Natural disasters probably cut more than 1 percentage point from Australia’s economic growth in the first quarter, Treasurer Wayne Swan said just days before a government report on gross domesti…
Natural disasters probably cut more than 1 percentage point from Australia’s economic growth in the first quarter, Treasurer Wayne Swan said just days before a government report on gross domesti…
Japan’s consumer prices in April rose for the first time in more than two years on a temporary spike in energy and tobacco prices, the government said on Friday.
Japan’s core consumer pric…
New Zealand has agreed with Beijing it will double its exports to China in four years, the deputy prime minister told reporters in Hong Kong on Thursday.
"They’re currently NZD10 billion (U…
Singapore has begun talks on a free-trade agreement with Taiwan, making the city-state the first nation that doesn’t recognise Taiwanese statehood to dare such a move.…
The writer of this article suggests that the cause of China’s problem may not be inflation, but the low prices.
Regular readers will have seen an awful lot in this column over recent months &nda…
In April, the values of Hong Kong’s total exports and imports of goods both recorded year-on-year increases, at 4.1 percent and 6.1 percent respectively, the Census and Statistics Department (C&…
The retail market in the little city of Kuching is growing and has set its sights to attract more international retailers’ eyeballs, according to an industry insider.
"International brands …
Experian FootFall has released the latest National FootFall Index (week 20, 16 May 2011) detailing the footfall patterns of consumers in Hong Kong over the past six weeks in compar…
A warning from a government trade council in Taiwan highlights concerns that the island has become increasingly isolated by the burgeoning network of free trade agreements connecting Asia and the rest…
The global economy is projected to expand by 4.2 percent this year, but rising oil and commodity prices and European debt crisis could hurt the overall recovery, according to Paris-based think-ta…