Cage Homes : an art exhibit on Hong Kong's most expensive streets

Beijing should act faster to transform the mainland's economic growth pattern, boosting domestic consumption effectively and cutting its reliance on investment and exports, because growth is...

12:47AM

What does the US government shutdown mean for the global economy?

How have financial markets reacted to news of the shutdown?

6:02PM

Falling exports put Korean recovery on shakier ground

South Korea's September exports posted their biggest annual drop in seven months while consumer inflation eased to a 14-year low, likely keeping the policy rate near record lows as a firm recovery...

4:30AM

Euro zone current account surplus pressures Germany

A sharp rise in the euro zone's current account surplus puts the focus firmly on what Germany's new government can do to boost consumption and revive in-vestment in Europe's largest economy.

4:30AM

Squabbling US politicians raise the ceiling for hubris

How long can the US behave as dysfunctionally as it is without the US dollar collapsing or interest rates rising sharply as overseas investors such as China and Japan reconsider their positions in...

4:30AM

Australia holds rate amid revival in home market

Australia's central bank kept its cash rate at a record low of 2.5 per cent yesterday as a report showed past interest rate reductions had lifted home prices to historic highs, although there was...

8:36AM

Factory data points to uneven global recovery

Manufacturing in the United States grew last month at its fastest clip in nearly 2½ years but expansion in China's massive factory sector was slight and deep divergences persisted in euro-zone...

4:30AM

Some facts about Abe's move to raise Japan's sales tax

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced a rise in the sales tax to 8 per cent in April from 5 per cent, in what is being seen as a key step on the road to reforming the economy.

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1:59PM

Wall Street's patience with US government shutdown could last a week, analysts say

Wall Street took the partial shutdown of the US government in stride on Tuesday, but market analysts expected investor patience to run out if it lasts more than about a week, as a more worrisome...

11:16PM