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Egypt sells MENA’s first ‘sustainable panda bonds’ in US$500m issue
Cairo, Egypt--Egypt has issued the first sustainable Panda bonds in the Middle East and North Africa worth $500 million with a yield of 3.5% over three years, according to a statement by the Ministry of Finance. The recent bond issuance is guaranteed by international banks including the Asian Infrastructure Investment...
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Evergrande posts H1 loss
Firm said it has $556 million remaining in cash assets. -
Pause, hike, cut: Central banks diverge over regional challenges
The Bank of Japan (BoJ) has gone against the grain set by the Fed and ECB, announcing on Friday that it would maintain its long-standing, ultra-loose monetary policy as it looks to boost economic growth. Officials left the bank's negative interest rate in place, pushing down the value of the... -
GCC-China economic relations move beyond oil trade
China aims to play a more central role in the Gulf region, focusing on investment opportunities beyond the oil and energy relationship. -
China’s general public budget revenue tops $3.01 trillion in 2022
General public budget revenue grew 9.1 percent from 2021, excluding the impact of value-added tax credit refunds, according to the Ministry of Finance. -
China’s new yuan loans rise in 2022
In December alone, new yuan loans stood at 1.4 trillion yuan, up 266.5 billion yuan year-on-year, according to the People's Bank of China (PBOC). -
China’s digital economy hits $6.3 trillion
The digital economy has become an important cornerstone of China's stable economic development, said the China Internet Development Report 2022.