South Korea’s consumer prices surged at the fastest pace in three years in August and trade surplus shrank sharply as soaring imports outpaced export gains, data showed Thursday. The double wham…
South Korea’s consumer prices surged at the fastest pace in three years in August and trade surplus shrank sharply as soaring imports outpaced export gains, data showed Thursday. The double wham…
South Korea’s inflation rate hit a three-year high in August as higher food costs continued to put pressure on consumer prices.
Prices in August rose by 5.3 percent from a year earlier, latest g…
Japanese retail sales rose 0.7 percent in July from a year earlier to mark their second straight month of increases, government data showed on Tuesday, as consumer spending recovers following a large …
Consumer prices in Japan rose unexpectedly in July due to higher energy costs.
Core consumer prices, which do not include the price of food, rose 0.1 percent from the same month last year, official fi…
South Korean consumers’ confidence dipped to a five-month low in August while their inflation expectations hit a 29-month high, a central bank survey showed on Thursday, putting the Bank of Kore…
Recovery in Japan’s exports slowed in July as slackening overseas demand and the yen’s strength weigh just as the economy is about to pull out of a recession triggered by a massive earthqu…
The Japanese yen’s near-record strength despite three government currency-market interventions over the past year is sparking debate over how effective the strategy will be in the future.
Less t…
When it comes to weathering economic storms, South Koreans can rightly claim more familiarity than most with the harrowing experience of seeing hard-won prosperity evaporate.…
Japan’s economy contracted at a slower pace than expected in the second quarter as output and exports recovered from the deadly earthquake in March, but a soaring yen and slowing global growth c…
Japan’s government cut its economic growth forecast for the current fiscal year to 0.5 percent from 1.5 percent to reflect the slump in factory output after a magnitude 9.0 earthquake, tsunami a…