At 23:36 local time on the 16th (22:36 Beijing time on the 16th), a strong earthquake occurred in the waters near Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. Early this morning, the Japan Meteorological Agency revised the magnitude from 7.3 to 7.4. So far, the eart…
Japan economy shrinks more than expected as supply shortages hit Tokyo - Japan economy shrank much faster than expected in the third quarter as global supply disruptions hit exports and business spending plans and consumer sentiment soured by COVID-1…
The World Bank expects global economic growth to slow significantly, from 5.5% in 2021 to 4.1% in 2022 and further to 3.2% in 2023. Growth in East Asia and the Pacific is expected to slow to 5.1 percent in 2022, reflecting the impact of China's econo…
Commodity prices are on track for their biggest rally in more than a century, while fixed-income assets have seen their longest run of outflows as the war in Ukraine adds to inflationary pressures in the global economy emerging from the coronavirus l…
Since 2022, Russia-Ukraine geopolitical conflicts have intensified, and global energy prices have risen sharply, with international natural gas prices hitting historic highs. As the most important transitional energy source in the transition from fos…