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On Monday, China's central bank rolled out a new policy tool to manage liquidity and interest rates more effectively within the banking system. The instrument represents temporary bond repurchase agreements and reverse repos by setting interest rates that are going to influence short-term borrowing costs.

China's central bank introduces new tool to manage liquidity and interest rates

Japanese worker's average base pay jumped 2.5 per cent in May. This marks the strongest growth in 31 years. This positive trend comes amid annual wage negotiations.

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The United States and Australia join forces to bolster financial services in the Pacific Islands, where China is wielding growing influence. Pacific island nations are feeling it hard as Western banks retreat and limit opportunities for key services.

US and Australia vow to bolster Pacific banking as China expands influence

Samsung Electronics workers in South Korea began a three-day strike on Monday, calling for improvements in pay and working conditions. The National Samsung Electronics Union (NSEU), which represents some 30,000, or close to 25%, of the company's employees in South Korea, said.

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The ongoing rows between the United States and China over computer chips are ideological, not fact-based, and likely to persist, the recently retired Chief Executive Officer of semiconductor equipment maker ASML, Peter Wennink, said in an interview with Dutch radio station BNR on Saturday.

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The European Commission held consultations with the region's semiconductor industry to garner views on China's ramp-up in the production of older-generation computer chips, according to sources quoted by Reuters.

EU reviews semiconductor industry amid China's legacy chip expansion

While Republicans have coalesced around Donald Trump as their nominee, there is still a divide within the party over what to do with the federal corporate tax rate if they recapture control of Washington next year.

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China's central bank did not buy any gold in the month of June, thereby marking the second straight month of no addition to reserves. This was a pause while gold prices eased from their record highs.

China’s central bank pauses gold purchases for second month

China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) has expressed severe dissatisfaction over the proposed anti-subsidy tariffs set by the European Union. CAAM alleged that although the manufacturer had cooperated with the European Commission's investigation over Chinese subsidies, the investigation ignored the facts and came up with preset results.

Chinese automakers express strong dissatisfaction over EU anti-subsidy tariffs

The outperformance of Nvidia Corp. has stalled according to New Street Research analyst, Pierre Ferragu, to cut the AI-focused chipmaker from buy to neutral. Ferragu commented that it felt like the shares of Nvidia were "getting fully valued" after surging 154 per cent this year and almost 240 per cent the previous one.

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Talen Energy has petitioned US regulators to dismiss a challenge brought against its recent deal with Amazon data centre. The opposition, led by electric utilities such as American Electric Power and Exelon, claims that there is likely to be an increase in the power bills for the general public with such an agreement.

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Earlier this week, the Japanese government issued its first new banknotes in two decades. These new banknotes are equipped with 3D hologram technology to fight counterfeiting, reported news agency Associated Press on Thursday (July 4).

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This week, US equities eked out an all-time high on Friday as investors expected the June jobs report to entice the Federal Reserve to consider a rate cut. The benchmark S&P 500 inched roughly 0.

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Rachel Reeves becomes Britain's first female finance minister after the Labour Party's landslide election victory on Friday. Reeves, born on February 13, 1979, is a former chess champion and an ex-Bank of England economist who joined the party at the age of 16.

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Bitcoin tumbled to a four-month low on Friday, heading for its worst weekly performance in a year, with its decline driven by uncertainties surrounding Joe Biden's potential continuation as the Democrats' US presidential candidate and concerns over possible increases in crypto supply.

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Oil is steady near a two-month high, though mixed signals are emanating from the market. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) moved higher to break $84 a barrel, after notching its highest close since mid-April on Wednesday.

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A Labour Department employment report shows that US employers added 206,000 jobs in June, and the unemployment rate slightly surged to 4.1 per cent. That, perhaps, could have improved the Fed's odds of taming inflation without triggering a recession.

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The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 were indecisive, whereas investors in the Nasdaq digested mixed payrolls data for clues into possible policy adjustments by the Federal Reserve.

Dow and S&P 500 struggle as investors weigh mixed payrolls data

Switzerland's price watchdog stated that it is keeping a closer eye on UBS after it purchased Credit Suisse, due to concerns of dominating some markets. The regulator was talking to other regulators to discuss what this deal would mean and was paving the way for coming together.

Swiss regulator monitors UBS after Credit Suisse takeover

Canada's unemployment surged to a 29-month high at 6.4 per cent last month, pointing to impending job losses as the labour market contends with the rapidly swelling population.

Canada's unemployment rate reaches 29-month high amid economic concerns

Samsung Electronics reported a sharp rise in its second-quarter operating profit Friday, attributing this to the recovery of semiconductor prices buoyed by the boom in the field of artificial intelligence.

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An amount of $1.38 billion in cryptocurrency was embezzled by hackers up to June 24, 2024, according to weekly research from blockchain researchers TRM Labs. A figure more than double what had already been stolen at $657 million in the same period in 2023.

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Global stocks continue their bull run on Friday amid Labour's landslide victory in the UK. The optimism is further fuelled by anticipation of US rate cuts ahead of key jobs data to be released later in the day.

Global stocks hit record highs amid UK election results

Iron ore prices rose to the highest level in almost a month as traders bet on a slight improvement in China's steel industry. Futures in Singapore climbed for a fourth day in a row, adding over 6 per cent in total this week on improved hopes for further demand and a stimulus boost ahead of next week's Third Plenum—a major Chinese political meeting.

Iron ore rallies on China stimulus hopes ahead of key political meeting