Bloomberg US airlines rose as the country’s three biggest carriers said a travel rebound is gaining steam, with United Airlines Holdings Inc and Delta Air Lines Inc heading for the highest closing price in about six weeks. The pace of recovery has been faster than expected, Delta President Glen Hauenstein said. United predicted it would turn a profit before certain …
Read More »Air passengers warned to wear masks
Bloomberg US government officials monitoring the airways say they won’t tolerate passengers who refuse to don masks as airline travel surges ahead of the summer season. A recent spike in unruly passenger reports, many of them involving people refusing to cover their faces, prompted Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to issue a stern warning to travellers. “Let me be clear …
Read More »Goldman sets up wealth JV with China’s largest bank
Bloomberg Goldman Sachs Group Inc received approval from Chinese regulators to set up a wealth management joint venture (JV) in the world’s second-largest economy to go after an asset pool it estimated will surpass $70 trillion by the end of this decade. Goldman Sachs Asset Management will hold 51% in the venture, while wealth arm of Industrial & Commercial Bank of …
Read More »Yuan rises to 3-year high as PBOC signals comfort with rally
Bloomberg China’s yuan advanced to a three-year high in onshore markets as the central bank signaled that it’s comfortable with a recent rally by setting a strong daily reference rate. The currency gained as much as 0.3% to 6.3913 per dollar in onshore markets, the highest since June 2018, while rising 0.4% offshore. The People’s Bank of China set its …
Read More »Indonesia central bank holds key rate steady, will focus on liquidity
Bloomberg Indonesia’s central bank left its key interest rate unchanged for a third straight month, pledging to rely primarily on liquidity tools amid signs of a tentative recovery in Southeast Asia’s largest economy. Bank Indonesia held the seven-day reverse repurchase rate at 3.5%, as all 29 economists in a Bloomberg survey predicted. The central bank has cut the policy rate …
Read More »Bank of Korea forecasts in focus for exit clues
Bloomberg Investors will scrutinise forecast upgrades expected from the Bank of Korea (BOK) for hints about when the bank is likely to end its run of record-low interest rates. South Korea’s central bank is seen raising its growth and inflation projections significantly at its Thursday meeting after recent economic data beat expectations. Still, analysts see the bank holding its key …
Read More »Deutsche Bank to move 100 jobs out of UK
Bloomberg Deutsche Bank AG is moving about a quarter of its corporate bank’s UK staff to offices in the European Union and Asia as it looks to reduce costs at the division. The changes will see about 100 jobs move to cities like Berlin, Dublin, Frankfurt and various cities across Asia, according to people familiar with the matter, who asked …
Read More »New Zealand central bank signals rates may rise next year
Bloomberg New Zealand’s central bank projected that its official cash rate may start to rise in the second half of next year, joining Canada in flagging a potential withdrawal of stimulus as economies recover from the pandemic. The kiwi dollar and bond yields surged. The Reserve Bank on Wednesday published OCR forecasts for the first time in more than a …
Read More »US equity futures surge as inflation fears wane
Bloomberg American equity futures rise on Wednesday as more central-bank officials joined the chorus predicting that inflationary pressures are transitory, soothing new concerns raised by the latest US economic data. Contracts on the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 signalled stocks could move higher following a drop in US benchmarks overnight after home-sale and consumer confidence data suggested rising prices are …
Read More »Bullish signals suggest China’s stocks rally has further to go
Bloomberg China’s stocks burst out of a tight trading range this week, and that may just be the start given the bullish signs for the market that have been forming under the hood. The country’s equity benchmark closed little changed with materials and financial shares being the best performers. The move came after the CSI 300 Index jumped 3.2%, the …
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