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(Bloomberg) -- Chinese stocks listed onshore suffered their biggest drop in more than four years as traders grew impatient over the pace of Beijing’s stimulus measures and weak holiday-spending data hurt sentiment.Most Read from BloombergUrban Heat Stress Is Another Disparity in the World’s Most Unequal NationFrom Cleveland to Chicago, NFL Teams Dream of Domed StadiumsSingapore Ends 181 Years of Horse Racing to Make Way for HomesChicago’s $1 Billion Budget Hole Exacerbated by School TurmoilShoul

Singapore's central bank is widely expected to keep monetary policy unchanged next week and hold off easing settings amid inflation and growth uncertainties caused by geopolitical tensions. Of the 10 analysts polled by Reuters, nine expect the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to hold off making changes to its policy at the scheduled review next Monday. "Oil prices have climbed from recent geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, while extreme weather conditions are still holding sway over food prices, which remain above pre-pandemic levels," said Moody’s Analytics economist Denise Cheok.

Decarbonisation of the global economy is progressing too slowly and while there has been improvement among big developed economies, emerging markets have failed to make reductions, Fitch Ratings warned in a report published on Wednesday. World CO2 emissions rose by 1.8% last year compared to world gross domestic product growth of 2.9%, the report said. Fitch noted that while emissions from 10 developed economies fell to their lowest since 1970, emerging markets as a whole failed to make any progress towards decarbonisation -- with CO2 emissions and GDP of 10 emerging markets tracked by Fitch increasing by 4.7% last year.

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon has been talking regularly to both presidential campaigns. The question now is whether he will throw his support behind either one.

(Bloomberg) -- Crypto exchange FTX’s creditors are set to receive more than $12 billion in coming months in a court-approved payout plan, raising the prospect that some of the cash could be plowed back into digital assets.Most Read from BloombergUrban Heat Stress Is Another Disparity in the World’s Most Unequal NationFrom Cleveland to Chicago, NFL Teams Dream of Domed StadiumsSingapore Ends 181 Years of Horse Racing to Make Way for HomesChicago’s $1 Billion Budget Hole Exacerbated by School Turm

(Bloomberg) -- UK natural gas futures have become more expensive than benchmark contracts in continental Europe, signaling traders are starting to prepare for a rise in demand. Most Read from BloombergUrban Heat Stress Is Another Disparity in the World’s Most Unequal NationFrom Cleveland to Chicago, NFL Teams Dream of Domed StadiumsSingapore Ends 181 Years of Horse Racing to Make Way for HomesChicago’s $1 Billion Budget Hole Exacerbated by School TurmoilShould Evictions Be Banned After Hurricane

The surprise inclusion of South Korean sovereign bonds in the FTSE Russell's benchmark bond index is expected to give the won currency a boost on Thursday and attract billions of dollars of inflows over the next few years. South Korea's government has projected the inclusion to the World Government Bond Index could draw as much as 80 trillion won ($59.7 billion) into its $2.2 trillion bond market, a welcome source of funds for the world's fastest-aging country as welfare costs look set to surge. The inflows are also expected to provide a shot in the arm for the won, which is down 4% against the dollar so far this year and a slumping stock market, analysts say.