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Corner: Hong Kong’s real estate sector faces increasingly severe difficulties at the beginning of the year due to high procurement costs and slowing sales | Reuters

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Corner: Hong Kong’s real estate sector faces increasingly severe difficulties at the beginning of the year due to high procurement costs and slowing sales | Reuters

January 12: Hong Kong real estate development companies find themselves in even more trouble after the new year. Construction site of an apartment complex in Hong Kong, taken in October 2023 (2024 Reuters/Tyrone Siu) [香港　１２日　ロイター] – Since the beginning of the year, real estate developers in Hong Kong have found themselves in even greater difficulty. … Read more

Auto insurance premiums rose at the highest rate in 50 years in December, hampering a decline in the US consumer price index | Reuters

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Auto insurance premiums rose at the highest rate in 50 years in December, hampering a decline in the US consumer price index | Reuters

January 11, 2019: In recent months, rising auto insurance premiums have emerged as a factor keeping the U.S. Consumer Price Index (CPI) from falling further. Photographed in Los Angeles in March 2022 (2024 Reuters/Mike Blake) (Reuters) – Rising auto insurance premiums have emerged in recent months as a factor keeping the U.S. consumer price index … Read more

Low-income countries could face delays in global economy’s ‘soft landing’ = IMF | Reuters

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Low-income countries could face delays in global economy’s ‘soft landing’ = IMF | Reuters

International Monetary Fund (IMF) spokeswoman Julie Kozak said on the 11th that as the global economic growth rate in 2023 exceeded expectations, the outlook is for steady growth to continue in 2024. At the same time, he said efforts will be needed to raise the global economic growth rate from around 3%. (2024 Reuters/Yuri Gripas) … Read more

Corner: Refocusing on the Fed’s balance sheet, some are reconsidering the pace of contraction in the final stages | Reuters

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Corner: Refocusing on the Fed’s balance sheet, some are reconsidering the pace of contraction in the final stages | Reuters

Jan 9 (Reuters) – Weekend comments from top U.S. Federal Reserve officials have soured some markets, with renewed focus on how the central bank will end its ongoing balance sheet contraction. Officials revised their views on ending the trial. In this photo, Dallas Federal Reserve President Logan gives a speech in Prairie View, Texas, in … Read more

The possibility of eliminating negative interest rates next year is not zero – interview with Bank of Japan governor at NHK | Reuters

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The possibility of eliminating negative interest rates next year is not zero – interview with Bank of Japan governor at NHK | Reuters

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said in an interview with NHK that the possibility of negative interest rates being eliminated next year is “ultimately not zero.” Document photo, press conference of the 19th (2023 Reuters/Issei Kato) [Reuters]- Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said in an interview with NHK that the possibility of negative … Read more