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Jeff Kearns

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ARTICLES BY JEFF KEARNS

Global finance leaders met against a backdrop of slowing growth in the world’s major economies and central banks grappling with limited room to support expansion (Photo: AP)

Global finance chiefs pledge to use all tools to aid growth

2 min read . 20 Oct 2019

Growth could be derailed if trade disputes lead to further cross-border restrictions, including on technology, or incite broader monetary, exchange rate, or financial sector policy actions, said IMF chief Georgieva (Photo: Reuters)

IMF chief Georgieva calls for reversing tariffs threatening global growth

1 min read . 17 Oct 2019

US Q4 growth revised down to 2.2% from 2.6%

2 min read . 28 Mar 2019

IMF says China’s complex fiscal system needs ‘crucial’ overhaul

1 min read . 16 Apr 2018

The Chinese government has turned serious about fighting pollution. Photo: Bloomberg

China’s pollution curbs to slow growth, lift prices, says Societe Generale

2 min read . 02 Oct 2017

China’s official factory gauge rose, adding to evidence that the world’s second-largest economy maintained its momentum in the second quarter.

China’s factory momentum holds up in June amid global upturn

1 min read . 30 Jun 2017

Donald Trump often invoked China during his campaign, threatening to slap tariffs on its exports and vowing to label it a currency manipulator. Photo: Reuters

Donald Trump seen as biggest global economy risk, Oxford Economics says

2 min read . 05 Dec 2016

Fresh signs of stability may lead policy makers to remain on hold after keeping the benchmark interest rate at a record low for almost a year. Photo: Reuters

China PMI at two-year high eases pressure for stimulus

3 min read . 02 Oct 2016

Hangzhou, Alibaba’s tech-hub hometown hosts world leaders

2 min read . 02 Sep 2016

Industrial profits fell 4.7% in December from a year earlier, a seventh straight drop. Profits tumbled 8.8% in August, the most in at least four years. Photo: Reuters

China industrial profits rise 4.8%, ending 7-month losing streak

1 min read . 27 Mar 2016

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang delivers a message as seen on large video screens, to delegates of the G20 finance ministers and central bank governors meeting at the Pudong Shangri-la Hotel in Shanghai on 26 February 2016. Photo: AFP

G-20 seeks infrastructure push to help shore up global economy

1 min read . 28 Feb 2016

Luke Skywalker watches global rise of China entertainment empire

4 min read . 08 Jan 2016

Photo: Bloomberg

Two-speed China growth intact as factories, services diverge

3 min read . 04 Jan 2016

Photo: Bloomberg

US Federal Reserve drops patient stance, opening door to June rate increase

4 min read . 19 Mar 2015

US Fed Reserve chair Janet Yellen had said in December that she was in no rush to cut rates. Photo: Bloomberg

Fed raises economy assessment while staying patient on rates

4 min read . 30 Jan 2015

A file photo of Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen. Photo: Bloomberg

Fed stays patient amid ‘strong’ job gains, low inflation

4 min read . 29 Jan 2015

A file photo of Janet Yellen. Photo: Bloomberg

Janet Yellen proves master of math forecasting economy as US rallies

8 min read . 12 Jan 2015

Janet Yellen said keeping borrowing costs low will help move inflation back up to the Fed’s 2% goal. Photo: Bloomberg

Janet Yellen doesn’t see Fed raising rates before April

4 min read . 18 Dec 2014

A file photo of US Federal Reserve vice-chairman Stanley Fischer. Photo: AFP

US Fed officials stress data over dates as rate rise case builds

4 min read . 04 Dec 2014

Fed chair Janet Yellen. Photo: AFP

US Federal Reserve ends QE while keeping low interest rate pledge

4 min read . 30 Oct 2014