China’s central bank injected around $139 billion of medium-term liquidity into markets on Friday, a move likely aimed at cushioning against an emerging cash crunch as trade tensions simmer, the Wall Street Journal reported. The People’s Bank of China announced the move a day earlier in an unusually timed disclosure, saying that it will conduct 1 trillion yuan of outright reverse repurchase agreements with a three-month tenor, equivalent to $139.35 billion.
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India’s central bank surprised markets with a jumbo rate cut, seizing on cooling inflation to frontload monetary easing and bolster economic growth amid heightened global uncertainty, the Wall Street Journal reported. The Reserve Bank of India’s monetary policy committee voted Friday to lower the benchmark repo rate to 5.50% from 6.00%. The 50-basis-point cut is the central bank’s largest since March 2020, at the height of the pandemic. India’s growth-inflation dynamics call for frontloading rate cuts to support growth, RBI Gov.
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China’s electric vehicle (EV) makers have had a lot to contend with over the past week: slumping shares for market leader BYD, cooling sales and margins and a warning from authorities in Beijing amid a punishing price war, the South China Morning Post reported. BYD’s Hong Kong-listed shares lost as much as 17 per cent of their market value, or HK$122.3 billion (US$15.6 billion), on Monday after falling to HK$378.20 from an all-time high of HK$477.80 on May 23. The company’s shares recovered 4 per cent on Tuesday.
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In a significant relief for Reliance Infrastructure, the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) on Wednesday stayed the insolvency proceedings initiated against the company, the Times of India reported. In a regulatory filing, Reliance Infrastructure confirmed that the appellate tribunal has suspended the earlier order passed by the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), Mumbai. "In the appeal filed, the NCLAT, today has suspended the Order dated May 30, 2025 passed by National Company Law Tribunal, Mumbai in case no. C.P.
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The Supreme Court has refused to stay the insolvency proceedings initiated against Future Ideas Company Ltd (FICL), a part of the erstwhile Kishore Biyani-led Future Group. However, it sought response from Axis Trustee Services and resolution professional Ritesh Agarwal on an appeal by Anil Biyani, the suspended director of FICL, the Economic Times of India reported. A Bench led by Justice Sanjay Karol posted the matter for further hearing on August 8.
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The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) on Tuesday issued notices to electric vehicle (EV) ride-hailing startup BluSmart Mobility Ltd and Gensol Engineering Ltd on three new insolvency petitions by financial creditors over alleged unpaid dues, LiveMint.com reported. Spectrum Trimpex Pvt. Ltd and Catalyst Trusteeship Ltd moved the tribunal under Section 7 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) against BluSmart over unpaid dues worth ₹1 crore each. Equentia Financial Services Pvt. Ltd claimed that Gensol Engineering owed it around ₹9 crore.
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Australia’s economy slowed sharply in the first three months of 2025, leaving it vulnerable to emerging weakness in world growth as the global trade war and a surge in geopolitical risk undermines the confidence of firms and consumers, the Wall Street Journal reported. The economy grew 0.2% in the first quarter from the prior quarter, and expanded by just 1.3% from a year earlier, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said Wednesday. Economists had expected annual growth of closer to 1.5%.
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