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The USD/CAD climbs on market sentiment deterioration, as investors seeking safety bolstered the US Dollar. US Retail Sales were lower than expected, but prices paid by producers cooled. The pair rallies on safe-haven flows towards the American dollar sponsored by the US financial banking crisis woes threatening to spread around …

The major US Indexes; S&P 500, the Nasdaq 100, and the Dow Jones collapsed as the banking system crisis deepened. The US Producer Price Index cooled, while Retail Sales dropped after an outstanding January report.Investors anticipate that the Federal Reserve will maintain the Federal Funds Rate at its upcoming meeting. …

China said it will reopen its borders to foreign tourists for the first time in three years since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, by re-issuing various types of visas from Wednesday, March 15. The lifting of this latest border measure, which was intended to protect against COVID-19, comes after …

A Reuters poll revealed on Monday that China likely once more exported and imported less in January and February than a year earlier, supporting authorities’ concerns that a weakening global economy might hinder domestic development. Exports are predicted to have decreased by 9.4% from a year earlier in January-February, which …

China opposes the United States adding several Chinese firms to its trade blacklist, China’s commerce ministry said on Friday. China urges the United States to stop using any excuse to suppress Chinese firms, the ministry said in a statement posted on its website. The U.S. Commerce Department, which oversees export …

China’s state media quoted officials as saying on Tuesday that the foundation of the country’s economic recovery has not yet reached strength and that various unforeseen factors may occur at any time. The New China News Agency (Xinhua) quoted the statement of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of …

The United States and China will hold deputy-level talks between their finance officials on Friday to discuss debt and other issues on the sidelines of a G20 finance meet in India, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Thursday, ahead of a meeting …

China will not engage in a nuclear arms race with any country, and will always keep its nuclear force at the minimum level that meets national security requirements, said Tan Kefei, spokesman for the Chinese Ministry of Defense, at a press conference Thursday. Tan was responding to a reporter’s request …

China kept its benchmark lending rates unchanged for the sixth consecutive month in February, in line with expectations, as the world’s second-largest economy showed more signs of lasting recovery from the recession caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. A batch of better-than-expected data recently points to a recovery in economic activity …

China’s Lenovo Group reported a 24 percent decline in revenue in the third quarter, the largest in 14 years, as global demand for electronics shrank and the company said it would cut spending and reshuffle the workforce. The company, the world’s largest maker of personal computers, reported on Friday that …