Bloomberg Malaysia intensified its efforts to rein in spending by reducing the cost of an almost $14-billion mass-rapid transit project, as Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad reviews programs he says his predecessor kicked off under unfair terms. The Finance Ministry shaved 5.22 billion ringgit ($1.3 billion) from the above-ground portion of the nation’s MRT2 project, accepting a new construction tender by ...

Bloomberg China’s foreign-currency holdings fell in September, as heightened trade tensions with the US fueled concerns of capital outflow and further yuan depreciation. Reserves declined by $22.69 billion to $3.087 trillion in September, the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) said on Sunday. That compares with $3.110 trillion the previous month and the median estimate of $3.105 trillion in a Bloomberg ...

Bloomberg Indonesia stands ready to respond to global risks brought about by an intensifying trade war and rising US interest rates that have driven the nation’s currency to a two-decade low, officials said. The government will coordinate its policy response with the central bank and the financial services authority, Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati told reporters in Jakarta. Bank Indonesia ...