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AFP, Beijing
China forex reserves hit
record $2.13 trillion
China's foreign exchange reserves surged to a record 2.13 trillion dollars at the end of June, the central bank said Wednesday, as money poured into the country while tire economy strengthened.
The reserves, already the world's largest, grew by 185.6 billion dollars in the first six months of 2009, a rise of 17.8 percent year-on-year, the bank said in a statement.
The figure was the highest reported by the bank. Foreign exchange reserves were 1.95 trillion dollars at the end of the first quarter of2009.
The nation's forex reserves have ballooned in recent years, fuelled by robust foreign investment, a hefty trade surplus and inflows of "hot money" or short-term speculative funds in search of quick profits.
The inflow eased as the economic crisis hit late last year, but the latest figures showed die trend was resuming.
"Overall, with China's economy recovering and asset prices rising, China is becoming more attractive to foreign investors, which leads to capital inflows," said Su Chang, an economist with Beijing-based consultancy the CEBM Group.
"China's real estate market has rebounded, also attracting overseas investors who are allocating capital (for such investments)."
Philippines says remittances still growing
AFP, Manila
Filipinos working abroad sent home a record 1.48 billion dollars in May, up 3.7 percent from a year earlier, the central bank said Wednesday, giving Manila hope it could avoid recession this year.
Remittances for the five months to May grew 2.8 percent to 6.98 billion dollars.
"The stream of remittances from overseas Filipinos continued to show signs of strength despite lingering global economic fragilities, providing some basis for cautious optimism regarding steady remittance levels for 2009," central bank governorAmando Tetangco said.
The bank earlier this month predicted remittance growth would be nil this year as the recession took hold in many of the countries where the Philippines' nine million overseas workers are based.
The cash transfers are the main impetus for the private consumption that fuels the domestic economy.
However, economic growth slowed to 0.4 percent in the three months to March as key exports in the electronics sector plunged, causing thousands of job losses.
The World Bank has said it sees the Philippine economy contracting this year due to the fall in exports and its expectation that remittances would also dive. Australian bank asks workers to take unpaid leave
AFP, Melbourne
Bendigo Bank on Wednesday became the first Australian financial institution to ask its workers to take unpaid leave because of the economic downturn.
It said asking its 4,000 workers to take two weeks unpaid leave over the next 12 months "represents the next generation of thinking" on managing expenses in tough times.
"The scheme is voluntary, but we anticipate a strong take-up," spokesman Owen Davies said.
"All businesses, not just banks, face these pressures and have responded in different ways to adjust their costs to fit uncertain revenues."
Australia's major banks have cut jobs in response to the global financial crisis but Bendigo, a smaller regional player, said it hoped to avoid redundancies and keep skilled staff.
Leon Carter, national secretary of the Finance Sector Union, said: "We would like to meet with Bendigo and talk it through and not just have some edict delivered from on high saying this is what we are going to do."
British jobless claims in slowest rise for 13 months
AFP, Ijindon
The number of people claiming unemployment benefits in Britain rose in June at the slowest pace for 13 months, official data showed on Wednesday.
The number of people claiming benefits increased 23,800 last month to 1.56 million, the highest total since the Labour government came to power in 1997 but the slowest monthly increase since May 2008.
Unemployment, according to the International Labor Organization measure, rose by 281,000 to 2.38 million in the three months to May. The quarterly increase was the highest since records began in 1971.
The ILO unemployment rate rose to 7.6 percent, greater than analyst expectations for a rate of 7.4 percent.
"The unemployment data are a real mixed bag," noted Howard Archer, chief European economist at the IHS Global Insight consultancy.