Lim Hui Jie

1 week ago | cnbc.com | Lim Hui Jie

South Korea's central bank held its policy rate at 2.75% Thursday, as the country grapples with U.S. tariffs and prepares for a snap presidential election. This was in line with a Reuters poll of economists that forecast the bank to keep rates unchanged.

1 week ago | cnbc.com | Lim Hui Jie

Japan on Thursday reported a 3.9% rise in March exports compared to a year earlier, a month after exports saw their largest rise since May 2024. The growth missed expectations of a 4.5% rise from economists polled by Reuters, and was lower than the 11.4% jump in February. Exports to the U.S., Japan's second-largest trading partner, saw a 3.1% rise. March data does not include the full impact of U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs.

1 week ago | cnbc.com | Lim Hui Jie

Japan has "many cards" to play in tariff negotiations with the United States, according to Takeshi Niinami, senior economic advisor to Japan's prime minister. His comments comes ahead of a three-day trip by top negotiator Ryosei Akazawa to the U.S. for talks with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer.

1 week ago | nbcchicago.com | Lim Hui Jie |Ganesh Rao

India's annual inflation rate fell to a lower-than-expected 3.34% in March, the country's Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation reported Tuesday. The reading fell for a fifth straight month and came in slightly below the 3.61% seen in February. Economists polled by Reuters had expected a reading of 3.6%.

1 week ago | nbcwashington.com | Lim Hui Jie

This will be Singapore's 14th general election since independence, and will be Lawrence Wong's first as prime minister. Polling Day will be on May 3, and Nomination Day will be on April 23. In the 2020 general election, the ruling People's Action Party got 61.24% of the votes, and won 83 out of 93 parliamentary seats. Singapore will head to the polls on May 3, after President Tharman Shanmugaratnam dissolved the city-state's parliament on Tuesday.