Japan October inflation likely eased, exports picked up – Reuters poll
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s core consumer inflation likely cooled for the second straight month in October on slower growth in energy prices, a Reuters poll showed on Friday. The core consumer price index (CPI), which includes oil products but excludes…
Malaysia’s economy grows 5.3% y/y in Q3
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia’s economy grew 5.3% in the third quarter from a year earlier, slowing from an 18-month high in the previous quarter, the government and central bank said on Friday. Economists surveyed by Reuters had forecast annual…
UK economic growth slowed in third quarter; September GDP fell 0.1%
Investing.com – UK economic growth slowed down dramatically in the third quarter, the first quarter in office for the new Labour government, with the sixth largest economy in the world contracting in September. Data released earlier Thursday by the Office…
Most Asian bonds faced foreign outflows in Oct on US election jitters
(Reuters) – Foreigners sold off most Asia ex-China bond markets in October as they were cautious ahead of the U.S. presidential election. The potential for a Donald Trump victory, which ended up being the actual result, raised concerns of increased…
Analysis-Traders chase post-election stock gains in US options market
By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK (Reuters) – Options players are piling in to riskier bets across the U.S. stock market, supporting a rally that has come on the back of fading election worries and expectations of a Republican lock…
Analysis-New alumina supplies in 2025 poised to rupture record price rally
By Amy Lv and Pratima Desai BEIJING/LONDON (Reuters) – New capacity for converting bauxite into alumina due online next year is set to ease tight supplies and potentially halt a record-breaking price rally of the material used to make aluminium….