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Front of the new congress. She hints at any rate hike in the next few months. And shares in toshiba nosedive yet again as the japanese conglomerate faces a 6 billion write down. It is Asia Business report. Good morning, asia. Hello, world. Markets have been buzzing overnight as the head of the Us Central Bank said an Interest Rate rise could come as early as next month. In the sme annual testimony to congress, janet yellen set of hawkish tone, saying it is unwise to wait too long to hike rates. Financial stocks in the us lifted. The broader s p index closing higher for a fourth consecutive ses...

The Korean economy is forecast to shrink 0.6 percent this year, as a downturn in home prices and the deleveraging of household debt are feared to further weaken private spending, a senior economist at Nomura said Wednesday. The growth outlook for Korea by Robert Subbaraman, Nomura's chief Asia economist and head of global market research, is even gloomier than consensus estimates within and outside of Korea forecasting a rare 1 percent range growth.

With COVID-19 cases spreading rapidly in each of China’s provinces and major cities imposing new restrictions to limit residents’ movements, the outlook is grim.

Comments from market watchers on the China unrest after Chinese stocks slumped as recent monetary easing measures failed to offset investor worries.

Stocks and oil slid sharply on Monday as rare protests in major Chinese cities against the country's strict zero-Covid curbs raised worries about management of the virus in the world's second-largest economy. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan slumped 2.2 per cent, pulled lower by heavy selling in Chinese markets. Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index shed 4.16