After years of growth in a row, Chinese medium and heavy truck market suffer dramatic decline since the second half of 2012. The decline rate outnumbers 30%. Is it a cold winter or a rational fall? People hold different opinions on it. ...
Tags: HD Trucks, heavy truck
The economic outlook for emerging Asia (Southeast Asia, China and India) remains robust over the medium term, anchored by the steady rise in domestic demand, according to a new report from the OECD Development Centre. Accordingly, GDP ...
Tags: GDP growth
UK production output fell sharply in August, puzzling analysts who had expected only a slight dip. According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS) production output fell 1.5% in August, compared with the same month last year. ...
Tags: Production Output
This Halloween there will be plenty of pumpkins, princesses, zombies and witches around town. According to the National Retail Federation’s 2013 Top Costumes Survey, adults and children will look to traditional favorites for their ...
“The National Retail Federation (NRF) will continue its constructive dialogue with the Administration and Congress on the Affordable Care Act, in order to address some of the serious implementation challenges confronting our ...
Tags: health care, Apparel
ICE Cotton traded firmer with an improving technical picture and climbing open interest throughout most of the week, settling at 87.18. The market’s move higher, China’s holiday, continued uncertainty about cotton quality, and ...
The online sales of clothing and accessories in Mexico grew 23 percent year-on-year in the first quarter of 2013, according to an analysis prepared by online shopping site Mercado Libre. The analysis states that according to the data ...
Tags: Online Clothing, Apparel
After six consecutive quarters of decline, GDP in the Eurozone increased by 0.3% in Q2 2013. Economic activity is projected to expand further over the forecast horizon (+0.1% in Q3, +0.3% in Q4 2013 and +0.4% in Q1 2014) mainly on the back ...
Last week saw U.S. stock indexes climb to near record highs and the U.S. dollar fell to its largest decline in 5 weeks following the release of minutes from the Federal Reserve along with comments from Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke that ...
While industrial performance has stabilised, industry's share in Europe's GDP has declined from 15.5% of GDP one year ago to 15.1% in summer 2013. The two industrial Competitiveness reports published today by the European Commission ...
Tags: Service, industry economy
With home prices and household formations rising and household balance sheets healing, the ongoing housing recovery is expected to gain momentum next year even as several challenges remain, according to economists who participated in the ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration
Emerging East Asian economies risk slower growth after they failed to take advantage of ample cash supply made available by global monetary authorities to build roads and ports, the Asian Development Bank said. Funding infrastructure ...
Tags: Emerging Markets, ADB
Communiqué on National Expenditures on Science and Technology in 2012 National Bureau of Statistics of China 2013-09-26 14:31:33 In 2012, China’s total expenditures on science and technology (S&T) continued to maintain ...
Tags: economy, China, Science, Technology
China has this week ordered 58 companies, ranging from steel, coke and cement producers, to cut excess production capacity by the end of the year, in the latest attempt to ease overcapacity in bloated sectors. This is the third batch of ...
Tags: Overcapacity, Metallurgy
Rising raw material prices and the crash of the rupee has badly mauled India's plastic industry, according to the country's largest plastics trade association. "[The] future of over 50,000 manufacturing units and four million jobs are at ...
Tags: Plastics Industry, Polymer Costs