Bloomberg China posted a record monthly trade surplus in October as exports surged despite global supply-chain disruptions. Exports rise 27.1% in dollar terms last month from a year earlier to $300.2 billion, data from the General Administration of Customs showed on Sunday. That was the 13th straight month of double digit growth, and exceeded economists’ expectations of a 22.8% gain. …

Bloomberg The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) struck an upbeat note on the economy, while maintaining that faster wages growth and inflation will take some time and the first interest-rate increase is unlikely before 2024. The economy will expand 3% this year, despite a likely sharp contraction in the third quarter due to virus lockdowns, and then accelerate to 5.5% …

Bloomberg HSBC Holdings Plc asked all of its Hong Kong staff to get vaccinated against the Covid virus after city authorities issued a new circular to push for higher inoculation rates. Colleagues who have not received a first dose should either get inoculated by November 30 or submit to a Covid-19 test every 14 days, the London-based bank, which counts …