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Sri Lanka’s key consumer price index fell 1.7% in Dec

Sri Lanka’s consumer price index fell 1.7 percent year-on-year in December after dropping 2.1 percent in the previous month, the statistics department said on Tuesday.
1 January 2025, 18:00 PM

Bangladesh gets record $27 billion in remittance in 2024

Remittance inflow also broke single-month record in December
1 January 2025, 11:33 AM

Ample supply, slow demand to temper oil price gains in 2025: Reuters poll

The survey of 31 economists and analysts predicted that Brent crude would average $74.33 per barrel in 2025, down from a forecast of $74.53 in November, marking an eighth straight downward revision.
1 January 2025, 07:07 AM

Global markets rode AI, interest rate roller coaster in 2024

Donald Trump's victory in the US presidential election gave Wall Street even more of a boost on hopes he will follow through on pledges of deregulation and tax cuts
1 January 2025, 07:00 AM

Dollar stood tall in 2024

The dollar slipped on the last trading day of the year on Tuesday but was poised to clock strong gains in 2024 against almost all currencies as investors prepared for fewer US rate cuts and the incoming Trump administration.
31 December 2024, 18:00 PM

China manufacturing activity grows for third straight month

China's Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) was 50.1 in December, marking a third consecutive month of expansion
31 December 2024, 07:09 AM

Gold gains 27% so far this year

Gold prices slipped in thin trade on Monday, as markets awaited next week’s US economic data and the potential impact of President-elect Donald Trump’s return to office on the Federal Reserve’s 2025 outlook.
30 December 2024, 18:00 PM

Japan’s factory activity shrinks at slower pace

Japan’s factory activity shrank at a slower pace in December as declines in production and new orders eased, a private-sector survey showed on Monday, edging closer to stabilisation after recent falls.
30 December 2024, 18:00 PM

Ctg port posts record in container handling

A rise in foreign trade is helping the port recover from the global economic downturn
30 December 2024, 14:06 PM

Japan's factory activity shrinks at slower pace, PMI shows

New orders contracted for the 19th straight month on subdued demand in both domestic and key overseas markets
30 December 2024, 10:07 AM

Russian manufacturing growth slows in Dec

Russia’s manufacturing sector continued to expand in December, but at a slower pace than the previous month, as inflationary pressures remained high and business confidence weakened, S&P Global reported on Friday.
29 December 2024, 18:00 PM

Tokyo’s property boom looks built to last

Tokyo is bustling. Office vacancy rates in the Asian city are around 3 percent, sharply lower than 15 percent for New York and 8 percent for London. Japan’s rising appeal to financiers, tourists and global buyout firms alike, plus its enduring low interest rates, will underpin another strong year for its commercial property market.
29 December 2024, 18:00 PM

Bangladesh should harness expertise of NRBs to thrive globally: foreign adviser

Bangladesh should enhance the quality of its workforce, embrace innovation, upskill the labour force and harness the expertise of the non-resident Bangladeshis (NBRs) to thrive globally, Foreign Adviser Md Touhid Hossain said today..With improved ICT infrastructure and strategic rebranding
29 December 2024, 14:24 PM

OpenAI plans to become for-profit company

ChatGPT-maker OpenAI laid out plans Friday for a new corporate structure shifting away from control by a non-profit -- an issue of contention for the artificial intelligence trailblazer.
28 December 2024, 18:00 PM

Big Oil backtracks on renewables push as climate agenda falters

Major European energy companies doubled down on oil and gas in 2024 to focus on near-term profits, slowing down - and at times reversing - climate commitments in a shift that they are likely to stick with in 2025.
28 December 2024, 18:00 PM

Transport workers’ strike hits importers hard

1.5 million tonnes of imported goods got stuck at 50 ports
28 December 2024, 13:03 PM

Political turmoil shakes South Korea's economy

The won, which plunged Friday to its lowest level against the dollar since 2009, has been in near-constant decline since President Yoon Suk Yeol's attempt to scrap civilian rule in early December.
28 December 2024, 07:36 AM

US to hit new debt limit as soon as Jan 14: Yellen

Lawmakers have suspended the debt ceiling -- a limit on government borrowing to pay for bills already incurred -- until January 1 next year.
28 December 2024, 07:17 AM

Falling prices become a headache for onion farmers

The growers dumped onion on Pabna-Sujanagar road demanding a fair price
26 December 2024, 13:05 PM

China revises up 2023 GDP, sees little impact on 2024 growth

Gross domestic product (GDP) in 2023 was raised by 3.4 trillion yuan to 129.4 trillion ($17.73 trillion), Kang Yi, the head of the National Bureau of Statistics, told a presss conference, while releasing the fifth national economic census
26 December 2024, 11:20 AM