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  Bloomberg South Korea is continuing with efforts to ease strains in its credit market, with local financial firms making a second round of contribution to a key bond stabilisation fund redeployed in October. The companies will inject an additional 5 trillion won ($3.7 billion) into the fund between December and January, according to the Finance Ministry. The Bank of ...

  Bloomberg New Zealand’s central bank has been surprised by the strength of inflation, which has boosted price expectations and required a more aggressive interest-rate response, Assistant Governor Karen Silk said. “What we have seen is actual inflation continue to surprise on the upside, but more importantly inflation expectations have moved higher as well,” Silk said in an interview with ...

  Bloomberg Deutsche Bank AG sees room to expand its deals business in Asia and is looking to hire selectively even as some rivals turn wary amid a sharp slowdown in China. “As different industry players continue to be increasingly cautious, we do see opportunity to strategically grow our market share in some areas where it makes sense,” Amit Khattar, ...

  Bloomberg Australia has a stronger probability of bringing its economy in for a “soft landing” than almost any other developed-world counterpart, Reserve Bank Governor Philip Lowe said, citing the nation’s still-contained wage growth. “It’s not guaranteed but where I sit today I think we have a better chance than most other countries of pulling it off,” Lowe told a ...

  Bloomberg The ringgit jumped, making the currency the best performer in Asia, following the appointment of Anwar Ibrahim as Malaysia’s new prime minister. The ringgit rose by as much as 0.9% against the dollar to 4.4542, its strongest level since mid-August. The currency had surged by 1.8% after Anwar’s appointment on Thursday, the largest single-day gain since March 2016. ...

  Bloomberg Credit Suisse Group AG falls to a fresh record low as investors weighed the impact of the massive outflows the bank reported this week and news that rivals in the key growth market of Asia are benefiting from the Swiss firm’s troubles. Shares of the lender declined as much as 5% in Zurich after Vontobel cut its price ...

  Bloomberg Shares decline as growing unrest in China over Covid-19 restrictions sent a shiver through the global markets. The dollar steadied after strengthening in the risk-off mood while Treasuries advance. Europe’s equity benchmark fell, with oil companies sliding as events in China weighed on crude prices. US stock futures dropped as modest customer traffic and heavy discounting by American ...

Bloomberg Overseas investors have stepped up their return to Indian equities, helping power benchmarks gauges to record highs and derivatives data signals more room for the rally. Global funds have bought a net $3 billion of India stocks so far this month, according to Bloomberg-compiled data. Holdings of foreign investors in long index futures have risen by about six times ...

  Bloomberg Taiwan stocks dropped on Monday, weighed by ruling party DPP’s resounding defeat in local elections and amid a broader selloff across Asia. The benchmark Taiex slid 1.5%, the most since October 13, as investors worried that the government may stop the support measures for the market after opposition Kuomintang’s victory at the polls. The party held onto 13 ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Statistics Centre – Abu Dhabi (Scad) has announced statistical data that show expansion of Abu Dhabi’s gross domestic product (GDP) in the first half of 2022, reaching 11.2 percent compared to the same period last year. The growth reflects the emirate’s robust performance and the ability of the economy to maintain competitiveness and sustain growth ...