2024-12-30 | Current Affairs
TODAY’S NEWS Asian stock markets dipped slightly on Monday as high Treasury yields pressured high equity valuations on Wall Street while boosting the U.S. dollar to near multi-month highs. Market activity was subdued ahead of the New Year holiday and a light economic calendar for the week. Key upcoming data include China’s PMI factory surveys […]
2024-12-24 | Current Affairs
TODAY’S NEWS Asian shares surged on Monday thanks to a benign reading on U.S. inflation that restored hopes for potential policy easing next year. There was also relief that Washington managed to avoid a government shutdown. With last week’s central bank decisions behind, the current week is much quieter with only the minutes of a few of those […]
2024-12-20 | Current Affairs
Two U.S. senators, Democrat Ed Markey and Republican Rand Paul, are calling on President Joe Biden to grant ByteDance a 90-day extension on the January 19 deadline for selling TikTok’s U.S. operations or facing a nationwide ban. The senators emphasized that the legal uncertainties surrounding the case and its potential impact on free speech warrant more time.