analysis

China's Country Garden misses deadline for results and expects trade restrictions.

Taiwan builds mobile defenses, preparing for Chinese landing

Longfeng posts first net loss as ventures with Japan carmakers slump

On Thursday #FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was sentenced for the massive fraud and conspiracy that doomed his cryptocurrency exchange and a related hedge fund.

Top Chinese banks warn of spillover risks from property crisis

For the last four years the eurozone has been stagnating. Real GDP is not growing amid inflation and problems with energy supplies**

The government's two main measures of US economic activity, along with GDP and domestic goods and services, posted strong gains at the end of last year, pointing to an economy that is still growing at a healthy rate. GDI is the largest measure of economic activity generated by production and costs incurred from such goods and services. GDP measures the spending on such goods and services on Thursday at an upwardly revised 3.4% annualized pace in the fourth quarter.

Sony opens $66m Thailand fab for driver-assist image sensors

The number of people claiming unemployment benefits in the US eased by 2,000 to 210,000 over the week ending March 23rd, beating market expectations of 215,000 to extend the momentum of relatively low claim counts since the start of February. In the meantime, continuing claims rose by 24,000 to 1,819,000 in the earlier week, offsetting the downward revision from earlier in March to reach its highest since mid-January.

The US economy expanded annualized 3.4% in Q4 2023, slightly higher than 3.2% previously reported, according to the BEA's third estimate. Consumer spending was revised higher (3.3% vs 3.2%), excluding services (4.3% vs 3.3%, structures (10.9% vs 7.5%) and investment in equipment (-1.1% vs 2.9%).