Economy

“We expect growth recovery to strengthen...helped by continued normalisation in economic activity as incoming Covid-19 data remain benign and do not require large-scale shut-downs,” said Upasana Chachra, chief India economist at Morgan Stanley. … [Read more...] about Poll says Indian economy to escape recession early next year on vaccine hopes

Lam delivered her policy address on Wednesday, saying while promoting free trade and maintaining Hong Kong's market economy, the HKSAR government is committed to playing the role of a "facilitator" and "promoter" and will join hands with enterprises to explore more market opportunities and assist professional service providers to go beyond Hong Kong. … [Read more...] about HKSAR gov’t to play dual role well to inject impetus into economy: chief executive

China has opened "fast tracks" with fellow APEC members like Indonesia, the Republic of Korea and Singapore to facilitate the movement of people during the pandemic, while more efforts have been pledged to set up "green lanes" with all other parties to improve the efficiency of customs clearance, unclog bottlenecks, and reconnect disrupted links. … [Read more...] about Xi Focus: Xi underlines China’s commitment to open world economy amid pandemic fallout

The FBI and Homeland Security Department are telling law enforcement around the country that al—Qaeda was considering plots to hijack oil tankers in non—Muslim waters and blow them up, according to an intelligence bulletin obtained by The Associated Press. … [Read more...] about Al-Qaeda considered oil tankers as terror targets

BEIJING, Nov. 25 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese mainland spokesperson said Wednesday that the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) in Taiwan will only bring more obstacles to the island's economic development by seeking a so-claimed economic "decoupling" across the Taiwan Strait. … [Read more...] about DPP’s “decoupling” scheme will further hurt Taiwan economy: spokesperson