Matthew explains China's stimulus aims to restore confidence amid a property crisis, focusing on consumption not commodities.

-- West Texas Intermediate crude CL00 for December delivery CL.1 CLZ24 fell $2.34, or 3.3%, to settle at $68.04 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, the lowest front-month finish since Oct.

Markets remain cautiously optimistic at the start of a new week, following a record-setting rally on Wall Street last week.

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Pressures on the oil price include signals from the ceasefire talks between Israel and Lebanon (reducing supply risks) and disappointment over the size of China's stimulus package (revising ... and ...

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The Japanese government is making arrangements to compile a supplementary budget of about 13.5 trillion yen ($87 billion) to ...

Japan’s new economic stimulus package will feature cash handouts to help low-income households deal with inflation and extra ...

The outlook is grim for the world’s second largest economy, with growth slowing and the prospect of a new trade war following ...

After confirming that on Friday, Finance Minister Lan Foan signalled that more stimulus would come ... United Statescategory ...

Investors’ hopes for large-scale support for the economy were dashed after an anticipatory stock-market surge in recent weeks ...