China’s GDP meets official target

China’s GDP meets official target

The sign of the 7th China International Import Expo is seen with the skyline of the Lujiazui Financial District in the background on Nov. 2, 2024, in Shanghai, China. VCG | Visual China Group | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up…

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Top 10 Investment Themes For 2025

Top 10 Investment Themes For 2025

Will the bull market continue into 2025? getty Happy New Year, all. My overall macro theme for 2024 was An Expansion of the Rally. The theme ultimately proved to be accurate, as the dominance of the Magnificent 7 stocks (Nvidia, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon.com, Alphabet, Tesla and Meta Platforms) dissipated during the second half of the…

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Putin Greets Xi at BRICS Summit

Major Chinese Bank Deals Blow to Russia’s Economic Lifelines

The Bank of China, one of the world’s largest financial institutions, is reportedly blocking yuan-denominated transfers from countries believed to be exporting to Russia in a setback to Russian importers attempting to bypass U.S. sanctions. Early this year, Russian traders expressed mounting frustrations over Chinese banks delaying and even rejecting cross-border transactions in yuan, wary…

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China asks banks to lower interbank deposit rates to boost growth, Bloomberg News reports

China asks banks to lower interbank deposit rates to boost growth, Bloomberg News reports

(Reuters) – Chinese regulators have asked the country’s banks to lower the rates they pay to deposits from other financial institutions to free up funds to boost the economy, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. China’s interest rate self-disciplinary mechanism, a supervisory body overseen by the central bank, said banks…

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