hello, welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m john vause. you re watching cnn newsroom. and just ahead, the white house walks back joe biden s promise the u.s. would intervene militarily if china attacks taiwan, causing confusion and concern ahead of a summit between the u.s., japan, australia, and india. revenge fantasy. of all the primary races across the u.s., it s the state of georgia where donald trump wants a win for his endorsed candidates. and a love triangle turns into tragedy. an elite cyclist is dead and u.s. marshals now looking for the woman accused of murdering her. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with john vause. right now, the second in-person summit of the quad this year is under way in tokyo. leaders of this informal alliance between the u.s., japan, australia, and india, will soon head into a working lunch and then one-on-one meetings after that. just a day earlier, the u.s. president launched a new
Business news live from singapore. On the upward trend. Japan charts another quarterly growth for the sixth time in a row. Is abenomics finally working . And a tale of two economies. We focus on india and pakistan as they mark 70 years of independence from the british empire. Welcome to Asia Business report. Live from singapore. Lets kick off with what is on the Business Calendar this week. Japan just released its latest economic data. The worlds third biggest economy expanded at an annualised rate of 4 between april and june. That is the sixth straight quarter of growth, driven partly by private consumption. Mid week, the Bank Of Thailand will be deciding on the cost of borrowing and later in the week, on thursday, a lot of focus will be on alibaba as it releases Second Quarter earnings. Earlier i spoke to a representative from the Bank Of Singapore and asked about the japanese economy and whether abenomics is working through the system. It looks like growth will be between 2 and 3 ,
Blockchain made up about 15 per cent of the talks at Money20/20 Asia this year, just slightly below the proportion of talks on AI, as interest remains high in Asia.
As the Bank of Thailand prepares to review monetary policy settings Wednesday, investors will be watching for any sign that the prime minister’s relentless campaign for rate cuts is influencing the central bank.