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China's Manufacturing Activity Keeps Expanding
Jan 1, 2017China's manufacturing activity expanded for a fifth month in December. The manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) came in at 51.4 in December, lower than 51.7 in November and staying above the 50-point boom-bust line for the fifth ...
Tags: Manufacturing Activity, PMI
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Chinese Nov Thermal Coal Imports Surged on Year
Dec 27, 2016China imported 11 million mt of thermal coal in November, rising 69.2% year on year and 50.5% on the month to the highest volume since December 2014, data released by the General Administration of Customs showed Friday. During the ...
Tags: Thermal Coal, Coal
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The xBox One S Continues to Lay The Smackdown on The Sony PS4
Nov 14, 2016The Xbox One S has revived Microsoft’s fortunes in the console wars against Sony, with the platform outselling the PS4 for the fourth straight month in the US. New figures from NPD show the Xbox One retained its lead in the month of ...
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China Forex Reserves Fall for 4th Straight Month
Nov 9, 2016China's foreign exchange reserves shrank for a fourth straight month in October, the central bank said Monday. The world's largest currency hoard fell to 3.12 trillion U.S. dollars last month, down 45.7 billion dollars from September, ...
Tags: Forex Reserves, foreign exchange
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Foreign Trade Falls 0.6% in October
Nov 9, 2016As both exports and imports failed to meet early forecasts, China foreign trade decreased to 2.05 trillion yuan (US$307.2 billion) in October, down 0.6 percent from the same period last year, Customs data showed on Tuesday. China's ...
Tags: foreign trade, trade surplus
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SGX Takes on Larger Share of Coking Coal Futures Volume in November
Dec 2, 2015The Singapore Exchange is increasingly taking on a bigger share of coking coal futures volume, latest trade data showed Tuesday. The SGX's FOB Australia Premium Coking Coal Futures contract made up 285,000 mt in trade November, up from ...
Tags: SGX, Coking Coal, iron ore, thermal coal
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China's Crude Stocks Continued to Grow in October
Nov 14, 2015China's crude stocks continued to grow for the fifth straight month in October, despite a month-on-month drop in net imports, output and slight rise in throughput, Platts calculations based on recently released official data showed. Crude ...
Tags: crude stock, crude oil
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Pork Prices Propel Rise in Inflation
Aug 10, 2015Housewives compare prices every day, including Zhang Ming, a 60-year-old retired woman who frequents a supermarket in Beijing's Fengtai district. On Sunday morning, she spent 45 yuan ($7.30) on 1 kg of pork fillet. "It's amazing ...
Tags: Pork, vegetables
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China's Producer Prices Continued to Fall in July
Aug 10, 2015China's producer prices continued to fall in July, pointing to looming deflation risk, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed on Sunday. The producer price index (PPI), a measure of costs for goods at the factory gate, ...
Tags: PPI, PPI contraction
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China's June PPI Down 4.8%
Jul 10, 2015China's producer prices continue to fall in June, a sign of prolonged weakness of demand, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed on Thursday. The producer price index, a measure of costs for goods at the factory gate, fell 4.8 ...
Tags: China's producer prices, PPI
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The Commerce Ministry Is Considering Interest Subsidy Benefits for Textile Sector
Jul 2, 2015The commerce ministry is considering interest subsidy benefits for textile sector including garments to arrest falling exports, according to media reports. The interest subvention scheme of 3 per cent ended on March 31, last year. Under ...
Tags: Textiles Sector, subsidy benefits
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Chinese Shares Rose to The Highest Level in Seven Years
Jun 11, 2015Chinese shares rose to the highest level in seven years in volatile trade as bets that MSCI Inc will include mainland shares in its indexes overshadowed weaker shipments data. The ChiNext index of smaller and startup companies tumbled 4.67 ...
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China Eyes 'Capacity Exports' to Sustain Growth
May 18, 2015China is pushing for exports of industrial capacity, a new economic dynamic. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang will witness the signing of several deals on industrial capacity cooperation in Brazil, the first leg of his Latin America tour, said ...
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Annual Rate of Global Inflation up to 2.7%
May 6, 2015The annual rate of inflation across the Group of 20 largest economies increased for the second straight month in March. Economists had forecast a smaller rise in the consumer price index (CPI) to 2.6%. Annual inflation has been running ...
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China's CPI Grew 1.4% Year on Year in February
Mar 10, 2015China'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 ...
Tags: CPI, February Inflation
