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Bloomberg Hong Kong police fired tear gas to disperse a crowd of protesters who gathered in the crowded shopping hub of Mong Kok at the site of a 2016 protest that marked a violent turn by the city’s pro-democracy movement. Police said in a statement a large crowd had formed ...

Bloomberg North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s aunt, Kim Kyong Hui, appeared in state media on Sunday, the first time she has been seen in public since her husband Jang Song Thaek was executed in 2013. The 73-year-old sat two seats away from her nephew, according to a photo by Korean ...

Bloomberg Federal Reserve policy makers will keep interest rates on hold this year and next, and will wind up their efforts to boost excess bank reserves by June, economists said in a Bloomberg survey. In the January 21-23 poll, the mean forecast from 28 respondents predicted no move in the ...

Bloomberg If you want to know what long-term negative interest rates are doing to banks, watch Denmark in the coming months. Danes have lived with subzero rates longer than anyone else, after the central bank resorted to the policy in 2012 to defend its currency peg. But according to the ...

Bloomberg The head of India’s biggest lender said he’s certain “some solutions will emerge” to steady Yes Bank Ltd, which has been on a prolonged quest to raise new capital. “Yes Bank is a significant player in the market with an almost $40 billion balance sheet,” State Bank of India ...

Bloomberg A bond fund manager who correctly predicted that India’s central bank would introduce a US Federal Reserve style Operation Twist, now says that the nation needs more foreign capital to fund its record borrowing. India’s borrowing may rise to 7.6 trillion rupees ($107 billion) for the fiscal year starting ...

Bloomberg Ever since she moved to Frankfurt as European Central Bank (ECB) president three months ago, Christine Lagarde has been working hard to charm the locals. The institution’s new chief has sought to turn a new leaf with Germany after years of cooler relations under her predecessor, Mario Draghi. His ...

Bloomberg The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has frozen the bank account of a Chinese company that the central bank alleges has been manipulating the foreign exchange market. The bank escalated the matter to the Financial Intelligence Unit for investigation and it has so far identified one company — China Nanchang ...

Bloomberg Japan’s goal of attracting 40 million visitors this year may already be in danger, following China’s decision to ban tour groups going overseas to help contain the impact of the rapidly spreading novel coronavirus. Chinese tourists made up almost a third of all arrivals to Japan in 2019, in ...

Bloomberg Face masks and hand sanitisers are becoming must-have accessories from Hong Kong to Japan as a deadly virus spreads across Asia. The only problem is getting hold of them. Pharmacies across Hong Kong sold out of masks aimed at preventing viral infection, prompting authorities to say more will arrive ...