SYDNEY Australia's jobless rate unexpectedly dived to its lowest since 2012 last month, but the decline smacked more of statistical noise than a true signal of incipient inflationary pressures and rising interest rates.
SYDNEY, Oct 17 Asian equities got some welcome relief on Wednesday after upbeat U.S. earnings reports drove a rebound on Wall Street and helped restore a little faith in emerging market stocks and currencies.
SYDNEY, Oct 17 Asian equities got some welcome relief on Wednesday after upbeat U.S. earnings reports drove a rebound on Wall Street and helped restore a little faith in emerging market stocks and currencies.
SYDNEY, Oct 17 Asian equities got some much needed relief on Wednesday after upbeat U.S. earnings reports drove a rebound on Wall Street and helped restore a little confidence in emerging market stocks and currencies.
SYDNEY Australia's economy is forecast to grow solidly over the next couple of years on booming infrastructure spending and strong resource exports, though trade tensions and falling house prices are a clear hurdle ahead.
* Nikkei sheds 4.2 pct, Asia ex-Japan at lowest since March 2017
* Nikkei sheds 4.3 pct, Asia ex-Japan at lowest since March 2017
SYDNEY, Oct 11 The Australian and New Zealand dollars nursed losses on the yen and euro on Thursday as a slide in global share markets sent skittish investors scampering to safe havens.
SYDNEY Asian share markets sank in a sea of red on Thursday after Wall Street suffered its worst drubbing in eight months, a conflagration of wealth that could threaten business confidence and investment across the globe.
SYDNEY, Oct 11 Asian share markets sank in a sea of red on Thursday after Wall Street suffered its worst drubbing in eight months, a conflagration of wealth that could threaten business confidence and investment across the globe.
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he did not want to abandon ally Saudi Arabia over the disappearance of a Saudi journalist and has asked for audio recordings Turkish sources say indicate he was killed by Saudi agents.