In November, the consumer price index (CPI) went up by 2.0 percent year-on-year. The prices grew by 2.1 percent in cities and 1.9 percent in rural areas. The food prices went up by 3.0 percent, while the non-food prices increased by 1.6 ...
Tags: Consumer Prices, Bureau, Statistics of China
Expansion into Russia has hit profits from Finland-based retailer Kesko's food division in the first half of the year. Kesko, which is looking to open its first food stores in Russia, said operating profit excluding non-recurring items ...
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China's industrial output and retail sales exceeded forecasts last month while inflation rebounded from a 33 month low in signs the economic recovery is accelerating. Factory production climbed 10.1%in November from a year earlier,the ...
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According to Bank of Communications, China's consumer prices will likely fall in the second half of the year, trimming growth of the consumer price index to 4% by the year's end. The bank forecast the rise of CPI, the main gauge of ...
Tags: China's consumer price, consumer price, China economy, economy prediction
The Economic Affairs Committee of the Legislative Yuan in Taiwan reached a consensus on October 22, 2012 to hold the price of natural gas and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) from now to the end of 2012. According to academics, the ...
Tags: Natural Gas, liquefied petroleum gas, LPG, Energy
Premier Sean Chen announced yesterday(Sept.26)that the basic hourly pay will be raised to NT$109,up from NT$103 now,effective Jan.1,next year.Meanwhile,the basic monthly pay will be enhanced to NT$19,047,on the premise that GDP growth ...
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Taipei, Sept. 21, 2012 (CENS)--In view of the inflationary pressure to be brought about by the third-round quantitative easing policy (QE3) of the U.S., the regular meeting of the board of the directors and supervisors of the Central Bank ...
Tags: Cbc, Discount Rate, Inflationary Pressure, NT Dollar
Due to the effect of double typhoons,Taiwan's consumer price index in August scored an annual increase rate of 3.42%,a four-year high,and the CPI advanced 1.84%on average in the first eight months,reported the Directorate General of ...
Furniture Insights Monthly Results New Furniture Orders As we expected in last month's issue of Furniture Insights, new orders in May improved significantly over April orders according to our recent survey of residential furniture ...
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In July, the consumer price index (CPI) went up by 1.8 percent year-on-year. The prices grew by 1.9 percent in cities and 1.5 percent in rural areas. The food prices went up by 2.4 percent, while the non-food prices increased by 1.5 ...
Tags: Consumer Prices, China, Economy Development, China Economy
In June, the consumer price index (CPI) went up by 2.2 percent year-on-year. The prices grew by 2.2 percent in cities areas and 2.0 percent in rural areas. The food prices went up by 3.8 percent, while the non-food prices increased by 1.4 ...
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In May, the consumer price index (CPI) went up by 3.0 percent year-on-year. The prices grew by 3.0 percent in cities and 2.9 percent in rural areas. The food prices went up by 6.4 percent, while the non-food prices increased by 1.4 ...
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In April, the consumer price index (CPI) went up by 3.4 percent year-on-year. The prices grew by 3.4 percent in cities and 3.3 percent in rural areas. The food prices went up by 7.0 percent, while the non-food prices increased by 1.7 ...
Tags: CPI, consumer price index, food prices, consumer prices
Usually the articles I write feature change of some sort. Most often it’s a statistical series that has moved up or down. Sideways is the exception. A series that is well-known for its volatility is construction costs. That’s ...
Tags: market view, construction