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Shares have advanced in Asia in thin holiday trading

People are taking advantage of higher interest rates on their savings accounts but it's becoming hard to find a high rate without conditions attached.

Should NZ rely on its own water infrastructure model? Should we give future generations a local pūkeko or an imported partridge? Credit agencies are watching like hawks.

RECAP: Asian stocks resumed their declines yesterday after a slump in US tech stocks and more economic data supporting the case for the Federal Reserve to keep raising interest rates set a downbeat tone.

Looking at the global economy as we prepare to enter 2003, three observations stand out:

Amid the Fed’s hawkish stance to keep raising interest rates in 2023 and weakening economic outlook, a recession looks imminent next year. Amid ongoing market uncertainties, investors should focus on their long-term strategies. Therefore, fundamentally sound dividend-paying stocks, Coca-Cola Company (KO), Elevance Health (ELV), and Weis Markets (WMK) could be…

We asked a range of experts to weigh in on the prospects and trends for the nation's biggest industries

Shares have fallen in Asia after a retreat on Wall Street driven by fears that strong economic data will lead the Federal Reserve to double down on its interest rate hikes to tame inflation

Egypt's central bank hiked overnight interest rates by 300 basis points on Thursday, warning that inflationary pressures were building, Reuters reported. The bank's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) raised the deposit rate to 16.25% and its lending rate to 17.25%, it said in a statement. "The MPC judges that demand side…

Bualuang Securities (BLS) is bullish on the Thai stock market outlook next year as the local economy is on the recovery path while inflation and interest rates are starting to moderate.

David Tepper worries central banks will be forced to continue hiking interest rates to fight inflation in 2023, setting up stocks for a rough year.