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Sri Lanka economy shrinks 1.6pc in Q1
Sri Lanka’s economy shrank 1.6 per cent in the first quarter of this year as an unprecedented financial crisis began to impact commercial activity, according to official data.
29 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Oil prices rebound
Oil prices bounced and Wall Street stocks declined Monday, reversing the most recent trends as markets eye the end of a bruising second quarter.
28 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Austria prepares to reopen coal power plants
At the Mellach coal power plant in southern Austria, spider webs have taken over the conveyor belts, and plants and flowers have sprung up around the vast lot that once stored coal.
28 June 2022, 18:00 PM
G7 commits $5b to tackle global food insecurity
The Group of Seven rich democracies will commit up to $5 billion to improve global food security, a senior US official said, as the group responds to worries in developing nations about the threat of hunger triggered by war in Ukraine.
28 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Russia fails to pay debt but denies default
Russia said Monday that two of its debt payments were blocked from reaching creditors, pushing the country closer to its first foreign default in a century due to sanctions over the Ukraine offensive.
28 June 2022, 18:00 PM
US, Taiwan hold first round of trade talks
US and Taiwanese officials held the first round of trade talks on Monday under an initiative announced earlier this month that drew strong criticism from Beijing.
28 June 2022, 18:00 PM
G7 takes aim at China over ‘market-distorting’ practices
G7 leaders on Tuesday condemned China’s “non-transparent and market-distorting” international trade practices in an end-of-summit statement that hit out directly at Beijing for the first time.
28 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Putin guarantees fertiliser supply to Brazil
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday promised his Brazilian counterpart Jair Bolsonaro that Russia “is committed” to maintaining its delivery of much-needed fertilisers to the South American agricultural giant.
28 June 2022, 18:00 PM
India’s electricity shortages ease
India’s electricity shortages have eased over the last six weeks as renewables generation has increased seasonally and relieved some of the pressure on coal-fired units short of fuel.
27 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Food export bans risk fueling inflation
It only took 24 hours last month for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government in India - the world’s second-largest producer of wheat - to shelve its plans to “feed the world”.
27 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Google hit with Danish antitrust complaint
Google was hit with an antitrust complaint on Monday after a Danish online job-search rival took its grievance to EU regulators, alleging the Alphabet unit had unfairly favoured its own job search service.
27 June 2022, 18:00 PM
China’s industrial profits fall again
Profits at China’s industrial firms shrank at a slower pace in May following a sharp fall in April, as activity in major manufacturing hubs resumed, but Covid-19 restrictions still weighed on factory production and squeezed factory margins.
27 June 2022, 18:00 PM
France working on energy contingency
France is working on energy contingency plans because of cuts to gas flows from Russia which have hit the European market but it has not yet had to put them into action, Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Monday.
27 June 2022, 18:00 PM
UK moves to protect its ailing steel industry
Britain is mulling action to protect its ailing steel industry that could set it on collision course with the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Sunday.
27 June 2022, 18:00 PM
India, EU resume free trade talks after 9yrs
India and the European Union resumed talks Monday on a free-trade deal after a nine-year gap, as Western countries seek to wean New Delhi off its close economic ties to Russia.
27 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Central banks must act quickly to fight inflation
Central banks must not let inflation become entrenched, with the threat of stagflation looming over the global economy, the Bank for International Settlements warned Sunday in its annual economic report.
27 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Shanghai fashion stores struggle to clear stock
Almost a month since Shanghai lifted its strict Covid-19 lockdowns, fashion retailers are stuck with piles of unsold stock as cautious consumers stay away from the commercial hub’s glitzy shopping districts.
26 June 2022, 18:00 PM
China sets up yuan liquidity arrangement
China’s central bank said on Saturday it had signed an agreement with the Bank for International Settlements to establish a Renminbi Liquidity Arrangement (RMBLA) that will provide support to participating central banks in times of market fluctuations.
26 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Oil price settles up
Oil prices settled up by more than $3 a barrel on Friday, supported by tight supply, but they notched their second weekly decline on concern that rising interest rates could push the world economy into recession.
26 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Inflation in India to exceed target
India’s central bank is on course to bring down prices but the retail inflation rate is likely to remain above the top end of its mandated target band until December, Governor Shaktikanta Das said in an article in the Times of India on Friday.
26 June 2022, 18:00 PM