Tag: tariffs
Asian stocks fall on escalating US-China trade war
Indonesia’s rupiah hit a new lifetime low on Wednesday while equities in Asian emerging markets tumbled for a fifth straight session as US “reciprocal”...
Oil slides nearly 4%
SINGAPORE- Oil prices dropped to their lowest in more than four years in early trade on Wednesday on looming demand concerns fuelled by an...
Shanghai base metals fall
SHANGHAI- Base metal prices in China fell on Wednesday, with copper hitting an eight-month low, as the looming 104 percent US import tariff on...
Real estate insulated from Trump tariffs; BSP likely to cut rates — consultancy firm
Leechiu Property Consultants (LPC) sees the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) cutting rates by 25 basis points when it meets on Thursday, which it...
China censures Trump tariff ‘blackmail’ as market turmoil eases
By JOE CASH AND STEVE HOLLAND
BEIJING/WASHINGTON - China vowed not to bow to “blackmail” from the United States as a global trade war ignited...
