The latest Manpower Employment Outlook Survey results show that the steady increase in hiring intentions in Australia will continue into the third quarter of 2016. Of the 1,500 public and private employers surveyed, 13 per cent indicated ...
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 ...
The Chinese government is taking absolutely adequate measures to handle slowing economic growth and an increase of certain imbalances, a leading Russian expert has said, commenting on China's key economic meeting held last weekend. "What ...
China will coordinate different economic indicators during the next five years to make development more balanced, inclusive and sustainable than before, a latest official document showed. To ensure the realization of a "moderately ...
China's slowing power consumption and falling railway freight are signs of progress in economic restructuring, rather than evidence of failing industry, the statistics chief said on Thursday. Power use and rail freight are two major ...
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The 9th Annual Meeting of the New Champions, a World Economic Forum conference hosted each year in China. It has come to be known as the “Summer Davos,” opened on Wednesday in the city of Dalian. It has become customary for the ...
Housewives compare prices every day, including Zhang Ming, a 60-year-old retired woman who frequents a supermarket in Beijing's Fengtai district. On Sunday morning, she spent 45 yuan ($7.30) on 1 kg of pork fillet. "It's amazing ...
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Global Consumer Confidence stayed relatively consistent for more than a year, declining one index point in the second quarter to a score of 96, according to global performance management company Nielsen's Consumer Confidence Index Report. ...
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Multiple economic indicators in recent months suggest the Chinese economy is over the worst as pro-growth and reform measures take effect, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). "Positive changes are occurring due to ...
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According to NBS's report, China's CPI grew 1.5% year on year in April. On a monthly basis, the CPI fell by 0.2%. Both CPI and PPI inflation came in below expectations. uted level of inflation highlights weak demand growth and makes it ...
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Despite concerns over lethargic industrial output and increasing downward pressure in the first quarter (Q1) of 2015, growth in China's key emergent sectors fed positive sentiment. Industrial output in China grew 6.4 percent year on year ...
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 ...
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The Chinese economy is expected to grow 7 percent in the first quarter of 2015, according to an estimate released by the State Information Center, a government think tank, on Monday. A steady slowdown is expected for the Chinese economy, ...
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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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President Xi Jinping unveiled his thinking about the Chinese economy, saying the world's second largest economy is seeing a "new normal" emerging. China's 2014 economic growth edged down to a 24-year low of 7.4% from 7.7% in 2013, ...
Tags: China's Economy, economic growth