Many countries are reporting strong quarterly growth especially the developed ones.... This could prompt other central banks to follow the tapering move by this year. However, market concerns and uncertainties have persisted despite mixed economic data and dovish comments from major central banks.... China has pledged to attain carbon neutrality by 2060 by reducing its dependency on coal-generated energy. Looking at the commodities’ price movements during the past two years, the post-pandemic

VOLATILITY is bubbling up in foreign exchange( forex) markets, as bets on how aggressively central

KCNA via AP In this photo distributed by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un watches what it says a test-fire of a Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile( ICBM), at an undisclosed location in North Korea, on March 24, 2022.... MORE: What South Korea’s new president means for North Korea Circling the wagonsBiden will visit both Japan and South Korea, two key regional allies with a history of icy relations.... Jeff Kingston, director of Asian Studies at Temple Uni

KCNA via AP In this photo distributed by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un watches what it says a test-fire of a Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile( ICBM), at an undisclosed location in North Korea, on March 24, 2022.... MORE: What South Korea’s new president means for North Korea Circling the wagonsBiden will visit both Japan and South Korea, two key regional allies with a history of icy relations.... Jeff Kingston, director of Asian Studies at Temple Uni

volatility as investors watch for more developments in the Russia-Ukraine conflict and ahead of the US

characterised by notable volatility.... The index reached an intraday high of 969 points and a low of 5

NEW YORK, May 16( Xinhua)--U.S. stocks finished mixed on Monday as market volatility continued on

paid attention towards the declining remittances despite making an effort to increase the foreign

NEW YORK, June 13( Xinhua)--Oil prices eked out modest gains in choppy trading on Monday. The West Texas Intermediate( WTI) for July delivery added 26 cents, or 0.2 percent, to settle at 120.93 U.S. dollars a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.... The global standard traded as low as 118.95 dollars a barrel earlier in the session.... Historically, the price of oil is inversely related to the price of the U.S. dollar. For the week ending Friday, the U.S. crude standard rose 1.5 percent,

ON the face of it, a time of “ pandemic, drought, wildfires, civil unrest, and now war in Europe ” doesn’t sound like a great business environment.... At least, that’s if they can survive long enough to collect their winnings. Right now, the industry is struggling.... The views expressed here are the writer’s own....