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Chinese retail sales missed expectations in November, growing by 3.9% in November on an annual basis, less than the 4.6% forecast in a Reuters poll. It came as car sales have fallen in recent months, despite Singles’ Day sales in China in early November. On the other hand, industrial production …

Chinese policymakers want to stimulate growth, but they are forced to follow policies designed to hold back debt and speculative behavior.Chinese leaders are trying to reverse a sharp growth slowdown without abandoning policies that triggered much of the weakness to begin with a tricky task that could test Beijing’s ability …

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 Turkish lira is at its worst, as local investors could start to turn away from it, which would further its decline that has pushed the currency to consecutive record lows over the past month.So far, domestic investors have sold more than $5 billion of their foreign currency deposits in …

Britain’s public borrowing increased again in August, reaching a new record high, driven by massive spending to combat the Coronavirus pandemic, with the budget deficit since the start of the current tax year surpassing its full-year peak during the global financial crisis. The government has now borrowed 173.7 billion pounds …

Britain’s public debt exceeded 2 trillion pounds ($ 2.65 trillion) for the first time, underscoring the challenge facing Finance Minister Rishi Sunak, who is under pressure to provide more emergency support for the economy ravaged by the coronavirus pandemic. Net debt in July, which excludes public banks, rose to £ …