China's retail sales of consumer goods increased 10.3 percent in the first quarter year on year, official data showed on Friday. The first-quarter reading was 0.4 percentage points lower than that recorded in the whole of last year, ...
Tags: consumer goods, economic growth
China's economy may have just come back for a recovery, recent economic indicators signaled. Latest data showed that China's manufacturing activity rebounded in March to its highest level since last August while non-manufacturing sector ...
China's consumer prices increased 2.3 percent in February from one year earlier, up from January's 1.8 percent, official data showed Thursday. The inflation rate, the highest since July 2014, beat expectations as economists from the ...
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Taiwan consumers have continued to show lower expectations about future income and investment as well as general economic situation for the eighth-consecutive month in December, said a survey publicized Monday. The consumer confidence ...
Tags: Consumer Confidence, Keep Lowering
he Bank of Japan (BOJ) announced on Friday it would expand the size of its asset purchasing program while maintaining the same size of the monetary base, in a bid to drive wages higher and boost business spending, two mainstays of the ...
Tags: Bank of Japan Unveils, Increase Wages, Business Spending
China's annual economic growth could be between 6.6 percent and 6.8 percent next year, with employment and consumer prices remaining stable, a government think tank forecast on Wednesday. However, with growing downward pressure due to ...
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The Consumer Prices Index (CPI) in the UK fell by 0.2 per cent between June and July 2015 compared to 0.3 per cent between corresponding months a year earlier, according to the CPI July 2015 report released by the country's Office for ...
Tags: Consumer Prices Index, footwear, clothing
A study by German market intelligence firm GfK has found the situation for retail in crisis countries in Europe has improved. GfK has carried out a comprehensive analysis of the retail scene in 32 European countries. The study examined ...
Tags: European Economy, German market
The annual rate of inflation across the Group of 20 largest economies increased for the second straight month in March. Economists had forecast a smaller rise in the consumer price index (CPI) to 2.6%. Annual inflation has been running ...
China's economic growth slowed to 7 percent in the first quarter of 2015, down from 7.3 percent in the fourth quarter, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) announced on Wednesday. The latest figure was better than the forecasts by ...
Tags: Chinese economy, consumer prices
China's consumer price index (CPI), the main gauge of inflation, grew 1.4 percent year on year in February, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Tuesday. The stronger-than-expected reading quickened from the 0.8-percent gain in ...
Tags: CPI, February Inflation
Monetary policy decisions in the US and Europe have amplified uncertainties for China and the rest of the world. China's consumer price index rose by a scant 0.8 percent in January, down from a 1.5 percent increase in December and marking ...
China's consumer price index, a main gauge of inflation, grew 0.8 percent year on year in January, the slowest rise in more than five years, the National Bureau of Statistics announced Tuesday. Food prices, which account for nearly ...
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China's consumer prices in November grew by their slowest pace in five years, official data showed on Wednesday, raising the probability of more easing measures by the central bank. China's consumer price index (CPI), the main gauge of ...
Tags: consumer prices, November's CPI
The GfK Consumer Climate Europe study for the third quarter of 2014 paints a gloomy outlook for the European economy, noting in particular that while there is a backdrop of growth in the UK, the Scottish referendum harmed consumer ...