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Asia markets live updates: RBA meeting, China trade

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Jessica Roberts

2 Hours Ago Indonesia’s first-quarter GDP grows at fastest pace in three quarters Indonesia’s first-quarter gross domestic product climbed 5.11% year on ...

Labor Day holiday, Fed decision

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Jessica Roberts

2 Hours Ago Microsoft opens first regional data centre in Thailand Tech giant Microsoft announced it will open its first regional data ...

Bank of Japan hikes rates for the first time in 17 years in a historic shift, abolishes yield curve control

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Jessica Roberts

Japan flag and Japanese Yen cash banknotes (money, economy, business, finance, inflation, crisis) Javier Ghersi | Moment | Getty Images Japan’s central ...

Australia, China trade, Powell testimony

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Jessica Roberts

3 Hours Ago Japan’s yen strengthens against dollar, at one-month high An undated photographic illustration of Japanese yen and the U.S. dollar ...

China Two Sessions, gold price, Hong Kong stocks

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Jessica Roberts

2 Hours Ago Japan seeing ‘early signs’ of rising inflation and wages: cabinet official Japan is seeing early signs of achieving a ...

Japan approaches new high, China PMI contracts

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Jessica Roberts

4 Hours Ago South Korean exports growth surges on strong chip demand South Korean exports in February rose 4.8% from a year ...

Japan’s Nikkei hits all-time high on reforms, robust corporate earnings

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Jessica Roberts

Pedestrians walking across with crowded traffic at Shibuya crossing square. Jaczhou | E+ | Getty Images Both the Nikkei and the broader ...

Feds charge Japanese Yakuza leader with nuclear materials trafficking

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Amanda Smith

The DOJ alleges that a high-ranking member of the Yakuza, Takeshi Ebisawa, was the central figure in a plot to funnel American ...

China boosts property funding with first cut in key loan rate since June

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Jessica Roberts

A staff member counts Chinese Yuan at a bank’s personal finance business service area in Haian, East China’s Jiangsu province, Sept 15, ...

Japan GDP, Singapore GDP, South Korea trade

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Jessica Roberts

2 Hours Ago Indonesian markets rally after Prabowo’s presumed electoral win Indonesia stocks rose after Indonesia’s Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto declared victory ...