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China Accelerates Domestic Economic Shift Amid Trade Tensions and Global Fragmentation

China Accelerates Domestic Economic Shift Amid Trade Tensions and Global Fragmentation

China is intensifying efforts to strengthen its domestic market and reduce reliance on external trade, signaling a strategic pivot toward long-term economic resilience and technological self-sufficiency....

Gerik

China Unveils Digital Economy Action Plan For 2025

China Unveils Digital Economy Action Plan For 2025

Announced by National Bureau of Statistics, targets GDP growth.Digital economy core industries exceed 10% of GDP.Part of China's digital transformation strategy.

Thomas

China Sells Off U.S. Treasuries Amid Trade Tensions, Falls to Third-Largest U.S. Creditor

China Sells Off U.S. Treasuries Amid Trade Tensions, Falls to Third-Largest U.S. Creditor

In March, China reduced its holdings of U.S. Treasuries by $27.6 billion, falling behind the U.K. as America’s third-largest foreign creditor, signaling a strategic shift amid escalating trade tensions...

Gerik

U.S. Federal Reserve Announces 10% Workforce Reduction Amid Structural Reform Drive

U.S. Federal Reserve Announces 10% Workforce Reduction Amid Structural Reform Drive

Fed Chair Jerome Powell has unveiled a plan to reduce the central bank’s workforce by 10% over the coming years, aligning with a broader Trump-era government efficiency campaign...

Gerik

EU Cools on China Investment Pact Amid Rising Trade Tensions and Industrial Overcapacity

EU Cools on China Investment Pact Amid Rising Trade Tensions and Industrial Overcapacity

The European Union has reaffirmed it has no intention to revive the stalled Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI) with China, citing deep-rooted trade imbalances...

Gerik

Trump Says Iran Has US Nuclear Proposal, Must ‘Move Quickly’

Trump Says Iran Has US Nuclear Proposal, Must ‘Move Quickly’

President Donald Trump said the US had presented Iran with a proposal over Tehran’s nuclear ambitions and that the country’s negotiators needed to move soon on the offer as talks intensify.

Damon

U.S. Set to Impose Tariffs Within Weeks as Trump Admin Abandons Multilateral Trade Talks

U.S. Set to Impose Tariffs Within Weeks as Trump Admin Abandons Multilateral Trade Talks

Facing time constraints and mounting global pressure, the U.S. under President Trump is preparing to impose new tariffs on countries that fail to finalize bilateral trade agreements within the next 2–3 weeks...

Gerik

Moody’s Downgrades U.S. Credit Rating Amid Soaring Debt and Political Gridlock

Moody’s Downgrades U.S. Credit Rating Amid Soaring Debt and Political Gridlock

Moody’s has lowered the U.S. sovereign credit rating to Aa1, citing escalating federal debt, growing fiscal deficits, and political dysfunction, raising borrowing costs and sparking market concern....

Gerik

Fed’s Stealth Bond Purchases Hint at Strategic Shift as Gold and Bitcoin Surge

Fed’s Stealth Bond Purchases Hint at Strategic Shift as Gold and Bitcoin Surge

The U.S. Federal Reserve quietly bought $43.6 billion in Treasury bonds in just four days, signaling a subtle policy pivot that has triggered a surge in gold and bitcoin prices...

Gerik

Oil Market’s Missing Barrels Have Gone Up In Smoke

Oil Market’s Missing Barrels Have Gone Up In Smoke

Amid the doom and gloom of falling crude prices and weakening demand growth, oil bulls could find one nugget of cheer in the latest report from the International Energy Agency: a modest upward revision to historical consumption.

Owen Li

Russian Economic Growth Slows Sharply Amid Sanctions and Oil Revenue Declines

Russian Economic Growth Slows Sharply Amid Sanctions and Oil Revenue Declines

Russia’s GDP growth dropped to 1.4% in Q1 2025, far below previous quarters and expert forecasts, as sanctions, inflation, and falling oil revenues intensify economic strain....

Gerik

"We're Going To Be Fair": Trump Will Set Tariff Rates For Other Nations In Weeks

"We're Going To Be Fair": Trump Will Set Tariff Rates For Other Nations In Weeks

"At the same time, we have 150 countries that want to make a deal—but you're..."

Owen Li

U.S.–China Tariff Truce Sparks Short-Term Import Boom, But Supply Chain Risks Loom

U.S.–China Tariff Truce Sparks Short-Term Import Boom, But Supply Chain Risks Loom

The 90-day temporary tariff reduction deal between the U.S. and China has triggered a sharp surge in imports, but analysts warn that reactive trade behavior may deepen long-term supply chain instability....

Gerik

Swiss Had Good Exchange With US On Currency, SNB Says

Swiss Had Good Exchange With US On Currency, SNB Says

Switzerland has had productive talks with the US on the central bank’s currency interventions, Swiss National Bank President Mar...

Kevin Du

Nvidia Seeks Shanghai R&D Site After US Chip Curbs, Say Sources

Nvidia Seeks Shanghai R&D Site After US Chip Curbs, Say Sources

Nvidia (NVDA.O), opens new tab is seeking a site in Shanghai for a research and development centre...

Jason

Deadly Israeli Strikes Pound Gaza As Trump Says 'people Are Starving'

Deadly Israeli Strikes Pound Gaza As Trump Says 'people Are Starving'

Israeli strikes on Gaza have killed more than 250 people since Thursday morning, local health authorities said, one of the deadliest phases of bombardment since a truce collapsed in March and with a new ground offensive expected soon.

Devin

Value Investing Is Poised To Rise From The Dead

Value Investing Is Poised To Rise From The Dead

Warren Buffett, the greatest investor of all time, has announced his retirement. Fellow...

Devin

Tariffs Got You Down? Brush Off The 1930s Playbook.

Tariffs Got You Down? Brush Off The 1930s Playbook.

Now that Donald Trump has rendered irrelevant the iconic books that guided corporate thinking in recent decades — who still believes that the world is flat? — businesspeople are desperately casting about for guidance.

Thomas

Ether Bears Are Done And That’s Fueling ETH’s Surge, Crypto Benchmark Issuer Says

Ether Bears Are Done And That’s Fueling ETH’s Surge, Crypto Benchmark Issuer Says

Ether's recent price rally is driven by short covering rather than new bullish bets, CF Benchmarks' Sui Chung said.

Damon

Commodities Weekly: Gold Retreats, Procyclicals Rise Amid Trade Truce Optimism

Commodities Weekly: Gold Retreats, Procyclicals Rise Amid Trade Truce Optimism

Global financial markets responded very enthusiastically this past week to news that the US and China had agreed to a 90-day pause in their escalating trade war.

Owen Li

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