Japan’s imports and exports in August rose 2.3% and 5.6%, respectively, from a year ago, both missing Reuters poll estimates of 13.4% and 10% growth.
Japan faces labor shortages and demographic crisis as elderly population hits record high
Japan’s number of people aged 65 and over has reached a record high, cementing it as the worlds most elderly country, according to government statistics.
The Bank of Japan’s next rate hike may come in December, not this week: CNBC survey
CNBC surveyed economists, FX strategists and Japan-focused fund managers on their BOJ expectations and year-end forecast for the yen.
Nikkei falls over 2% as yen strengthens; Asia markets trade mixed ahead of Fed meeting
Investors in Asia await the Fed meeting beginning Tuesday stateside as markets debate the size of the central bank’s expected rate cut.
China’s economy is going through a ‘slow, painful, grinding adjustment,’ analyst says
Beijing’s economic outlook for the second half of the year is now “flashing red, or pretty close to red,” said Eswar Prasad, professor of international trade and economics at Cornell University.
Hong Kong stocks fall as investors digest China economic data, await Fed rate verdict
Several Asia-Pacific markets were closed Monday; Aussie, Taiwan stocks higher on hopes that Fed will kick off the rate-cutting cycle with a 50 basis point cut.
Why the European Union’s tariffs on Chinese automakers may not work
Supporters say EU tariffs on Chinese EVs will offset harm of Chinese subsidies. Critics say they will slow EV adoption and hurt some European carmakers.
India’s EV conundrum: To invest in cars or charging points first
India wants 30% of newly registered private cars to be electric by 2030. But out of around 4.2 million passenger vehicles sold last year, less than 2.5% were EVs, according to Bain & Company.
Asia-Pacific markets mixed as China rebounds from six-year low, Australia nears all time high
Investors will react to August inflation figures out from India, which showed the consumer price index rose 3.65% year on year, rising from a five-year low.
CNBC’s Inside India newsletter: What happens when the Fed cuts rates?
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