Gold reclaims US$5,000 as cooling inflation lifts Fed easing bets
Gold advanced as traders raised bets on US Federal Reserve rate cuts after a tame inflation reading, with some investors taking advantage of Thursday’s (Feb 12) sharp sell-off to…
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Oil settles down over 4% on US-Iran de-escalation, easing supply worries
Oil prices fell more than US$3 per barrel on Monday after US President Donald Trump said Iran was “seriously talking” with Washington, signaling a de-escalation of tensions with…
Gold falls as easing geopolitical tensions dampen safe-haven demand
and other precious metals fell on Thursday as geopolitical tensions and safe-haven demand eased after US President Donald Trump backed down from new tariff threats and…
Shanghai benchmark hits 10-year high as easing deflation lifts sentiment
Mainland China and Hong Kong stocks advanced on Friday (Jan 9), with the Shanghai benchmark topping the psychologically important 4,100 points to a decade high, as investor sentiment…
PBOC’s leanest year for easing since 2021 defies Wall Street
Cutting interest rates by a little might prove ineffective in a scenario where households and businesses are reluctant to take on debt CHINA has kept its central bank on the sidelines of…
Philippines eyes easing IPO float rules to lure firms like GCash
Companies will be required to keep certain minimum public float levels after listing The Philippines’ securities regulator plans to relax free float requirements for initial public…
South Korea keeps rates steady as FX risks limit easing scope
South Korea’s central bank kept interest rates unchanged as widely expected on Thursday as a tumbling won reduced the scope for further easing and policymakers waited to see how the…
US Fed official defends easing of bank oversight as concerns mount
THE US central bank’s top banking regulator on Tuesday defended efforts to revamp oversight of the sector, as she faces warnings that weakened supervision could destabilise the financial…
Gold extends falls on firm US dollar, easing Fed rate-cut bets
Traders are currently pricing in a 43% probability of a quarter-point Fed rate cut next month, down from 50% in last week Gold fell for a fourth straight session on Tuesday (Nov 18),…
China starts work on easing rare earth export rules but short of Trump hopes
China has begun designing a new rare earth licensing regime that could speed up shipments, but it is unlikely to amount to a complete rollback of restrictions as hoped by Washington,…
Aramco profit beats estimates in first sign of easing pressure
Net income adjusted for one-time items rose 0.8% to US$28 billion in the third quarter from a year earlier Saudi Aramco reported profit that beat analysts’ estimates as a boost in…
Nomura expects no more Fed rate cuts in 2025 after October easing
NOMURA said it now expects the US Federal Reserve to keep interest rates unchanged at its December policy meeting, following the central bank’s decision to cut rates on Wednesday. The…
Philippine central banker sees more easing as graft woes weigh
The Philippine central bank may cut its key interest rate again in December and further next year, as the economic fallout from a corruption scandal may linger to the end of 2026, an…
S-Reits expected to deliver stable Q3 earnings on easing debt costs
More Singapore-listed real estate investment trusts are expected to deliver year-on-year DPU growth helped by a decline in average interest expenses Singapore-listed real estate investment…
UK jobs market slowdown shows signs of easing before budget
Wage growth in the private sector slowed to 4.4% in the three months through August The UK labour market showed further signs of stabilisation in data released on Tuesday (Oct 14), with…
S&P 500 rides uptrend channel with Fed easing support
THE S&P 500 has staged a strong rebound from early-2025 tariff-related swings and is firmly trading in a bullish channel. After plunging on US President Donald Trump’s April tariffs, the…
Fed’s quarter-point rate cut does not signal a sustained easing cycle: analysts
Market watchers believe the US dollar could see near-term resilience while the recent gold rally could slow down Asia’s equities markets fluctuated on Thursday (Sep 18) amid mixed…
Majority of BOK board members back future policy easing
South Korea’s monetary policy board said the economy needs more policy interest rate cuts in the coming weeks to address the hit to growth from US tariffs, minutes from the bank’s meeting…
New Zealand central bank cuts rates to three-year low, flags more easing; kiwi tumbles
New Zealand’s central bank cut its policy rate by 25 basis points (bps) to a three-year low of 3 per cent on Wednesday (Aug 20), and flagged further reductions in coming months as…
China stocks rally to decade-high on easing tariff tensions, fund rotation
China stocks closed at their highest level since 2015 on Monday (Aug 18), extending a months-long rally driven by easing trade tensions and abundant liquidity, while pushing market…
Gold edges down on stronger US dollar, easing tariff concerns
Gold prices edged lower in early trade on Tuesday (Jul 29), weighed down by easing concerns over a global tariff war and a stronger US dollar, while investors focussed on the US Federal…
Gold flat as easing trade tensions offset boost from soft US dollar
Gold prices held steady on Thursday (Jul 24) after a sharp drop in the previous session, as easing trade tensions dented demand for safe-haven assets, overshadowing support from a…
Oil edges down on easing Middle East risks but gains for a second month
Oil prices edged down on Monday as investors weighed easing Middle East risks and a possible Opec+ output increase in August. Both Brent and US crude oil benchmarks posted their biggest…
Oil falls on prospect of more Opec+ supply, easing risks in Middle East
Oil prices fell 1 per cent on Monday as an easing of geopolitical risks in the Middle East and the prospect of another Opec+ output hike in August boosted the supply outlook.…