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Eurozone Inflation Hits Four-Year High in February
Mar 2, 2017Inflation 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 ...
Tags: Eurozone Inflation, inflation
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Foreign Media Focus on Outcome of China's Key Economic Meeting
Dec 24, 2015The priorities set out by Chinese leaders at a key economic meeting have prompted strong interest among foreign media organizations. The Central Economic Work Conference, which was held here from Friday to Monday, reviewed China's ...
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China's Services Sector Grew Modestly in February
Mar 4, 2015Activity in China's services sector grew modestly in February as new orders rose at their quickest pace in three months, a private survey showed just a few days after the central bank cut interest rates to stimulate the world's ...
Tags: HSBC Services, PMI
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China Faces Pressure as Imp.Drop,Exp Slow
Dec 8, 2014China's imports shrank unexpectedly in November while export growth slowed, fuelling concerns that the world's second-largest economy could be facing a sharper slowdown and adding pressure on policymakers to ramp up stimulus measures. ...
Tags: export growth, economy
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Taiwanese Machine-Tool Makers Decides to Acquire Japanese Machine-Tool Makers
Nov 13, 2014Taiwanese machine-tool makers Fair Friend Enterprise Group, Goodway Machine Corp., and Hiwin Technologies Corp. have decided to acquire Japanese machine-tool makers in a move widely seen as an attempt to convert the threat of the weak yen ...
Tags: Triggers, Machine Tool
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Chinese Steelmakers Eyes on Overseas Markets
Nov 10, 2014Although dwindling domestic demand and excess capacity have shrunk profit margins for most Chinese steelmakers, it has inspired some to tap overseas markets for sustained, long-term growth. Hebei Iron &Steel Co, China's second-largest ...
Tags: Chinese Steelmakers, Iron, Steel
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Chinese Apparent Oil Demand in August Increased 3.7%
Oct 13, 2014Platts’ analysis shows apparent oil demand in August was 41.19 million metric tons (mt), or an average 9.74 million barrels per day (b/d) — an increase of 3.7% year over year. This growth came despite a slew of bearish economic ...
Tags: Oil Demand
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Peabody Energy Has Announced That Metallurgical Coal Fundamentals Are Expected to Improve
Sep 22, 2014US-based Peabody Energy has announced that metallurgical coal fundamentals are expected to improve as global metallurgical coal production cuts will be realized over the next two quarters. Regarding metallurgical coal fundamentals, the ...
Tags: Peabody Energy, metallurgical coal
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China Manufacturing Weakens in August
Aug 25, 2014Growth in China's vast manufacturing industry weakened in August, suggesting that the recovery in the world No. 2 economy is losing momentum and Beijing may need to spoon out more stimulus. The preliminary version of HSBC's manufacturing ...
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Chinese Homebuyers Have Driven Housing Prices Up
Aug 21, 2014Chinese homebuyers have driven housing prices and developers’ stocks skywards in the past decade but that has been clearly over for more than a year. Official economic data released on Wednesday showed the slowdown in the sector ...
Tags: Red-Hot Property, Homebuyers
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China Is Not Planning Any New Stimulus Measures
Aug 15, 2014BEIJING (AP) — China’s finance minister said Wednesday that the country is not planning any new stimulus measures and it is up to the United States to drive the global economy. Lou Jiwei said that leaders are satisfied with ...
Tags: China, Electrical, Electronics
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China's Official Manufacturing PMI Rises to 51.7 in July
Aug 1, 2014Activity in China's vast factory sector expanded at the fastest pace in 27 months in July on stronger demand, a government survey showed, adding to evidence that the economy is regaining momentum after a burst of government stimulus ...
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China Oil Demand Rose 2.7% in June Versus a Year Ago
Aug 1, 2014China's apparent oil demand* in June turned directions from May and climbed 2.7% versus the same month a year ago to 41.94 million metric tons (mt) or an average 10.25 million barrels per day (b/d), according to a just-released Platts ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Oil
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China Posted The Fastest Growth in Importing Philippine Merchandise in November Last Year
Jan 15, 2014Among the main trading partners of the Philippines, China posted the fastest growth in importing Philippine merchandise in November last year, although it remained as the country's third largest export market, after Japan and the United ...
Tags: Philippine Exports, export market
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China Auto Market Is Expected to Maintain Strong Growth in 2014
Jan 14, 2014China auto market will likely sustain another strong growth in 2014, helped by an anticipated array of economic stimulus measures and robust demand for cars in smaller cities of China's interior regions, according to industry executives ...
Tags: Auto Market, Strong Growth