Economic news

MATSUYAMA, Japan- The Bank of Japan (BOJ) is ready to implement and increase stimulus proving that the economy’s recuperation is derailed, Deputy Governor Masazumi Wakatabe disclosed on Wednesday, saying that the novel coronavirus contagion could drastically affect corporate sentiment and international trade. Wakatabe said that Japanese economy recuperated from slowdown last year aided by strong […]

Dollar holds against the Yen amid growing virus risks The U.S. Dollar held its ground against the Japanese Yen on Wednesday amid the ever-growing risks of the coronavirus heavily impacting the global growth of the economy. The Yen had seen its worst session in a near six months while the Dow Jones stock index ended […]

Singapore’ central bank said that its exchange rate-based monetary policy remains unchanged as the coronavirus outbreak further weakened global economic growth. They furthered that its policy stance remains appropriate as the currency has room to ease within its current settings. Following its lowest growth rate in a decade last year, Singapore had said that the […]

Tesla is on a roll early this 2020 as its shares skyrocketed anew on Tuesday. Tesla’s shares increased by as much as 20.5%, and trading as high as $940. This milestone appreciated Tesla’s worth at around $170 billion. In the last two days, Tesla posted a 40% increase in shares. Tesla’s overall performance for this […]

TOKYO- Asian stocks clocked in gains on Wednesday as Chinese stocks inched up brought by optimism of increased stimulus to reduce the economic affliction of coronavirus contagion. However, risks still linger as the virus continues to spread with the mortality rate growing up to 500. MCSI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan acquired 0.36%. […]

The dollar steadied on Tuesday as a US manufacturing survey showed sudden recovery, but the yuan and AUD subdued due to wider virus outbreak concerns. The dollar index gained 0.44% on Monday, last at 97.802, as the Institute for Supply Management reported a surprise rebound in factory activity in January after five months of slump. […]

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kept its cash rate unchanged after holding its first meeting of 2020 on Tuesday. It also remained optimistic despite the ongoing plagues experienced locally and worldwide in bushfires and virus outbreak, seeing great possibilities of monetary easing. The central bank of Australia was seen cutting its rate thrice in […]

Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced on Tuesday that Australia is considering holding a second evacuation flight from Wuhan City, China amid the outbreak of the novel coronavirus since its first flight already landed on Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean. A total of 241 Australian evacuees safely landed on Christmas Island as the first batch […]

Tesla posted its one of the largest one-day gains, up by 20% on Monday trade after getting a lift from Panasonic’s quarterly profit report. The appointment of Elon Musk as the Chief Executive Officer made significant changes in the company’s quarterly profit performance, with Tesla rallying by more than 30% in its second quarterly profit […]

Oil prices gained following rebound in other financial markets as investors steady after a sharp sell-off on Monday. Fears on the effect of the virus outbreak on oil demand caused crude oil to drop to its lowest in over a year. Brent crude gained 21 cents, or 0.4%, at $54.66 per barrel by 0227 GMT. […]