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Emerging Asian shares were mixed on Monday as investors digested a slew of Chinese data and further monetary easing in the world's second-largest economy, while South Korea's stocks fell as investors prepared for a highly-anticipated mega-IPO.
Most emerging Asian markets climbed on Thursday, as a sharp plunge in oil prices overnight allayed concerns over a spike in inflation, while investors gauged developments in the Ukraine crisis.
Bank Indonesia will cut its key interest rate next quarter and again in the fourth quarter, later than previously expected, as inflation rises and the rupiah weakens on renewed hawkishness from the U.S. Federal Reserve, a Reuters poll found.
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
Indonesian Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto and his running mate, the president's son, registered on Wednesday for next year's presidential election, setting the stage for a three-way race the former military commander is tipped to win.
Asian currencies eased on Friday, as hawkish global central banks piled pressure on emerging market assets, with the rupiah leading losses a day after Bank Indonesia stood pat on interest rates.
Asia's youngest nation East Timor is set to achieve a decades-long dream when it becomes the 11th member of ASEAN this weekend, which analysts say is a win politically although the economic benefits remain to be seen.
Philippine shares tumbled on Monday, while the Thai baht eased as financial markets were on edge on concerns the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus could derail a nascent re-opening of economies around the world.
Chinese automakers seeking global growth are building more car factories in overseas markets, as foreign regulators mull imposing measures against imports of China-made electric cars.
Shares in Manila and Seoul led gains among Asian equities on Wednesday, and most local currencies firmed against the U.S. dollar, as easing tensions between Russia and Ukraine improved the sentiment for riskier assets.
Supermarkets, food manufacturers and restaurant chains under pressure from campaigners over their environmental impact urged Britain on Monday to strengthen a plan to stop tropical forests from being cut down to grow cocoa, palm oil and soy.
Japan suffered a blow in their bid to lock up a spot at the 2026 World Cup finals when striker Ayase Ueda was ruled out for the rest of the year after suffering a hamstring injury playing for his Dutch club Feyenoord.
Bank Indonesia (BI) has intervened to maintain the rupiah's stability and avoid excessive volatility after the currency hit a record low against the dollar, Senior Deputy Governor Destry Damayanti told Reuters on Tuesday.
Vietnam plans to raise its annual coal imports to 46.5 million tonnes by 2025 and to 123.7 million tonnes by 2045 from 36 million tonnes last year, the Ministry of Industry and Trade said on Thursday.
The Southeast Asian bloc ASEAN on Friday strongly condemned what it called a "heinous terrorist attack" in the southern Philippines at the weekend in which four people were killed in a bombing at a Catholic Mass.
The world's economic output will exceed $100 trillion for the first time next year and it will take China a little longer than previously thought to overtake the United States as the No.1 economy, a report showed on Sunday.
The United Arab Emirates and Cambodia signed a bilateral trade agreement on Thursday, the Gulf state's fifth such deal under a trade strategy launched in 2021.
Malaysia will delay the nationwide rollout of its B20 palm oil biodiesel mandate to early 2022 to prioritise an economy that has been battered by the COVID-19 pandemic, state news agency Bernama reported late Thursday.
The Philippines doubts China's intention to negotiate a regional code of conduct in the South China Sea although Manila is looking forward to continuing discussions, Defence Minister Gilberto Teodoro said on Monday.
The United States is imposing new tariffs on $1.96 billion worth of aluminum sheet products from 18 countries after determining that the goods were being dumped, U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said on Friday.