Malcolm Turnbull explained the company that provides and maintains 5G infrastructure has the capability to act adversely to a country's national interest, but he added he's not suggesting China's Huawei would actually do that.
The implementation of sustainability goals set by the United Nations has not been satisfactory, the organization's former secretary general Ban Ki-moon said on Thursday.
There are more and more "angry societies" as countries increasingly look inward. Therefore investors need to consider such major trends when making long term decisions, said Michael Strobaek, global chief investment officer at Credit Suisse.
There were signs that inflation in the U.S. was picking up in certain segments within the services industry even before the Federal Reserve decided to stop raising interest rates, says James Sweeney, the chief economist of Credit Suisse.
Negotiators from the U.S. and China are scheduled to meet in Beijing for their next round of talks starting Thursday. After that, both sides are expected to hold meetings in Washington starting April 3.
The U.S. and China have no choice but to conclude ongoing trade negotiations, most likely in the next month or so, former U.S. ambassador to China Max Baucus said Thursday.
The slowdown in Japanese manufacturing activity might be cyclical rather than a more permanent, structural one, said Hiro Shirakawa, Credit Suisse's chief economist for Japan.
Countries should not be "duped" into borrowing from China through the Belt and Road Initiative, and should be looking for opportunities in India instead, says one firm critic of Beijing's flagship infrastructure project.
A potential election upset in India could lead to some volatility but it will not have any major impact on its markets, according to Credit Suisse's Neelkanth Mishra.