China's economy expanded faster-than-expected in the second quarter, setting the country on course to comfortably meet its 2017 growth target and giving policymakers room to tackle big economic challenges ahead of key leadership changes later this year. SEE MORE OPEC’s crude oil output cuts decreased in June while Libya and Nigeria increased their own production, prompting investors to turn bearish on the back of waning confidence about increasing prices, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Wednesday. SEE MORE Prices in the $3 trillion-plus global petrochemicals market fell more than 5.3% in June to $873 per metric ton (/mt), according to the just-released monthly average of the S&P Global Platts Petrochemical Index (PGPI), a benchmark of seven widely used petrochemicals. This follows a similar drop in prices in May. SEE MORE China’s methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) market is expected to fall deeper into a supply glut in the second half of 2017 as new domestic capacities will start up amid tepid demand. SEE MORE Deputy governor of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV), Nguyen Thi Hong expressed the sentiment during a speech at the Asia Pacific Forum on Financial Inclusion in Hoi An on July 11-12, stressing that financial inclusion had achieved success in the past, but there were still many problems. SEE MORE