NEW YORK: US stocks closed near flat on Tuesday ahead of inflation and other economic data that

Three of the five emerging market economies have shown an uptick in their recent inflation print

Rishi Sunak made five pledges to Britons in 2023( Image: Getty) TABLE OF CONTENT Halve inflation

Britain's FTSE 100 picked up 0.4% to 7, 185.83 in early trading. Wall Street was positioned to open lower.... Over in Asia, the variant has resulted in travel restrictions being reimposed in China.... Malaysia rose but India, Singapore and Indonesia fell.In energy markets, benchmark U.S. crude gained 23 cents to$ 68.52 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange....

The index was recently down about 14% from its Jan.... Read full storyMeanwhile, gloomy views from

WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve raised its key interest rate Wednesday for the 11th time in

month in Washington.... Print WASHINGTON— The Federal Reserve raised its key interest rate Wednesday

half of this year.” Inflation has been building over the last year as the economy roared back from

deportation of immigrants that Trump has also promised, could push up inflation.... But he also said it

·Last Wednesday, Bank Negara retained the Overnight Policy Rate( OPR) at 1.75% at its final Monetary Policy Committee( MPC) meeting of the year, making the policy rate unchanged since July 2020.... ·That has left a US$ 255 billion annual spending hole in the global tourism market for operators such as Thailand's Laguna Phuket to try and fill.... Three LLCs announce RM520mil expansion in Penang ·Three large local companies( LLCs) in the equipment manufacturing supply chain are expanding their r