The prospect of major rate hikes with US prices soaring sent the region’s markets into a tailspin with tech stocks like JD.com leading the plunge
A Wall Street rout sparked a slump across Asia on a gloomy day for investors worried about growth in China and war in Eastern Europe
China blue-chips fell as trade data highlighted impact of Beijing’s strict Covid restrictions and lockdowns on world’s No-2 economy
Market attention has now jumped to China’s capital where authorities are in a race to keep a lid on the latest coronavirus outbreak
Markets were surprised by central bank’s caution knocking optimism over Beijing’s pledges to support China’s slowing economy
China stocks closed up after Beijing promised a cut in the reserve requirement ratio, while Hong Kong and Tokyo were buoyed by falls in US bond yields
Chinese investors were in downbeat mood as Covid outbreaks and weak imports dented sentiment while traders in Hong Kong and Tokyo shrugged off soaring US prices
Fed minutes released yesterday reveal it’s ready to take an uncompromising approach to soaring prices and inflation causing headaches at home and abroad
Pressure on China’s economy has intensified with news that its services activity contracted at its steepest pace in two years last month, as the Covid surge began
Asia’s markets capped a month-long recovery but trade was low-key as worries over Fed policy tightening and the conflict in Ukraine cast a shadow
US bank has warned that the combination of Russia's war in Ukraine and China's property crash could see the worst wave of corporate defaults since the global financial crisis
Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen has said the island will ramp up the development of drones, after seeing how they had helped Ukraine resist the Russian invasion