Hong Kong stocks fell on Tuesday as investors await developments on the US interest rate front after China left its key lending rates unchanged. The Hang Seng Index declined 0.4 …
Who said China’s financial markets were in turmoil? Since January last year, the yield on the country’s benchmark 10-year government bond – which moves inversely to prices – has fallen …
The yuan is facing its highest level of capital outflow in eight years, according to new research, and data suggest a wave of offshore yuan remittances from Hong Kong to …
China’s cyclical and structural economic woes have put further strain on the yuan. Morgan Stanley notes that China is on course for the longest period of deflation since the late …
Banks need better government backing to support the financing needs of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), particularly during difficult economic times, according to HSBC’s co-CEO for the Asia-Pacific region. “The …
Uncertainty surrounding a possible win by Donald Trump in the US presidential election in November, as well as overall geopolitical tensions, could add volatility to the foreign exchange market and …
The minimum 5-year mortgage rate has been reduced to 3.5 per cent for first homes from 4.1 per cent, and 3.9 per cent from 4.5 per cent for second homes. …
Hong Kong’s efforts to shore up property prices and end a three-year market slump are bad news for residents seeking to own their first homes in the city, after a …
While the resumption of China’s central bank’s treasury-bond trade has stirred fierce debate over Beijing’s leaning towards quantitative easing, a prominent researcher affiliated with the Ministry of Finance has called …
But even with this shift in approach, observers did not seem ready to declare the end of the crisis in sight. “It is really too small to make more than …