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Australian business, consumer confidence crashes on worries about fallout from Iran war
By Stella Qiu SYDNEY, April 14 (Reuters) - Australia's business and consumer confidence crashed as the Iran war unleashed a global oil shock that may tip the local economy into a recession, surveys sh...
Thomson Reuters Apr 13, 2026
Japan finance minister asks trade minister to avoid remarks on BOJ policy
TOKYO, April 14 (Reuters) - Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama said on Tuesday she and Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi had told the trade minister to avoid commenting on the Bank of Japan's mone...
Thomson Reuters Apr 13, 2026
Colombia's Petro walks back 100% tariffs on Ecuadorean goods
BOGOTA, April 13 (Reuters) - Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Monday said his country would not impose 100% tariffs on imports from Ecuador, reversing an announcement nL1N40T0UH made last week by ...
Thomson Reuters Apr 13, 2026
Dollar steady as US blocks Iranian ships, diplomacy presses on
By Satoshi Sugiyama TOKYO, April 14 (Reuters) - The dollar was steady on Tuesday but set for a seventh straight daily drop, as markets weighed supply risks from a U.S. blockade of Iranian shipping in ...
Thomson Reuters Apr 13, 2026
Exclusive-United CEO Kirby raised potential tie-up with American in Trump meeting
WASHINGTON, April 13 (Reuters) - United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby raised the potential of merging with American Airlines in a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in late February, two sources told...
Thomson Reuters Apr 13, 2026
RBA's Hauser not sure interest rates are at the right level to tame inflation
April 13 (Reuters) - A top Australian central banker said on Monday he was not confident that interest rates were at the right level to tame inflation, but policymakers would now also need to monitor ...
Thomson Reuters Apr 13, 2026
Australian consumer sentiment slumps on Iran war worries
SYDNEY, April 14 (Reuters) - Australia's consumer sentiment slumped in April to its lowest in more than two years, a survey showed on Tuesday, as consumers seem to be unnerved by the impacts of the Ir...
Thomson Reuters Apr 13, 2026
Singapore tightens monetary policy as Iran war fuels inflation risks
By Xinghui Kok and Jun Yuan Yong SINGAPORE, April 14 (Reuters) - Singapore's central bank tightened its monetary policy settings on Tuesday, flagging the risk that an Iran war-fuelled energy shock cou...
Thomson Reuters Apr 13, 2026
Singapore Q1 GDP up 4.6% y/y, preliminary data shows, below expectations
SINGAPORE, April 14 (Reuters) - Singapore's economy grew by 4.6% in the first quarter from a year earlier, preliminary government data showed on Tuesday. Economists polled by Reuters had expected annu...
Thomson Reuters Apr 13, 2026
Qantas lifts fuel cost forecast as Middle East war jolts oil markets
(Corrects prior fuel cost forecast in paragraph 2 to A$2.5 billion, not A$2.2 billion, and corrects to say half of fourth-quarter international sales were locked in before the crisis, not total sales,...
Thomson Reuters Apr 13, 2026





