New Zealand Treasury Sees Deep Economic Contraction in 2Q

New Zealand–The expected contraction of New Zealand’s economy during the April-June quarter may become the deepest the country has ever… Read More »
CHINA: RTRS writes “China’s central bank will ramp..

CHINA: RTRS writes “China’s central bank will ramp up its policy easing to support the coronavirus-ravaged economy but debt worries… Read More »
Japan March Sentiment Slumps On Services

Japan’s current sentiment index posted a second straight drop in March, pressured by retail sales, services and eating and drinking… Read More »
BOJ, FSA Agree To Keep Financial System Stable

Senior officials at the Bank of Japan and the Financial Services Agency Wednesday agreed to continue to work together to… Read More »
EU: Netherlands Finance Minister Wopke Hoekstra on…

EU(Nyheter)(Nyheter): Netherlands Finance Minister Wopke Hoekstra on Twitter: “NL was and remains against the idea of Eurobonds, we think this… Read More »
Russia’s Putin Urges Oil Producers to Cooperate to Curtail Falling Prices

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that oil producers should work together to mitigate the market downturn as crude prices… Read More »
Refiners in Europe, US Refuse Extra Saudi Oil Despite Discount

Many refiners in Europe(Nyheter)(Nyheter) and the U.S. are refusing to take more Saudi crude being offered at cut-rate prices, according… Read More »
Indian Economic Stimulus Amid Pandemic Expected to Total INR1.7T, Fin Min Says

The Indian government came up with an economic stimulus package expected to total 1.7 trillion Indian rupees ($22.26 billion) to… Read More »
Moody’s Dowgrades Banking Systems in France, Italy, Spain

Moody’s Investors Service downgraded its outlook for banks in Europe(Nyheter)(Nyheter)an countries hit hardest by the novel coronavirus, and said government… Read More »
Malaysia’s services sector revenue up 8.4 pct in 2018

Malaysia’s services sector total revenue rose 8.4 percent year-on-year to 1,674 billion ringgit (about 412 billion U.S. dollars) in 2018,… Read More »