Indonesia’s inflation picked up speed in January, adding to the pressure on Bank Indonesia to raise its benchmark interest rate.
The Central Statistics Agency said on Tuesday that consumer price…
Indonesia’s inflation picked up speed in January, adding to the pressure on Bank Indonesia to raise its benchmark interest rate.
The Central Statistics Agency said on Tuesday that consumer price…
Consumer prices are going up in Southeast Asia as countries recover from the global slump, with food and fuel inflation a particular concern in some, meaning central banks will probably have to tighte…
South Korea’s current-account surplus rose in December as the nation exported more automobiles, ships and electronics, bringing the surplus for the full year to the fourth largest on record and …
Japanese consumers remained downbeat in December, as deflation persisted and the employment situation remained mixed, data released by the government on 28 January showed.
All household spen…
Taiwan posted an economic growth rate, on-year growth in real gross domestic product (GDP), of 6.48 percent for the fourth quarter and that of 10.47 percent for the whole year of 2010, 1.78 percentage…
Chen Xiaohua, China’s vice agricultural minister, has warned that China will face pressures to make farm product supply meet demand over the next five years.
Chen said that in the five-year peri…
Manufacturing in China and India remained strong in January, while rising input prices have stoked fears that inflation in developing economies has not been tamed, a survey by HSBC showed on Tuesday.
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Merchandise exports from Macau remained sluggish in 2010, official data shows.
The value of total merchandise exports fell by 9.3 percent year-on-year to MOP6.96 billion (USD870 million).
On the other…
China and Switzerland have formally launched bilateral talks on a free trade agreement, Chinese commerce minister Cheng Deming said.
The two countries have been rapidly growing their bilateral trade a…
South Korean exports in January rose by their fastest annual pace on record, data showed on Tuesday, reinforcing optimism Asia’s fourth largest economy would rebound from slowing growth in late …