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Oil Prices Tick Up as Crude, Gasoline Inventories Ease

Oil prices edged higher on Thursday as crude stocks fell after US refineries ramped up processing and as gasoline inventories eased, signalling stronger demand.

Brent futures rose 35 cents, or 0.4% to $85.43 a barrel. US West Texas Intermediate (WTI)…

5th Japan-Arab Economic Forum Kicks off in Tokyo

The fifth session of the Japan-Arab Economic Forum launched on Wednesday in Tokyo, Japan. The two-day forum, organized by the General Secretariat of the League of Arab States and Japan’s Ministries of Foreign Affairs, and Economy, Trade and Industry, …

Dollar Firms on Federal Reserve Chair Caution

The dollar was on the front foot on Wednesday, having rebounded from a three-week low, after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell struck a cautious tone on how soon US interest rate cuts would come.

In the first day of his testimony to Congress overni…

Japan’s Wholesale Inflation Accelerates in June

Bank of Japan (BOJ) data showed the nation’s wholesale inflation accelerated again in June.

Price pressures continued to mount, as the government reduced energy subsidies intended to ease gas and electricity bills, according to Japan’s broadcaster (N…