China’s central bank has raised key interest rates by a quarter-point in a further effort to curb bank lending and rein in inflation.
The rise takes the one-year deposit and lending rates to 3.2…
China’s central bank has raised key interest rates by a quarter-point in a further effort to curb bank lending and rein in inflation.
The rise takes the one-year deposit and lending rates to 3.2…
India has banned food imports from Japan for fear of radiation contamination from the country’s tsunami-ravaged nuclear power complex.
An Indian Health Ministry statement says the ban took effec…
Vietnam will raise the minimum wage for public servants and employees of state-owned enterprises by 13.7 percent from May, a move that will put more upward pressure on prices.
The minimum monthly wage…
Australian consumers in February shrugged off the effects of some of the nation’s worst natural disasters and returned to the high street, boosting retail sales beyond economists’ expectat…
Japan’s cherry blossoms are just starting to bloom, but fewer tourists will be around to admire the country’s symbolic harbinger of spring, the nation’s peak travel season.
The effor…
Malaysia on Tuesday said its exports, the mainstay of the country’s economy, rose 10.7 percent year-on-year in February although at a slower rate than the previous month.
The trade ministry said…
Rising fruit and vegetable costs, triggered by the summer’s floods in Queensland and Victoria, helped push a gauge of Australia’s monthly inflation up by the most in more than a year.
The …
India’s trade deficit with China has grown 13 times between 2004-05 and 2009-10, whereas the bilateral commerce increased by three-and-a-half times, reflecting a huge advantage which accrued to …
Macau set a new monthly casino gross gaming revenue record last month, according to official data released on Friday.
With total revenue of MOP20.09 billion (USD2.51b), last month’s casino take …
Asian economies continued to grow in March while inflation remained manageable, suggesting that central banks in the region may be able to maintain a moderate pace of monetary tightening.
Purchasing m…