Asia Intelligence Brief — Friday, May 29, 2026
Tokyo's May CPI cooled across all three measures, pushing BoJ June-hike pricing further out as the yen held at 159.25....
May 29, 2026From the Shanghai, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Mumbai exchanges to the yuan, yen and rupee, Asia’s markets set the tone for global capital. The Rio Times tracks the indices, currencies, central-bank moves and capital flows across Asia-Pacific through an emerging-market lens – and what they mean for Latin American assets that rise and fall with Asian demand.
Tokyo's May CPI cooled across all three measures, pushing BoJ June-hike pricing further out as the yen held at 159.25....
May 29, 2026
Asia finance brief: the Bank of Korea holds at 2.50% and lifts its growth forecast in Governor Hyun's first meeting,...
May 28, 2026
Global financial wealth rose 10.7% to a record US$333 trillion in 2025, according to Boston Consulting Group. That was the...
May 27, 2026
Asia finance brief: Japan's April core inflation at a 4-year low complicates the BOJ hike path against resilient Q1 GDP,...
May 27, 2026
Japan plans to open talks in June for a trade deal with the Mercosur bloc, focused on car tariffs and...
May 26, 2026
Asia intelligence brief covers the Quad's three concrete deliverables in Delhi, South Korea's KOSPI resuming to a record 8,047, SoftBank...
May 26, 2026
Asia intelligence brief covers the Quad foreign ministers' Delhi meeting, Japan's Nikkei record, Taiwan's all-time high, China's rally, India's rupee,...
May 25, 2026
Asia intelligence brief covers Japan core CPI four-year low, Taiwan arms pause dispute, Indonesia Danantara commodity centralisation, China NDRC tech...
May 22, 2026
The Dow set a record close at 50,285.66 even as the Philly Fed manufacturing index collapsed to -0.4 (consensus 17.6)...
May 22, 2026