By Samuel Shen, Ankur Banerjee and Tom Westbrook SHANGHAI/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – China’s highly anticipated announcement of financial stimulus plans on Saturday was big on intent but low on the measurable details that investors need to ratify their recent return to the world’s second-biggest stock market. Saturday’s news conference by Finance Minister Lan Foan reiterated Beijing’s…
By Ankur Banerjee SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Asian stocks got a lift on Thursday from Chinese stocks as China’s central bank kicked off its 500 billion yuan facility to spur capital markets, while the dollar lingered near a two-month high ahead of U.S. inflation data later in the day. The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) said…
US-listed China tech stocks Alibaba (BABA), JD.com (JD), and PDD (PDD) are under pressure as investors show some concerns over China’s stimulus measures. While the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) has recently announced various stimulus initiatives, the country’s economic planning agency announced that it is projecting spending of about $28 billion next year. Market Domination…
(Bloomberg) — Metals traders arriving in London for LME Week were in for a surprise as they caught up with friends and customers from China. Most Read from Bloomberg For the last couple of years, the biggest consumer and producer has been a buzzkill for metals bulls. Now suddenly Chinese representatives were among the most…
Investors are digesting the latest commentary from Fed Chair Jerome Powell as the Fed weights its next interest rate cut. The autos industry is under pressure after Stellantis (STLA) slashed its guidance, citing increased competition from China. The move sent European carmaker stocks sinking in Monday’s trading session. Meanwhile, China stocks surged in their biggest…
BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s central bank said on Sunday it would tell banks to lower mortgage rates for existing home loans before Oct. 31, as part of sweeping policies to support the country’s beleaguered property market as the economy slows. Commercial banks should, in batches, reduce interest rates on existing mortgages to no less than 30…
(Bloomberg) — China’s policymakers uncorked sweeping stimulus measures aimed at bolstering demand and keeping the world’s second-largest economy from slipping into a deflationary spiral. Most Read from Bloomberg The People’s Bank of China slashed interest rates on one-year loans and eased rules on purchases of second homes. The government also issued cash handouts and floated…
China this week unveiled a bundle of new measures aimed at kickstarting its economy, battered in recent years by unprecedented headwinds including a property sector crisis and sluggish spending (ADEK BERRY) China this week unveiled a bundle of new measures aimed at kickstarting its economy, battered by unprecedented headwinds including a property sector crisis and…
Shares of China stocks (BABA, JD, PDD) are rising after some of the country’s top political leaders pledged to shore up the country’s economy. Market Domination Hosts Julie Hyman and Josh Lipton dig into the stocks’ movement after the People’s Bank of China unveiled new stimulus measures in an effort to recover its struggling economy….
This is The Takeaway from today’s Morning Brief, which you can sign up to receive in your inbox every morning along with: China just announced its biggest economic stimulus since the pandemic, which is reverberating in stocks and commodities worldwide. After the details of the monetary stimulus and support for the stock market were announced…