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India’s new measures to spur economic growth falling short

Bloomberg India’s steps to boost financial market sentiment and support businesses could fall short of shoring up growth in Asia’s third-largest economy. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a number of measures last week to help re-ignite an economy that’s slowed sharply on the back of weak consumption and a deteriorating global environment. However, she didn’t outline any major fiscal support ...

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Singapore mulls bonds, reserves for $72bn climate fight

Bloomberg Singapore is weighing options including the issuance of government bonds to fund the S$100 billion ($72 billion) it could take to fight rising sea levels over the next century. In the short-term, funding for projects such as a S$400 million upgrade to the city-state’s drainage systems to boost flood resilience will come from ministry-level expenditures, Minister for the Environment ...

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New US LNG export plans threatened amid trade war

Bloomberg Liquefied natural gas (LNG) may have dodged the latest round of Chinese tariffs on US goods, but plans for new American terminals to ship the fuel abroad are under threat as trade war escalates. Tellurian Inc. and other developers will probably delay final investment decisions on multibillion-dollar US LNG export projects to 2020 from this year as the tensions ...

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