INDONESIA sold 40-year local-currency bonds for the first time as looming interest-rate cuts boost the allure of longer-tenor debt. Read more at The Business Times.
China bond bulls warned over bumper debt supply
The warning follows frenzied buying that has driven up the prices of Chinese 10-year central government bonds, pushing yields below 2.2 per cent and leading the People’s Bank of China to caution that ...
Crushed coral and shipwrecks: Behind a new flashpoint in the South China Sea
A new flashpoint has emerged in the ongoing maritime dispute between China and the Philippines, with both countries clashing over yet another spot in the South China Sea. Both China and the ...
China recognises Catholic bishop of Tianjin, Vatican says
China's government has recognized the authority of the Catholic bishop of Tianjin, Melchior Shi Hongzhen, the Vatican said on Tuesday, who had previously been placed under house arrest for refusing to join China's state-backed church structure.
Finance ministry invites candidates for position of economic and financial reforms advisor
The finance division announced on Monday that the Financ czar Muhammad Aurangzeb has decided to appoint an advisor on economic and financial reforms. Applications from interested candidates are ...
Indonesia’s New Capital—and Its Outgoing President’s Legacy—Is in Limbo
Indonesia’s Independence Day on Aug. 17 was supposed to ... Amid lagging construction progress and a little confidence of financial return, Nusantara remains a hard sell to private and foreign ...
China’s Third Plenum signals reforms, but tensions remain: analysts
Beijing steps up stimulus measures and reforms, as small firms suffer from a liquidity trap, and some foreign private equity firms leave China.
Japan says China’s increasingly aggressive air force breached its airspace for the first time ever
Japan said a Chinese Y-9 reconnaissance plane had flown over the Danjo islands, west of the island of Kyushu, for around two minutes.
“Govt will not acquire Waqf property”: JPC Chairperson Jagdambika Pal
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], August 27 (ANI): Days after the All India Muslim ... will remain under Waqf control and the government will not acquire any Waqf property. Jagdambika Pal, who headed ... ( read original story ...)
Cooling Inflation Raise Hopes For Interest Rate Cut In India
(MENAFN- Khaleej Times) Question: Is there any possibility of interest rates coming down in India? I have been planning to invest in a property with some part of the finance being borrowed from a bank ... ( read original story ...)