Thai minister says aiming to beat 2025 export growth forecast
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand could beat a government forecast of 2% to 3% export growth in 2025, the commerce minister said on Wednesday as he played down concerns about the...
South Korea to set roadmap in case Trump reopens North Korea nuclear talks
By Jihoon Lee and Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's foreign minister said on Wednesday he was devising a roadmap to prepare for U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's...
China November youth jobless rate at 16.1%, statistics bureau says
BEIJING (Reuters) - The jobless rate for 16-to-24-year-olds in China, excluding college students, fell to 16.1% in November from 17.1% in October, data from the National Bureau...
Fed expected to combine interest rate cut with hawkish 2025 outlook
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve is expected to lower borrowing costs on Wednesday in what some observers are calling a "hawkish cut" set to be...
Analysis-Europe's conundrum: how to fund defence spending
By Yoruk Bahceli LONDON (Reuters) - With a war raging at the European Union's eastern border, Russia posing a threat, and U.S. President-elect Donald Trump pressuring allies to do...
Morning Bid: Fed looms and Europe gets inflation data
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Vidya Ranganathan As a host of major central banks hold policy meetings over the next 24 hours, the U.S. Federal...
Analysis-BOJ's rate hike debate shifts from 'when?' to 'how high?'
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) - As the guessing game over the timing of Japan's next interest rate hike heats up, another debate is brewing within the central bank over just how...
US Republican committee chair expects revival of DOJ counter-China program
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security said on Tuesday he expects to see the revival of a Justice...
Aussie discretionary retailers face brighter 2025 as rate cut nears
By Sneha Kumar and Rishav Chatterjee (Reuters) - Australian discretionary retailers could benefit from expected interest rate cuts in 2025, analysts say, as shoppers loosen their...
Japan's exports rise faster than expected, helped by weaker yen
By Makiko Yamazaki TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's exports rose faster than expected in November, data showed on Wednesday, helped by a weaker yen and solid global demand although...