Signs of economic growth were prevalent in global trade data issued this week by Panjiva, an online search engine with detailed information on global suppliers and manufacturers. U.S.-bound waterborne shipments—at ...
Tags: Manufacturing&Processing Machinery, Panjiva, Trade Numbers
All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) has expressed concern over the 2 percent hike in tax introduced in the Budget for fiscal year 2013-14, which may lead to increase in the cost of production for the textile industry of the ...
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Japan-based financial services provider ORIX Corporation has signed an agreement to acquire approximately 25.7% of issued shares of Bahrain-based the Mediterranean and Gulf Insurance and Reinsurance Company (MEDGULF). ORIX, which entered ...
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Rio Tinto has sold $US3 billion ($3.1bn) in corporate bonds in the US market, making it the biggest high-grade deal since worries about the Federal Reserve pulling back on its bond-buying program stymied new issuance. Underwriters ...
In May 2013, the total retail sales of consumer goods reached 1,888.6 billion yuan, up by 12.9 percent year-on-year (nominal growth rate. The real growth rate was 12.1 percent. The follows are nominal growth rates if there’s no ...
Tags: Retail Sales, Consumer Goods
From January to May, the private investment in fixed assets reached 8,383.2 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 23.8 percent in nominal terms, down by 0.1 percentage point over the first four months. The proportion of private ...
Tags: Private Investment, Fixed Assets
1. The completion of real estate investment The total investment in real estate development in the first five months of 2013 was 2,679.8 billion yuan, up by 20.6 percent year-on-year in nominal term, 0.5 percentage points lower than that ...
Tags: National Real Estate, Sales
From January to May 2013, the investment in fixed assets (excluding rural households) reached 13,121.1 billion yuan, up by 20.4 percent year-on-year in nominal terms, the growth rate decreased 0.2 percentage point over that in the first ...
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In May 2013, the total value added of the industrial enterprises above designated size was up by 9.2 percent year-on-year (the following growth rates of value added are real growth rates, after deducting price factors), 0.1 percentage point ...
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Malaysia's re-elected Prime Minister Najib Razak announced yesterday that foreign investors and fund managers would be given five-year multiple entry visas, and that overseas corporations trading in oil and related products in the country ...
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The 113th China Import and Export Fair, also known as the Canton Fair, saw an increase in international visitors during its most recent run, which ended May 5. Fair officials reported the event drew 200,000 overseas buyers, which was up ...
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The Australian dollar slumped to a near three-year low during Asia trade after local economic data disappointed and Goldman Sachs warned the resource-rich country was at risk of a steep economic downturn. New government figures today ...
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THE Aussie is higher as the greenback and Wall Street stocks fell after the Bank of Japan stayed quiet on any new stimulus measures. At 6.30am AEST, the dollar was trading at US94.41c, up from US94.02c yesterday. The Bank of Japan ...
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In May, the consumer price index (CPI) went up by 2.1 percent year-on-year. The prices grew by 2.1 percent in cities and 2.2 percent in rural areas. The food prices went up by 3.2 percent, while the non-food prices increased by 1.6 percent. ...
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In May 2013, Producer Price Index (PPI) for manufactured goods decreased 2.9 percent year-on-year, and decreased 0.6 percent month-on-month. The purchasing price index for manufactured goods went down by 3.0 percent year-on-year, and 0.6 ...
Tags: Producer Prices, Industrial