After a slowdown in demand in the second half of last year in many parts of Europe, coatings companies in the region have become less confident about the short-term future. However, despite economic forecasts of relatively slow growth in ...
China's central bank said yesterday it would cut the level of funds commercial banks must hold in reserve by 1 percentage point, the second such move this year to boost lending.The move, effective today, comes after the world’s second ...
The annual rate of inflation, based on monthly wholesale price index (WPI), stood at minus 2.33 per cent for March 2015 (over March 2014), according to the provisional data released by the Office of the Economic Adviser, Ministry of ...
China's economic growth slowed to 7 percent in the first quarter of 2015, down from 7.3 percent in the fourth quarter, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) announced on Wednesday. The latest figure was better than the forecasts by ...
Tags: Chinese economy, consumer prices
Falling after a national payday, experts predict consumers to be out in force this Good Friday and Easter Monday. As Easter weekend approaches, footfall at shopping centres, retail parks and high streets is forecast to jump 4.7 per cent ...
Tags: Easter weekend, Payday, Toys
Macroeconomics plays a critical role in operation of any business as prevailing economic conditions affect individual businesses as well. Entrepreneurs and others business people must take these factors into consideration as part of their ...
Tags: GDP, economic conditions, Electronics
George Osborne has delivered his sixth Budget, and the last of the current Parliament. The key points are as follows: Economy The UK grew 2.6% in 2014, faster than any other advanced economy but lower than 3% predicted in December ...
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It is reported that a transportation company executive in Vietnam Hanoi complained that although his company has been looking for heavy trucks in last two months, they still can not get satisfactory heavy-duty truck. Because there are not ...
As China walks the economic tightrope of balancing steady growth, facilitating restructuring and combating deflation risks, Zhou said there may be room for flexibility despite consistent championing of a prudent monetary policy. Policy ...
Tags: Central Bank, China's GDP
The Indian textile and apparel industry will clock double digit growth rates of between 8 to 12 per cent or even more in the next fiscal, a top official at textile major Raymond said. Sanjay Behl, CEO at the lifestyle business of ...
Tags: Textile Sector, Textile
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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China's producer price index (PPI), which measures inflation at the wholesale level, declined a record 4.8 percent year on year in February amid weak domestic demand, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Tuesday. The ...
A new report by Canadean expects more Africans to enter the beer market from the home brew sector, while commercial beer and premium brands forge ahead in the exploding African beer market. According to the report, the African beer market ...
Tags: Beer Market, Commercial beers
China will accelerate price reform this year in sectors such as electric power, head of the country's top price regulator said Thursday. The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) will further strengthen its efforts on price ...
Tags: Price Reform, electric power
The Chinese economy is confronted with more difficulties than anticipated in 2014, but it has scored more achievements than expected, said Xu Shaoshi, minister in charge of the National Development and Reform Commission, China's top ...