Feb 29, 2024 | Markets
Seven of 15 economists see a March policy shift as possible BOJ price target ‘coming into sight,’ board member Takata says The Bank of Japan sent one of the strongest signals yet that the end is near for its negative interest rate policy — an event for which the...
Feb 29, 2024 | Markets
Fourth-quarter GDP fell 0.1% on quarter, trailing forecasts Data shows Sweden’s economy is less resilient to rate hikes Sweden’s economy fared worse in the final quarter of last year than seen previously, upending a narrative in which the biggest Nordic nation had...
Feb 29, 2024 | Markets
Government committed to strengthening the ringgit’s position Central bank may intervene around 4.8 per dollar: State Street Malaysia’s central bank is “always ready” to curb the ringgit’s volatility, a senior finance official said, as investors eye a key threshold in...
Feb 28, 2024 | Markets
Japan’s January factory output fell at the fastest pace since May 2020, government data showed on Thursday, as a production downturn in motor vehicles adds to concerns about the fragility of an economy that slipped into recession late last year. Industrial...
Feb 28, 2024 | Markets
In one incident, Copilot offered mixed message on suicide Company says users deliberately tried to trick the chatbot Microsoft Corp. said it’s investigating reports that its Copilot chatbot is generating responses that users have called bizarre, disturbing and, in...
Feb 28, 2024 | Markets
February was shaping up to be a banner month for Google’s ambitious artificial intelligence strategy. The company rebranded its chatbot as Gemini and released two major product upgrades to better compete with rivals on all sides in the high-stakes AI arms race. In the...
