Donald Trump's surprise victory in the US presidential race raises new questions over Federal Reserve policy in the short run and the central bank's vital operational independence over the longer term.
The data released by US Treasury shows India makes up 1.8% of US foreign equity holdings as on December 2015 as against 1.6% of China.
China's new yuan-denominated lending in 2015 hit 11.72 trillion yuan (1.79 trillion U.S. dollars), up 1.81 trillion yuan from one year earlier, latest data showed on Friday.
South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said it expects a difficult business environment in 2016 due to weak global economic conditions and heightened competition in key businesses including memory chips and smartphones.
The Japanese government designated 382 cases as top secrets subject to protection under the new secrecy law as of the end of December, local media reported Friday.
U.S. stocks rally midday, Dow up 300 points to turn positive for 2015
U.S. stocks jumped after positive employment data on Wednesday, as major stock indices rebounded strongly from sharp selloffs on concerns about diving oil prices.
After two months of very weak performance, conditions in the services industries deteriorated at a slower pace in December, a new report revealed on Wednesday.
New Zealand's terms of trade in goods in the December 2013 quarter were at a four-decade high for the second quarter running, thanks to the continuing boom in dairy exports, the government statistics agency said Monday.
Philippine Presidential Palace ordered Tuesday all concerned agencies to make sure that inflation rate would not keep rising after posting 4.1 percent in December last year, the highest in two years.
China's latest economic figures, especially the purchasing managers' index (PMI) in both factory activity and the services sector, indicated sagging momentum in December, with the country's growth softening slightly last quarter, economists said.
Singapore's consumer price inflation (CPI) in January moderated to 3.6 percent, compared with 4.3 percent for last December, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Ministry of Trade and Industry jointly announced on Monday.
The U.S. unemployment rate rose to 7.9 percent in January from 7.8 percent in December 2012, the U.S. Labor Department said Friday.
The official data adds to signs that the world's second largest economy is emerging from a recent slumber.The Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) reached 50.6 in December, unchanged from the previous month.
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