Tags: Chinese economy, economic growth, economic recovery, financial crisis, Global Economy, real estate, us economy
more...China’s consumer price index jump 3.5%
September 11th, 2010 by Financial Writer
China’s consumer price index in August jumped at its fastest rate in almost two years while all 39 of the country’s industries continued to grow, according to data posted Saturday.
Driven higher by China’s worst flooding in years, the consumer price index, a key inflation gauge, gained 3.5% from a year earlier and 0.2% from July, [...]
Tags: bank of china, Chinese economy, commercial industry, consumers, interest rates, wall street
GLOBAL MARKETS-Dollar, stocks rise on China import data
September 10th, 2010 by Financial Writer
The U.S. dollar rose on Friday after strong import data from China bolstered rising optimism about global growth, while stocks edged higher, buoyed by the economic outlook and a 3 percent gain in oil prices.
Chinese imports jumped in August, helping lift equity markets and commodity prices while diminishing the safe-haven appeal of the Japanese yen [...]
Tags: Dow Jones Industrial, economic growth, economists, economy activity, financial markets, financial system, us economic, us economy
Asia stocks gain on Japan, US economy indicators
September 9th, 2010 by Financial Writer
Most Asian markets gained Friday after Japan said its economy grew more than estimated and better U.S. jobs and trade figures eased fears that the world’s largest economy might slip back into recession.
Japan’s Nikkei 225 stock average was up 117.90 points, or 1.3 percent, at 9,216.29 after slipping back from the morning’s 2 percent rise. [...]
Tags: economic growth, economic indicators, economy, economy recovery, financial markets, financial system, Global Economy, investors, us economy
Obama Lays Out Economic Proposals and Assails G.O.P.
September 8th, 2010 by Financial Writer
President Obama on Wednesday called for an end to the Bush-era tax cuts for the wealthy, saying the country cannot afford $700 billion in tax breaks that benefit “millionaires and billionaires.”
Unveiling his economic agenda for the fall campaign in a lengthy and sharply populist speech that sought to appeal to the middle class, Mr. Obama [...]
Tags: banks, economic growth, financial system, Global Economy, interest rates, loans, stock market, us economic
Treasuries Rise as European Bank Concern Encourages Demand for Safest Debt
September 7th, 2010 by Financial Writer
Treasuries gained, pushing 10-year note yields down from the highest level in almost a month, as renewed concern Europe’s sovereign-debt crisis will undermine the recovery spurred demand for relative safety.
The yield curve flattened for the first time in five days after the Wall Street Journal reported that European stress tests underestimated some banks’ holdings of [...]
Tags: economy activity, economy recovery, euro zone, european markets, financial crisis, financial markets, lenders, recovery economy, wall street
Euro Declines on Speculation European Banks Will Struggle to Raise Funds
September 6th, 2010 by Financial Writer
The euro fell the most in a week against the dollar and the yen on concern European banks will struggle to raise funds, damping the region’s economic outlook.
The 16-nation currency weakened against 15 of its 16 major counterparts after the Association of German Banks said the nation’s 10 largest lenders, including Deutsche Bank AG, may [...]
Tags: bank of japan, economists, european economy, financial crisis, financial system, investors, money, wall street
European Exports, Investments Spur Economy’s Recovery
September 2nd, 2010 by Financial Writer
European exports surged the most on record and corporate spending rebounded from a two-year slump in the second quarter, fueling the region’s fastest economic expansion in four years.
Exports from the 16-nation euro region jumped 4.4 percent from the first quarter, the biggest gain since data were first compiled in 1995, while corporate spending rose 1.8 [...]
Tags: economic growth, economists, economy activity, european central bank, european economy, global recovery, interest rates
Chinese manufacturing snaps out of slowdown
September 1st, 2010 by Financial Writer
China’s manufacturing economy staged a moderate rebound in August after slowing for several months under the onslaught of government measures to rein in credit and deter property speculation.
Despite encouraging signs of stabilization in a pair of business surveys released on Wednesday, analysts cautioned that the robust domestic economy would have to battle the headwinds of [...]
Tags: Chinese economy, economic activity, economic growth, economists, precious metal
FOREX-Yen nears 15-year peak versus dollar; euro rises
August 31st, 2010 by Financial Writer
* Market tests Japan’s willingness to intervene
* Dwindling U.S.-Japan yield gap seen hurting dollar
* Euro hits record low against Swiss franc on risk aversion (Adds detail, updates prices, changes byline, changes dateline, previous LONDON)
The yen rose toward a 15-year high against the dollar on Tuesday as investors shrugged off the Bank of Japan’s latest easing [...]
Tags: bank of japan, currency market, Federal Reserve, financial, investors, wells fargo