3+ hour, 2+ min ago   (693+ words) When a Danish pension fund recently announced it would sell its US$100 million holding of US government bonds, the move was tiny in financial terms " just a drop in a $30 trillion ocean. But it touched on a much bigger issue....

1+ week, 14+ hour ago   (865+ words) The numbers are in, and they paint a picture that defies the conventional wisdom of Washington's trade hawks. In 2025, China's trade surplus surged to a record high of US$1.2 trillion. In December alone, the surplus reached $114 billion, driven by a…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (826+ words) Central bankers from around the world have issued a joint statement of support for US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, as he faces a criminal probe on top of mounting pressure from US President Donald Trump to resign early. It…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1432+ words) Japan's Nikkei 225 stock index hit another all-time high on Wednesday, up 6.5% since the start of the year and up 76.5% from the April 2025 low that followed US President Donald Trump's "Liberation Day" tariff announcement. So why, then, has one of America's…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (745+ words) China's trade surplus surged to a record in 2025, even as United States President Donald Trump launched a new round of tariff wars against the country last April." China's total"exports rose 5.5% year-on-year to US$3.77 trillion in 2025, while imports were flat…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (1447+ words) One is the loneliest number that you'll ever do.Two can be as bad as one.It's the loneliest number since the number one. China is the world's second largest economy. Despite having outgrown all other economies since its 1949 founding,…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago   (1541+ words) Disarm you with a smile And cut you like you want me to Cut that little child Inside of me and such a part of you Ooh, the years burn Few management theories have been as influential as the Smile…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1051+ words) The Bank of Japan's interest rate hike, raising the benchmark rate to its highest level in 30 years, was the tremor Indonesia had long feared but hoped to delay. By increasing its short-term rate to 0.75%, BOJ governor Kazuo Ueda has done…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1243+ words) In early December 2025, the Indian rupee fell past the important 90 mark against the US dollar for the first time. It dropped to intraday lows above 90.38 before closing near that level on December 17, as the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) suggests....

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1029+ words) Anyone at Japan's Ministry of Finance planning a year-end vacation spent Wednesday scouring airline and hotel cancellation rules. On that day, the yen plunged toward 155 to the dollar, all but ensuring currency intervention. By now, currency traders are familiar with…...