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In a departure from the status quo under Fed Chair Jerome Powell, market expectations and the Fed’s interest-rate trajectory are converging. Photo: Reuters

Dollar set for big weekly gain as Powell sends yields up, China data mixed

Asian shares looked to end a brutal week on a steadier note, helped by Chinese data showing retail sales in the world's second-biggest economy beat forecasts in October in a welcome sign for...

China Railway workers assemble a pipe jacking machine at the construction site of an underground railway station, in Huzhou, Zhejiang province, China October 17, 2024. REUTERS

IMF warns of risks to Asia's economy as trade tensions, soft China growth bite

Rescue workers pull a boat loaded with relief supplies to distribute among flood-affected people in Feni, Bangladesh on 25 August. Photo: Reuters

Extreme floods across Asia reflect a growing pattern of uncertainty 

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What will US interest rate cuts mean for Asia and the Pacific?

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Rida Khan becomes Miss Asian International 2024

Tourists hold umbrellas to shelter themselves from the sun as they walk near the Colosseum amid a heatwave in Rome, Italy, June 20, 2024. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane

Extreme heat kills hundreds, millions more sweltering worldwide as summer begins

A worker stands on a bank on the Huangpu River near the financial district of Pudong in Shanghai, China September 13, 2017. REUTERS/Aly Song/ file photo

In the market: In Asia, people ask, how do I derisk from America?

Asian markets fall after US data dent rate cut hopes

Asian markets fall after US data dent rate cut hopes

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Asia stocks weaken on the patient approach to rate cuts

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Asian markets track Wall St records after US inflation data

Dogs get treated for heat burns at a pet clinic in Kolkata. Photo: AFP

Pet dogs and strays suffer in Asia heatwave

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Asia's growth and inflation outlook improves, but risks remain

Ideal or not, the reality of the world is that one currency, the US dollar, is first among equals. Photo: BLOOMBERG

Asia has a strong dollar problem stretching far beyond Japan