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Asian markets mixed as traders weigh Fed; bitcoin above $90,000
Asian markets mixed as traders weigh Fed; bitcoin above $90,000
Economy
by  AFP

Asian markets diverged Thursday as investors digested US inflation data that supported the case for another interest rate cut next month but worries over the next Trump administration continued to cloud optimism. The figure lifted hopes that the Federal Reserve will cut rates again next month, though officials at the bank trod a careful road.

Buy now, pay later: Latin America pressured by Chinese online shops
Buy now, pay later: Latin America pressured by Chinese online shops
Economy
by  AFP

Isidora Olave opens a package containing a T-shirt, a skirt and a handful of glitter stickers shipped to her front door in Santiago, Chile, all the way from China almost 20,000 kilometers (11,800 miles) away. "I bought it from Shein because I needed it for a specific occasion and it was cheaper than buying it here in Chile," Olave told AFP in Santiago of her latest online acquisition.