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Japan stimulus package boosted to $1.1 trillion due to cash payouts: draft
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's economic stimulus package will be revised to 117.1 trillion yen ($1.086 trillion) from 108.2 trillion yen, boosted by the expansion of a cash payout scheme aimed at lessening...
Apr 19, 2020
China cuts benchmark rate for second time this year, as widely expected
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China cut its benchmark lending rate as expected on Monday to reduce borrowing costs for companies and prop up the coronavirus-hit economy, after it contracted for the first time ...
Apr 19, 2020
Food crisis will not take place in China: agriculture minister
BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - A food crisis will not take place in China, Agriculture Minister Han Changfu said on Monday, adding that the country has the confidence and ability to secure supplies of g...
Apr 19, 2020
China’s CDB Financial scraps purchase of 29 Boeing 737 MAX jets
SYDNEY (Reuters) - China Development Bank (CDB) Financial Leasing Co said on Monday it had agreed with Boeing Co to cancel the purchase of 29 undelivered 737 MAX jets, adding to a string of recent can...
Apr 19, 2020
Dollar firm as caution on economic re-start returns
By Tom Westbrook SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The dollar found support on Monday and a rally in riskier currencies lost steam, as investors braced for more dire news on the fallout from the coronavirus and g...
Apr 19, 2020
With economy in crisis, U.S. lets importers delay some tariff payments
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration on Sunday said it would allow importers hit by the national health crisis to defer for three months any tariff payments they owe the government. The mea...
Apr 19, 2020
Asia shares off to cautious start, U.S. crude slides
By Wayne Cole SYDNEY (Reuters) - Caution gripped Asian share markets on Monday on expectations a busy week of corporate earnings reports and economic data will drive home the damage done by the global...
Apr 19, 2020
Japan March exports fall 11.7% year/year: MOF
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's exports fell 11.7% in March from a year earlier, Ministry of Finance (MOF) data showed on Monday, reflecting a sharp drop in external demand due to the coronavirus outbreak. ...
Apr 19, 2020
UK launches fund to help fast-growing businesses through coronavirus crisis
LONDON (Reuters) - British finance minister Rishi Sunak launched a new scheme on Monday to protect fast-growing and innovative companies from the economic fallout caused by the coronavirus pandemic. T...
Apr 19, 2020
UK shopping trips plummet and housing market freezes after lockdown
By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) - The number of British people leaving their homes to go shopping has slumped by 83% since the government closed non-essential retail outlets last month to slow the ...
Apr 19, 2020
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