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India's economy is booming, but uneven growth clouds ascent
2+ hour, 24+ min ago (11+ words) India's economy is booming, but uneven growth clouds ascent'Yahoo Finance Singapore...
Global Times: Is China's economic policy strong enough?
1+ day, 16+ hour ago (885+ words) Global Times: Is China's economic policy strong enough?Yahoo Finance Singapore Global Times: Is China's economic policy strong enough? BEIJING, March 6, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Currently, some observers have claimed that China's economic policies are "not strong enough" and that the country has…...
New NPG Forum Paper Examines America's New Boom-and-Bust Cycle
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (203+ words) How Data Centers and Big Tech Are Shaping America's Fastest-Growing Communities ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Negative Population Growth, Inc. (NPG) has published a new Forum paper by journalist and researcher Mark Cromer examining the explosive rise of America's modern boomtowns'and…...
February Small Business Subchapter V Elections Increase 91% Over Last Year
2+ day, 14+ hour ago (481+ words) Commercial Chapter 11s Increased 67%NEW YORK, March 05, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Small business filings, captured as Subchapter V elections within Chapter 11, increased 91% in February 2026 to 314, up from 164 the previous year, according to data provided by Epiq AACER, the leading provider of US bankruptcy…...
Halifax lowers mortgage costs as lenders rethink rate cuts amid Middle East conflict
2+ day, 16+ hour ago (1826+ words) Halifax stands alone this week in reducing interest rates for first-time buyers. Most other lenders have paused plans to cut mortgage rates amid the conflict in the Middle East, which threatens to raise UK inflation and interest rates. The average…...
Analysis-Iran war to weigh more on Indian growth than inflation, keeping interest rates low
2+ day, 19+ hour ago (890+ words) By Jaspreet Kalra and Ira Dugal MUMBAI, March 5 (Reuters) - The U.S. and Israel's attack on Iran is expected to weigh more on India's economic growth than its inflation, which will encourage the Reserve Bank of India to keep interest rates low,…...
Singapore Retail Sales Gain in January, But Slip on Year
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (113+ words) Singapore Retail Sales Gain in January, But Slip on Year'Yahoo Finance Singapore Singapore Retail Sales Gain in January, But Slip on Year Led by clothing, jewelry and food sales, Singapore retail sales in January rose a seasonally adjusted 6.1% from December,…...
Currencies take a beat as dollar rally pauses
3+ day, 9+ hour ago (519+ words) SINGAPORE, March 5 (Reuters) - The dollar halted its blistering rally on Thursday, providing some reprieve to the battered euro as investors clung on to fragile assumptions that the war in the Middle East "may not last as long as initially expected....
Eurozone unemployment unexpectedly falls to record low
3+ day, 17+ hour ago (406+ words) Unemployment in the 21-member eurozone fell to 6.1% in January, Eurostat reported, down from 6.2% in December 2025 and 6.3% a year earlier. Economists had expected the rate to remain unchanged at 6.2%. The figure translates to 10.77 million people without work across the bloc. Excluding…...
Indian basmati held up at ports and in transit as Iran war halts new deals
5+ day, 2+ hour ago (399+ words) MUMBAI, March 3 (Reuters) - About 400,000 metric tons of Indian basmati rice are backed up at ports and in transit, and export deals have dried up "as freight rates have more than doubled since the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran "at the weekend,…...