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Egypt’s central bank says remittances from citizens abroad rose 40.5% in 2025 to a record $41.5bn, up from $29.6bn in 2024.

Pakistan’s latest FY2024-25 estimates put poverty at 28.9% and inequality higher, with about 70 million below a Rs 8,484 monthly poverty line.

Port of Salalah hit record 26.4m tonnes of general cargo in 2025 as container volumes rose to 4.3m TEUs and profit climbed, Salalah Port Services said.

India joined Pax Silica and signed an India-US AI Opportunity Partnership statement on data centers, compute access, semiconductors and critical minerals.

Tokyo data showed Japan’s January CPI rose 1.5% year on year, below the BOJ 2% target, with core inflation at 2.0% and energy costs down 5.2%.

Indian Rice Exporters Federation says a member firm signed a deal to ship 5,000 tonnes of premium basmati rice from India to a U.S. buyer, after tariff changes.

From 2020-2025, top 10 central bank buyers added about 1,675 tonnes of gold, while the top sellers cut roughly 205 tonnes, according to World Gold Council data.

South Africa’s unemployment rate fell to 31.4% in Q4 2025, the lowest since 2020, as employment rose to 17.1m, Statistics SA said. Labour force fell 128,000 net.

Japan’s economy grew at a 0.2% annualized pace in Q4 2025, rebounding from the prior quarter, as consumption and business spending inched higher as exports fell.

Gold dropped more than 2% to its lowest since Feb 6 as a firmer dollar and holiday closures hit liquidity, pulling silver, platinum and palladium lower in Asia.