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China's Latest Five-Year Plan Could Be Its Last

Feb 24, 2017

The outline for China’s 13th five-year plan isn’t exactly summer beach reading: The 65,858-character document, which lays out in broad terms how China’s leaders want the country’s economy to develop between now and ...

Tags: five-year plan, political economy

Business Is Looking Forward to a Mostly Merry Christmas

Oct 12, 2016

Australian business attitudes are upbeat as we head into the year-end holiday trading period. According to Dun & Bradstreet’s September Business Expectations Survey, companies are anticipating increased sales, profits, employee ...

Tags: business, Dun&Bradstreet, merry Christmas

Business Sentiment Continues to Fall

Apr 11, 2016

The results from Dun & Bradstreet’s March Business Expectations Survey have highlighted a second consecutive decline in expectations, with businesses issuing subdued forecasts for the three-month period to June 2016, despite reporting ...

Tags: Dun&Bradstreet's March Business Expectations Survey, BEI

“Mediocre” Is The New Air Cargo Reality

Mar 22, 2016

The IATA reports that air cargo global growth continued to perform below its potential – “mediocre growth is now the new reality”. Growth in freight tonne kilometres (FTK) had positive momentum since 2H2015 and into ...

Tags: Mediocre, IATA, Air cargo

Essentra To Further Boost Labels And Foil Manufacturing Facility In Newport, UK

Mar 8, 2016

Essentra, a supplier of plastic, fiber, foam and packaging components, is planning a six-fold expansion of its facility in Newport, UK. The move, which is expected to create 170 additional jobs, follows the company's announcement in last ...

Tags: Essentra, Expansion, Label

New Normal Needs New Interpretation

Dec 25, 2015

China's economy has entered a "new normal" and those fretting over disappointing data in traditional sectors, will have to adapt. The structure of China's economy has changed and traditional measurements, including GDP growth and ...

Tags: economy, new Normal

Driven in Large Part by The Rapid Expansion of Shale Oil and Gas Drilling and Production

Jul 17, 2015

Driven in large part by the rapid expansion of shale oil and gas drilling and production in North America, the world market for oil field specialty chemicals at the service company level reached $25 billion in 2014, up from nearly $16 ...

Tags: chemicals, coating, paint pigment, shale oil

Positive Signs Emerge for Economy During Q2

May 21, 2015

Industrial restructuring, growth in services good indicators of improving conditions, say experts Positive signs have started to emerge in China's economy since the second quarter, suggesting deepened industrial restructuring amid rapid ...

Tags: Industrial restructuring, Positive signs, China's economy

Guangdong Banking

Apr 21, 2015

Financial service companies expect the pilot free trade zone in Guangdong to play a key role in fostering innovation and boost business with its close proximity to Hong Kong and Macao. The Guangdong zone, to be unveiled on Tuesday, is ...

Tags: Financial service, pilot free trade zone

China's Services Sector Grew Modestly in February

Mar 4, 2015

Activity in China's services sector grew modestly in February as new orders rose at their quickest pace in three months, a private survey showed just a few days after the central bank cut interest rates to stimulate the world's ...

Tags: HSBC Services, PMI

U.S. Services Sector Fell Short of Expectations for December

Jan 7, 2015

A gauge of growth in the dominant U.S. services sector fell short of expectations for December, hitting a six-month low as indexes on employment, orders and business activity all declined. The FTSE 100 index was down 0.4 percent at 1209 ...

Tags: services sector, GDP growth

China's Annual Economic Growth Likely Slowed to 7.2 Percent in The Fourth Quarter

Jan 7, 2015

China's annual economic growth likely slowed to 7.2 percent in the fourth quarter, the weakest since the depths of the global crisis, a Reuters poll showed, which would keep pressure on policymakers to head off a sharper slowdown this year. ...

Tags: economic growth, GDP data

SHFE Copper Prices Climbed on Wednesday, The Last Trading Day of 2014

Jan 5, 2015

Shanghai Futures Exchange (SHFE) copper prices climbed on Wednesday, the last trading day of 2014. The market closed on January 1 and 2 due to the New Year holidays. The most-traded copper contract for March delivery on the SHFE ended at ...

Tags: Copper Prices, Copper

The State of The Trade Continues to Be Reported as Positive

Dec 23, 2014

The state of the trade continues to be reported as positive, but less so than in the previous two quarters. Confidence has been resolutely positive since the start of 2013, and respondents had previously improved their reports further ...

Tags: actual balance, Office Supplies

Average Time Taken for Australian Businesses Has Fallen to The Lowest Level

Nov 21, 2014

The average time taken for Australian businesses to pay their invoices has fallen to the lowest level since the third quarter of 2007, in further signs that operating conditions have strengthened this year and the business sector’s ...

Tags: Payment Times, Pre-GFC Levels

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