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Saturday, 4 October 2025 01:44 WIB

If it just seems like the first Friday of the month wasn't the same without being able to pore through the Bureau of Labor Statistics' hotly watched monthly jobs report, don't worry. You probably didn't miss much. While the BLS has gone dark with the shutdown in Washington, other reports outside the government data suggest the labor market just plodded along in September. The Dow Jones consensus forecast was for growth of 51,000 in nonfarm payrolls with the unemployment rate holding steady at 4.3%. High-frequency data that includes job postings, private payrolls and state-by-state figures...

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Tuesday, 18 February 2025 07:47 WIB | Federal Reserve

Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller said on Tuesday that he expects trade tariffs under President Donald Trump as having only a limited impact on inflation, and that the central bank should not stall in adjusting policy. Speaking at an event in Australia, Waller said his "baseline" view was that "any imposition of tariffs will only modestly increase prices and in a non-persistent manner." He recommended that the Fed look through the effects of Trump's trade policies when adjusting interest rates. "I concede that the effects of tariffs could be larger than I anticipate, depending...

Xi Jinping meets private sector leaders in show of support for entrepreneurs.
Monday, 17 February 2025 12:28 WIB | china

Chinese President Xi Jinping convened a high-profile meeting with leading entrepreneurs in Beijing on Monday, signalling a renewed emphasis on supporting the private sector following years of regulatory pressure. The meeting, attended by prominent figures such as Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma, Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei, BYD chairman Wang Chuanfu, and Xiaomi founder Lei Jun, highlighted the government's pivot towards fostering private enterprise. Other attendees included Yu Renrong, chairman of Will Semiconductor Co., and Wang Xingxing, founder of Unitree Robotics. According to state media...

China January bank lending hits record high on policy stimulus
Monday, 17 February 2025 07:09 WIB | china

New bank loans in China surged more than expected to a record high in January as the central bank moved to shore up a patchy economic recovery, reinforcing expectations for more stimulus in coming months as U.S. tariffs threaten to pile more pressure on the economy. Chinese banks extended 5.13 trillion yuan ($706.40 billion) in new yuan loans in January, more than quadrupling the December figure, data from the People's Bank of China showed on Friday, beating analysts' forecasts Analysts polled by Reuters had predicted new yuan loans would rise to 4.5 trillion yuan last month, up sharply...

US Retail Sales Fall More than Expected
Friday, 14 February 2025 20:58 WIB | Ekonomi AS

Retail sales in the US contracted 0.9% month-over-month in January 2025, much worse than forecasts of a 0.1% drop, and following an upwardly revised 0.7% gain in December. It is the biggest decline in retail sales since March 2023, with severe weather and LA fires weighing on consumer spending. Sales at sporting goods, hobby, musical instrument, & book stores (-4.6%) recorded the biggest decline, followed by motor vehicles and part dealers (-2.8%); nonstore retailers (-1.9%); furniture (-1.7%); building material & garden equipment (-1.3%); clothing (-1.2%); health and personal care...

Trump Takes Tit-for-Tat Trade Action With Tariffs
Friday, 14 February 2025 13:16 WIB | Amerika

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday took what could become his most consequential action involving international trade early in his second administration. Trump, who signed a memorandum calling for reciprocal tariffs, told a group of reporters in the Oval Office that "if you build your product in the United States, there are no tariffs." The goal is to bring down America's budget deficit, estimated to be approaching $2 trillion. The president added that the action "is fair to all. No other country can complain." Trump ordered Howard Lutnick and Jamieson Greer, his picks for commerce...

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ASIA
Asia-Pacific markets trade higher, tracking Wall Street gains
Friday, 12 September 2025 07:36 WIB

Asia-Pacific markets traded higher, tracking Wall Street gains overnight. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 rose 0.41% after hitting a fresh record high on Thursday, while the Topix added 0.61%. South...

EUROPE
European Shares Muted
Friday, 6 June 2025 14:47 WIB

Both the STOXX 50 and STOXX 600 hovered around the flatline on Friday, as investors adopted a cautious stance ahead of further developments in trade talks between US President Trump and Chinese...

GLOBAL ECONOMY
US government shutdown begins as partisan division rules Washington
Wednesday, 1 October 2025 13:02 WIB

The U.S. government shut down much of its operations on Wednesday as deep partisan divisions prevented Congress and the White House from reaching a funding deal, setting off what could be a long,...