Topic: Economy & Finance — Neutral reports only
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[2026-07-30 23:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: South Sudan's President Salva Kiir has dismissed economist Johnny Ohisa from his post as the country's central bank governor.
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[2026-07-30 23:21 UTC+10:00] [US economy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Consumer spending remained resilient even as policymakers kept interest rates on hold
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[2026-07-30 23:17 UTC+10:00] [Artificial Intelligence] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: LONDON — U.S. President Donald Trump’s shadow is set to loom over the British economy as the Bank of England on Thursday warned fresh conflict in Iran could send prices soaring.
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[2026-07-30 23:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The $24 billion hedge fund founded by former OpenAI researcher Leopold Aschenbrenner unwound all of its public stock holdings after big losses on artificial intelligence companies and a bad bet against software shares left it scrambling to raise cash, according to people familiar with the matter.
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[2026-07-30 22:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Samsung Electronics delivered another good quarter last night, underscoring that the AI infrastructure boom appears to continue to funneling enormous profits toward the companies supplying the memory chips powering. Shares were up 10% at one point but finished the session red.
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[2026-07-30 22:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Chief executive meets members of Council of Advisers, including Sun Piaoyang of Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals and StarFive Semiconductor Technology CEO Xu Tao
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[2026-07-30 22:54 UTC+10:00] [China] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Chief executive meets members of Council of Advisers, including Sun Piaoyang of Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals and StarFive Semiconductor Technology CEO Xu Tao
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[2026-07-30 22:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Federal Reserve Board Chairman Kevin Warsh speaks at a news conference at the Federal Reserve in Washington, Wednesday, July 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
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[2026-07-30 22:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: After three months of significant acceleration in prices, The Fed's favorite inflation indicator - Core PCE (a measure of price changes in consumer goods and services that excludes volatile food and energy costs) - was expected to slow in June data released today.
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[2026-07-30 22:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Economic growth was weaker than expected in the second quarter while inflation in June held well above the Federal Reserve's goal, the Commerce Department reported Thursday.
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[2026-07-30 22:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Futures rebound (for now) following yesterday’s Fed-induced meltdown as the market is clearly questioning Warsh’s credibility and potential usage of non-standard tools to fight inflation, pushing the yield curve to twist steeper and sending 30Y yields to 2 decade highs (last at 5.22%). Pre-mkt, the yield curve is seeing further twist-steepening with 10s and 30s up 1 and 3bp with 2s down 1bp.
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[2026-07-30 21:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: South Korean market authorities are weighing a more aggressive plan to stabilize the Kospi after July's record selloff sent the main equity index slicing through its 50-, 100- and 200-day moving averages like butter.
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[2026-07-30 21:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Surging operational costs and strained municipal budgets are forcing mainland transit authorities to review long-suppressed fares
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[2026-07-30 21:30 UTC+10:00] [Shentong Metro] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Surging operational costs and strained municipal budgets are forcing mainland transit authorities to review long-suppressed fares
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[2026-07-30 21:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Saudi Arabia’s economy has recorded its biggest quarterly contraction since the Covid-19 pandemic as the US-Iran war weighs heavily on the oil sector.
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[2026-07-30 21:24 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: July 30, 2026 21:24 | News
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[2026-07-30 21:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The Bank of England has left its key interest rate unchanged at 3.75%, in line with economists' expectations.
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[2026-07-30 21:24 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: State pension fund’s OCIO push raises fears of market distortion and weaker foreign investor interest
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[2026-07-30 21:23 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Bae Jae-kyu, CEO of Korea Investment Management and widely regarded as the "father" of South Korea's exchange-traded fund market, said Thursday that single-stock leveraged products tracking Samsung Electronics and SK hynix should be allowed to fade out naturally rather than be forcibly delisted.
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[2026-07-30 21:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 30 (Yonhap) -- SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won purchased a total of 3,620 shares of SK hynix Inc. in the open market, the company said in a regulatory filing Thursday, marking the first such move from the executive.
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[2026-07-30 21:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: LONDON (AP) — The Bank of England kept its key interest rate on hold for the fifth time this year on Thursday after a bigger-than-expected drop in the inflation rate last month gave policymakers breathing space to assess the fallout from renewed fighting in Iran.
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[2026-07-30 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Chinese makers drive into upmarket segment and catch up with foreign peers in design and engine development
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[2026-07-30 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Chinese makers drive into upmarket segment and catch up with foreign peers in design and engine development
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[2026-07-30 21:00 UTC+10:00] [Wildfires] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The White House seems committed to ecocide. The EU should harness the power of the single market to force it to change course
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[2026-07-30 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-07-30 20:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Hong Kong corruption watchdog alleges managers at Causeway Bay branch took bribes to help customers jump the queue and open bank accounts
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[2026-07-30 20:56 UTC+10:00] [Mike Chan Wai-pak] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Hong Kong corruption watchdog alleges managers at Causeway Bay branch took bribes to help customers jump the queue and open bank accounts
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[2026-07-30 20:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Regulator action comes amid broader push to strengthen IPO safeguards after rapid market recovery
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[2026-07-30 20:44 UTC+10:00] [Bright Smart Securities International (HK)] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Regulator action comes amid broader push to strengthen IPO safeguards after rapid market recovery
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[2026-07-30 20:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: London’s marine insurance market has expanded the section of the Red Sea it classifies as high risk following renewed Houthi attacks on commercial vessels.
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[2026-07-30 20:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BILLEASE, one of the Philippines’ leading consumer finance and buy-now-pay-later platforms, reported audited consolidated results for the financial year ended Dec. 31, 2025. Revenue grew more than 80 percent to US$151.2 million and net profit reached US$13.6 million, extending Billease’s multiyear track record of profitability — a rare position in a market where the majority of digital banks and lenders remain in the red.
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[2026-07-30 20:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: A customer shops for food at a Tokyo supermarket in 2025. (Photo by Nanami Sato)
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[2026-07-30 19:50 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: July 30, 2026 19:50 | News
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[2026-07-30 19:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 30 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's financial regulator said Thursday it plans to carry out additional measures to cool the single-stock leveraged exchange-traded funds (ETFs) "as early as possible."
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[2026-07-30 19:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Beijing has turned more cautious on its growth outlook for second half of 2026, betting on bond funding and infrastructure spending to keep the economy ticking. © Reuters
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[2026-07-30 19:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Buyers in both domestic and international markets submit requests for vessels as the industry’s momentum continues
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[2026-07-30 19:13 UTC+10:00] [Shanghai port] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Buyers in both domestic and international markets submit requests for vessels as the industry’s momentum continues
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[2026-07-30 19:08 UTC+10:00] [BUSINESS] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: NTT Docomo Financial Group plans to sell more banking and other financial functions to businesses, aiming to tap into customers of regional banks and other partners, CEO Takashi Hiroi said in an interview.
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[2026-07-30 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 30 (Yonhap) -- The Bank of Korea (BOK) said Thursday it has participated in a trial involving real-value transactions on a digital currency platform under an international project exploring the use of tokenization in wholesale cross-border payments.
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[2026-07-30 18:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Microsoft shares jumped in premarket trading while Meta tanked as investors gave differing verdicts on the two tech giants' earnings.
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[2026-07-30 18:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: China’s two-speed economy stems from the shift to new growth engines but the export boom it has created is doing little for jobs or consumption
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[2026-07-30 18:30 UTC+10:00] [China economy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: China’s two-speed economy stems from the shift to new growth engines but the export boom it has created is doing little for jobs or consumption
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[2026-07-30 18:26 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Since 2017, I have covered South Korea’s political and economic landscape as a reporter, with a focus on foreign affairs, inter-Korean relations and security.As a foreign affairs reporter, I closely follow developments from the Ministry of Unification, the Foreign Ministry and the Defense Ministry, tracking shifts in diplomacy, military policy and North Korea’s evolving posture.
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[2026-07-30 18:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Star Magic has issued a statement to clarify a resurfaced interview featuring Kim Chiu and her sister, saying the actress' remarks were made years before she uncovered alleged financial irregularities that led to a criminal complaint against Lakambini "Lakam" Chiu.
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[2026-07-30 17:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Malacañang on Thursday stressed the need for transparency and financial accountability following testimony from bank officials regarding the withdrawal of confidential funds made by Vice President Sara Duterte.
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[2026-07-30 17:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Hiroshima City Waterworks Bureau staff fill a Japan Self-Defense Forces water supply truck in Uki, Kumamoto prefecture, on July 30. A major earthquake that struck the prefecture on July 28 continues to affect business operations. (Photo by Akitoshi Sugiura)
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[2026-07-30 17:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Rolls-Royce on Thursday hiked its full-year profit and cash flow guidance after strong earnings for the first half of the year, with the British engineering group benefiting from robust demand across its civil aerospace, defense and power systems businesses.
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[2026-07-30 17:14 UTC+10:00] [Food / Eating out (Syd)] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Champagne with oysters is all well and good, and there’s a lot to be said about pairing briny Sydney rocks with the high-acid, wet-stone qualities of Sancerre. Guinness and oysters is a match made in Irish pub heaven, and one of my favourite ways to eat Australian bivalves is with a six-pack of Tooheys Old on the bank of any given river.
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[2026-07-30 17:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Local Spain
Snippet: Bank of Spain warns of consequences of cashless society, PM proposes Mallorca as EU firefighting hub and more news on Thursday July 30th.
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[2026-07-30 17:00 UTC+10:00] [Shenzhen] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Regulators intensify pursuit of corporate insiders, imposing fines and bans to restore stock market confidence amid widespread violations
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