Tag Archives: Chinese economy

US President Joe Biden said on Tuesday that he had a good meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Biden said that he and Xi have a lot to follow up on and that their aides would be working together on a range of issues. Biden added that he made clear …

One of US President Joe Biden’s toughest challenges is maneuvering America’s relationship with its biggest economic enemy; namely China. when Biden holds a virtual summit with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping later on Monday, issues such as tariffs, supply chain bottlenecks, subsidies, Chinese property sector debt crisis and the global energy …

Major stock indexes edged higher in early trading, then continued to rise boosted by improved Chinese data, led by retail sales’ rising to 4.9% October, compared to the previous reading of 4.4%, above the expected 3.5%.The US data also showed an improvement at the level of the manufacturing sector, which …

Oil prices fell to their lowest level in two weeks after official data showed a sudden jump in US crude stocks, and with the increase in Covid-19 cases in Europe and Russia and the emergence of some hotbeds of infection in China, dampening hopes for an economic recovery. Brent crude …

China’s Evergrande is starting to pay its overdue debt and restart some of its stalled real estate projects, but it is signaling that it wants to move away from housing and focus on building electric vehicles.According to Chinese state media, Chairman Xu Jiayin announced that the firm wants to make …

The giant Chinese real estate developer has become cash-strapped and now risks default if it fails to pay its gross debt.After Evergrande’s efforts to sell its stake of 50 per cent of EPS to rival Hopson Development had collapsed, depriving it of valuable cash to ease the pressure on its …

China’s power crisis has already impacted the domestic economy and raised concerns about winter’s cold weather which has started early in some provincesThermal coal futures have surged but senior officials keep promising to increase coal production and push energy prices lower. Beijing has stepped up its control over the nation’s …

Oil prices were little changed on Tuesday, with West Texas Intermediate, the U.S. benchmark, hovering around $81.60 a barrel. Oil futures are at seven-year highs and are up 70 percent this year amid a global energy crunch that is pushing prices higher for other commodities.Following a mixed session Monday triggered …

US shares have undergone mixed performance, and tended to rise with the beginning of Monday’s trading session, attempting to overcome the impact of U. S. and Chinese data that cast negative shadows across the global markets after a decline in the growth of the second largest economy in the world.Economic …

Euro has ticked up, Monday, against the Japanese yen, for the eighth successive trading session, although it has failed to advance beyond the four-month high at 132.75 hit last Friday. The pair, however, maintains its positive bias intact, with bearish attempts contained above 132.15.The euro remains strong against an ailing …