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CPI Sees Its Slowest Pace in 2 Years

Mar 10, 2017

China's consumer price index, a key gauge of retail inflation, rose 0.8 percent last month, the slowest growth in two years, due to the distortion caused by the timing of the Chinese Lunar New Year. Analysts said the low consumer ...

Tags: retail inflation, vegetables, food prices

Eurozone Inflation Hits Four-Year High in February

Mar 2, 2017

Inflation across the 19-country euro area hit a four-year high of 2.0 percent in February thanks to soaring prices of energy, said Eurostat, the statistical agency of the European Union (EU) on Thursday. The latest inflation figure is ...

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DGBAS Projects Taiwan's GDP at 1.92 Percent for 2017, a 3-Year Zenith

Feb 22, 2017

DGBAS reports Taiwan’s 2017 GDP growth forecast to stand at a three-year high of 1.92 percent, with annual export to show the strongest increase of 8.5 percent in the past six years (photo courtesy of UDN.com). In light of the ...

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China Is Facing Growth Deceleration

Dec 12, 2016

A slowdown in China is the greatest threat to the global economy, Harvard economist Kenneth Rogoff told BBC in a curious interview in late September. "The [Chinese] economy is slowing down much more than the official figures show." As the ...

Tags: Chinese economy, global economy

China's CPI up 2.3% in Nov.

Dec 9, 2016

China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, grew 2.3 percent year on year in November, up from October's 2.1 percent, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) announced Friday. On a month-on-month basis, the CPI rose 0.1 ...

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China's PPI Records 5-Year High in Nov.

Dec 9, 2016

China's producer price index (PPI), which measures costs for goods at the factory gate, beat market expectations to reach a five-year high in November, official data showed Friday. The reading rose 3.3 percent year on year, the highest ...

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Food Prices in China Edged Down Last Week

Oct 27, 2016

Food prices in China edged down last week, on the back of cheaper vegetables and fish, with inflation running below the government target. The average price of 30 types of vegetable between Oct. 17 and 23 decreased 0.3 percent from a week ...

Tags: vegetables, fish

China July Inflation Forecast at 1.9%

Aug 1, 2016

China's Consumer Price Index (CPI) in July is likely to increase 1.9 percent year on year, staying flat with that in June, according to an industry report. The official CPI for July is due to be released by the National Bureau of ...

Tags: July Inflation, CPI

Farm Produce Prices Post Mild Declines

Jul 12, 2016

Farm produce prices posted mild declines last week, the Ministry of Commerce said on Tuesday. The average price of six types of fruit fell 1.5 percent, compared to a drop of 0.7 percent a week earlier, according to the ministry's website. ...

Tags: Farm produce prices, Meat

China June Inflation Forecast at 1.9%

Jun 30, 2016

China's Consumer Price Index (CPI) in June is likely to increase 1.9 percent year on year, slightly less than the 2 percent recorded in May, according to an industry report. The official CPI for June is due to be released by the National ...

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China February Consumer Prices up 2.3%

Mar 10, 2016

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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Consumer Confidence in Taiwan Keep Lowering for Eighth Month

Dec 29, 2015

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

China Central Bank Sees 2016 Growth at 6.8 Pct

Dec 17, 2015

China's central bank projected its baseline forecast for 2016 growth at 6.8 percent on Wednesday, expecting the number of positive factors to gradually increase despite downward pressure on the economy. The rate is slightly lower than the ...

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Uneasy Outlook Ahead for Banks

Dec 8, 2015

Listed lenders from China may see zero or negligible profit growth next year, with some likely to incur marginal losses, a new report said on Monday. The nonperforming loans ratio, which measures bad loans as a percentage of total loans, ...

Tags: Uneasy Outlook, loans ratio

China's Economy in Q3 Seen to Grow 6.6%

Oct 9, 2015

China's economic data for September may show a stabilizing economy but they can't prevent the third-quarter growth sliding to as low as 6.6 percent, said analysts ahead of the data's release starting next week. "We expect the upcoming ...

Tags: China's Economy, economic data

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