TLE DESK: South Korea kept interest rates unchanged Thursday while nudging its growth forecast slightly up, as the country faces high house prices and uncertainty […]
Category: Economy
Japan confident on wind power after Mitsubishi blow
TLE DESK: Japan remains optimistic about the adoption of renewable energy despite Mitsubishi pulling out of three big offshore wind projects, the government said Thursday. […]
25 countries suspend postal services to US over tariffs: UN
TLE DESK: The UN postal agency said Tuesday that 25 countries had decided to suspend package deliveries to the United States, as concern grows over […]
Trump threatens tariffs on countries seen targeting US tech firms
TLE DESK: President Donald Trump on Monday threatened further tariffs and export restrictions against countries that he says are targeting US tech firms. “Digital Taxes, […]
New Zealand Post suspends deliveries to US over tariffs
TLE DESK: New Zealand’s postal service said it had suspended most deliveries to the United States, citing uncertainty over the impact of President Donald Trump’s […]
China’s economy slows in July amid tariff uncertainty, property slump
TLE DESK: China’s economy lost momentum in July as industrial output, retail sales and housing prices all weakened, according to official data released Friday. Uncertainty […]
Trump turns $11.1B in US government funds into a 10% stake in downtrodden Intel
TLE DESK: President Donald Trump on Friday announced the U.S. government has secured a 10% stake in struggling Silicon Valley pioneer Intel in a deal […]
Vietnamese rice grower helps tackle Cuba’s food shortage
TLE DESK: Outside Havana, a combine belonging to a private Vietnamese company is harvesting rice, directly farming Cuban land, in the first instance, to help […]
India and China eye border trade resumption
TLEDESK: India and China are discussing resuming border trade five years after it was halted, foreign ministry officials on both sides have said, as US […]
Global Economy Faces New Challenges as Inflation Persists
The global economy is navigating through a complicated maze this week as inflation continues to stubbornly persist in many major economies, and supply chain disruptions […]