Lim Hui Jie

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Asia-Pacific markets climb after AI trade lifts Wall Street overnight - CNBC

Business December 24, 2025

Asia-Pacific markets opened mostly higher Tuesday, after AI trade lifted major Wall Street indexes overnight. NvidiaΒ shares rose more than 1% after Reuters said the company was looking to start shi...

China keeps benchmark lending rates steady for a seventh straight month despite weak economic data - CNBC

Business December 23, 2025

China's central bank kept its loan prime rates steady on Monday, even as the world's second largest economy has seen weak economic data and an extended slump in its property sector. The People's BaοΏ½...

Bank of Japan raises benchmark rates to highest in 30 years, lifting 10-year JGB yield past 2% - CNBC

Business December 20, 2025

Japan's central bank on Friday raised its short-term rates to a three-decade high, marching ahead with its policy normalization, and driving a sell-off in government bonds. The Bank of Japan raisedοΏ½...

Bank of Japan is poised to raise rates to a 30-year high despite economic weakness - CNBC

Business December 19, 2025

Japan's central bank on Thursday kicked off its last policy meeting of the year, with expectations that it will raise benchmark interest rates to their highest in 30 years, as it seeks to move ahead οΏ½...

Japan's exports record fastest growth in nine months, sharply beating expectations - CNBC

Business December 18, 2025

Japan's exports in November rose at their fastest rate in nine months this year, growing at 6.1% year on year, data from the country's finance ministry released Wednesday showed. The growth sharplyοΏ½...

Korea Zinc sinks 14% as largest shareholder group challenges U.S.-backed plans for Tennessee smelter - CNBC

Business December 17, 2025

Korea Zinc shares nosedived on Tuesday, as its largest shareholder is reportedly opposing plans to create a U.S.-backed joint venture that will see a dilution of its equity stake in the South Korean οΏ½...

Korea Zinc sinks 13% as largest shareholder group challenges U.S.-backed plans for Tennessee smelter - CNBC

Business December 17, 2025

Korea Zinc shares plunged over 13% on Tuesday, as its largest shareholder is reportedly opposing plans to create a U.S.-backed joint venture that will see a dilution of its equity stake in the South οΏ½...

Asia-Pacific markets set for mixed open as AI sell-off on Wall Street continues - CNBC

Business December 17, 2025

Asia-Pacific market fell across the board Tuesday, tracking Wall Street declines as investors continued to rotate out of the artificial intelligence trade in the U.S. Shares of AI plays, like OracleοΏ½...

Bank of Japan faces a policy dilemma as government bond yields keep hitting new highs - CNBC

Business December 5, 2025

Japan's central bank is caught in a bind as soaring government bond yields risk upending its policy normalization process. The Bank of Japan faces a stark choice: sticking with its policy of raisingοΏ½...

India's central bank beats market expectations to deliver an outsized rate cut of 50 points - CNBC

Business June 7, 2025

India's central bank delivered an outsized cut to its benchmark policy rate, bringing it to 5.5% from 6%, its lowest level since August 2022. This also marks a third straight rate cut since FebruaryοΏ½...