High on confidence. That just about summarises the way Indonesian consumers felt at the end of December 2010.
At that time, the Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence index hit 137 for the October-December qu…
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Indonesian consumer confidence hits yet another high
S Korea adds jobs, import prices jump
South Koreans in employment rose by a strong 331,000 in January from a year earlier after a gain of 455,000 in December, led by more recruitment in the manufacturing sector to meet growing demand for …
Singapore raises inflation outlook, cuts 2010 GDP estimate
Singapore on Thursday revised downwards fourth quarter gross domestic product (GDP) growth estimates and warned that inflation will be higher than earlier forecast.
"For 2011, the inflation forec…
Singapore’s Dec retail sales up 2.7pc
Retail sales in Singapore, on a seasonally adjusted basis, increased 2.7 percent in December 2010 compared to November 2010, excluding motor vehicles, retail sales went up 2.2 percent.
Retail sales in…
India’s finance minister hopes inflation will drop to 7pc by March end
With the marginal decline in the price rise in January, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Monday expressed hope that inflation will come down to 7 percent by March end.
Mukherjee, however, said the…
HK’s trade in services statistics for 2009 released
In 2009, the value of total exports of services fell by 6.7 percent compared with 2008 to HKD670.2 billion (USD85.99b), and that of total imports of services fell by 7.1 percent over th…
Taiwan Jan export value hits 2nd highest on record
Taiwan recorded total export value of USD25.35 billion in January 2011, the second highest monthly level next to USD25.47b posted in May 2010 as well as increasing 6.4 percent on month and 16.6 percen…
Chinese inflation hits 4.9pc pushed by high food prices
Inflation in China has accelerated in January despite three interest rate rises in the past four months.
Consumer prices rose by 4.9 percent in January from a year earlier, the National Bureau of Stat…
Video Report: Capturing China’s growing consumerism
Matthew Marsden, director of consumer research at Samsung Securities, says I.T, Man Wah and Sparkle Roll are well positioned to capture China’s surging consumer growth. He shares his investment …
China seeks to ease food fears
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao sought to calm global concerns about the impact of severe droughts on China’s grain output and inflation, saying that the country’s supply of grain is basically …