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China's 2025 trade with Russia posts first decline in 5 years
BEIJING, Jan 14 (Reuters) - China's trade with Russia in 2025 pulled back from a record level in 2024 and dropped for the first time in five years, Chinese data showed on Wednesday.The trade totalled 1.63 trillion yuan ($234 billion) and the decline followed a slide in demand in Russia for Chine...Reuters
Wed, Jan 14
BoJ’s Ueda says rate-hike path intact if economy, prices, wages develop in line
Bank of Japan (BoJ) Governor Kazuo Ueda said that he still intends to lift interest rates if economic and price development are in line with the forecast, wages and prices rise moderately, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday.Fxstreet
Wed, Jan 14
Poland - Factors to Watch January 14
WARSAW, Jan 14 (Reuters) - The following are significant news stories, press reports and events on Wednesday. ALL TIMES GMT (Poland: GMT + 1 hour):INTEREST RATESOn Wednesday, the Monetary Policy Council (MPC) will announce its decision on interest rates in Poland. Most analysts polled by Reuters exp...Reuters
Wed, Jan 14
China recorded a $1.2 trillion trade surplus in 2025, the largest ever, after exports beat forecasts and imports stayed weak
China closed 2025 with a $1.19 trillion trade surplus, rounded by markets to $1.2 trillion, setting a global record that no other economy has ever touched.Cryptopolitan
Wed, Jan 14
FACTBOX-Biggest US retail collapses in recent years as Saks Global files for bankruptcy
Jan 14 (Reuters) - Saks Global filed for bankruptcy late on Tuesday, adding to a long list of high-profile retail collapses in the United States in the past decade as they struggled to stay alive amid cut-throat competition from big-box and online retailers. Saks Global is a conglomerate of d...Reuters
Wed, Jan 14
China posts record $1.189 trillion trade surplus in 2025
BEIJING, Jan 14 (Reuters) - China posted a record $1.189 trillion trade surplus in 2025, as producers brace for three more years of a Trump administration set on slowing the production powerhouse by shifting U.S. orders to other markets.Full-year outbound shipments were up 5.5%, while imports were f...Reuters
Wed, Jan 14
GBP/USD declines below 1.3450 ahead of US Retail Sales, PPI releases
The GBP/USD pair trades in negative territory around 1.3425 during the Asian trading hours on Wednesday, pressured by renewed US Dollar (USD) demand. Traders brace for the US Retail Sales and Producer Price Index (PPI) data later on Wednesday.
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Wed, Jan 14
China's 2025 yuan-denominated exports grow 6.1%, imports up 0.5%
BEIJING, Jan 14 (Reuters) - China's 2025 yuan-denominated exports grew 6.1% year-on-year, while imports were up 0.5%, state broadcaster CCTV said on Wednesday.The country's two-way trade value for the full year was up 3.8% at a record 45.47 trillion yuan ($6.52 trillion), CCTV said, citing c...Reuters
Wed, Jan 14
Fed’s Barkin: Inflation above target but not accelerating
Federal Reserve (Fed) Bank of Richmond President Thomas Barkin said on Wednesday that countries that safeguard monetary policy autonomy tend to achieve better economic outcomes, as political pressure on the US Federal Reserve remains in focus.Fxstreet
Tue, Jan 13
Fed's Barkin calls December inflation data encouraging
Barkin: CPI data encouraging, unemployment not out of controlFed cut rates by 75 basis points last year, signaled it may pause to assess economyFed has 'some time' to decide because policy acts with a lagBy David LawderWASHINGTON, Jan 13 (Reuters) - Richmond Federal Reserve President Tom Bar...Reuters
Tue, Jan 13
Fed's Barkin says central bank independence means better economic outcomes
Jan 13 (Reuters) - Richmond Federal Reserve President Tom Barkin on Tuesday declined to comment on "stuff that's been in the news," a reference to the Trump administration's threat of indictment against Fed Chair Jerome Powell that the Fed chief has called out as intimidation aimed a...Reuters
Tue, Jan 13
