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Cars for export park at a port in Yokohama, near Tokyo on July 6, 2020. Japan recorded a trade deficit in April as imports ballooned 28% as energy prices soared following the war in Ukraine, according to Ministry of Finance data released Thursday, May 19, 2022. Photo: AP/UNB

World+Biz

Japan records trade deficit as imports surge on energy costs

A farmer on a wheat field in the Ludhiana district of Punjab earlier in May. Photographer: T. Narayan/Bloomberg

Global Economy

"Hoarding at work": India calls out the West, says food grains shouldn’t go the way of Covid vaccines

An oil & gas pump jack is seen near Granum, Alberta, Canada May 6, 2020. REUTERS/Todd Korol/File Photo

World+Biz

Oil prices recover from early losses as global supply fears linger

People wearing protective masks, amid the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak, are reflected on an electronic board displaying Japan's stock prices outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan, October 5, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

World+Biz

Asian shares tumble as global growth fears mount

Design artists work on their computer terminals at the Start-up Village in Kinfra High Tech Park in the southern Indian city of Kochi October 13, 2012. REUTERS/Sivaram V/Files

Analysis

Zombie unicorns: Indian startups go from feast to famine

Inflation

Dollar gains, stocks retreat as inflation jitters return

A view of the city skyline in Shanghai, China February 24, 2022. Picture taken February 24, 2022. REUTERS/Aly Song

Global Economy

China, US lead rise in global debt to record high $305 trillion - IIF

Global Economy

Amazon discriminates against pregnant and disabled workers, New York alleges

A sign for BlackRock Inc hangs above the company's building in New York U.S., July 16, 2018. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson

Global Economy

Global bond ETF industry to triple to $5 trillion by 2030 - BlackRock

Photo of World Bank. Photo: Collected

Global Economy

World Bank to offer $30B over 15 months to ease looming food crisis-Treasury report

A woman shops for cooking oil made from oil palms at a supermarket in Jakarta, Indonesia, March 27, 2022. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan

World+Biz

Indonesia hopes new programme will help lower cooking oil prices

Storage tanks are seen at Marathon Petroleum's Los Angeles Refinery, which processes domestic & imported crude oil into California Air Resources Board (CARB), gasoline, diesel fuel, and other petroleum products, in Carson, California, U.S., March 11, 2022. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Bing Guan

USA

Oil prices rise on China demand recovery expectations, supply concerns

A view shows Russian rouble coins in this picture illustration taken on 26 October 2018. Photo: Reuters.

Global Economy

Russia to service foreign debt in roubles if other options blocked -finance minister