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China's Fragile Q2 GDP Growth Highlights The Need For Additional Policy Backing

The second quarter saw China's economy expand at a sluggish rate due to weak domestic and international demand. As a result, pressure on officials to provide additional stimulus to support activity increased.   It will be difficult for Chinese policymakers to maintain the economic recovery...

US: We’re about to agree with India on minimum tax system

Washington "looks forward to working with India on an investment platform that will lower the cost of capital and increase private investment to accelerate India's clean energy transition," US Treasury head Janet Yellen stated. A deal between India and the US for a system of global minimum taxes is...

S&P: Corporate bankruptcy filings in USA hit the highest in 13 years

S&P Global Market Intelligence, a media holding firm, reports that businesses are concerned about rising inflation and high interest rates. Since 2010, a record number of American businesses have declared bankruptcy, with the consumer sector seeing the majority of these filings, shows data from the...

Chinese Export Restrictions On Chip Metal Are "A Wake-Up Call" For Other Nations To Diversify Their Supply Chains

Some nations may decide to diversify their supply chains beyond China as a result of China's restrictions on the export of germanium and gallium as metals.   “This could be a wake-up call for some [countries] to gradually build up production elsewhere,” Stewart Randall of Shanghai-based...

OECD Says 27% Of Occupations Are At High Risk From The AI Revolution

According to the OECD, more than a quarter of employment in the region depend on abilities that the impending artificial intelligence revolution might readily automate, and people worry that AI would replace them with robots.   There are 38 members of the Organisation for Economic...

Foxconn pulls out of $20B semiconductor project

The Times of India write that Vedanta has added new partners and is still dedicated to the project. According to the Times of India, Taiwan's Foxconn has withdrawn from a joint venture with Indian company Vedanta to develop semiconductors valued at close to $20 billion. The joint venture is now...

Investments in Latin America reach record $224 billion in 2022

The amount invested grew by 55.2% from 2021. According to a study by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) released on Monday, foreign direct investment in Latin America and the Caribbean increased by 55.2% in 2022 to a record $224.58 billion. Foreign direct...

Global Hedge Funds Excel, Propelled By AI-HFR In June

According to data source HFR, global hedge funds saw gains of 2.2% in June as artificial intelligence-related stocks rose and the banking crisis subsided.   Hedge funds increased their investors' wealth by 3.45% in the first half of the year.   "Hedge funds surged in June, led by...

South Korea Orders Banks To Set Aside $4 Billion For Supporting Credit Unions

According to two banking sources familiar with the situation on Monday, South Korea's financial services regulator has requested major commercial banks to set aside $4 billion in financing to help a credit cooperative that has been affected by customer withdrawals.   The Financial Services...

China's Deflationary Trend A Mixed-Bag

Consumer prices fell 0.2% on the month in June, shocking analysts on the downside and leaving the annual CPI at zero. The annual fall in producer prices of 5.4% was the worst since late 2015.   This suggests there is a lot of room to further relax monetary and fiscal policy, on the surface....
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