Japan posted a goods trade surplus of 2.46 trillion yen ($23 billion) in fiscal 2017 as strong overseas demand lifted the country’s exports to the second-highest level on record, the finance…
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Malaysia’s consumer price inflation eased in March to its lowest level in twenty months as cheaper fuel prices cushioned impact from costlier food, official data Wednesday showed.
China Wednesday proposed a India-Nepal-China economic corridor with multi-dimensional connectivity through the Himalayas as it seeks to expand its influence over the new Nepalese government…
Economic data released so far this year shows a pick-up in the growth of Indonesia’s economy. The government collected more taxes in the first quarter this year than it did in the same period…
Before the threat of a US-China trade war arose, surging stock markets and corporate profits had obscured the fact that the global economic system is under existential stress.
The International Monetary Fund has retained the current forecast of Ukraine’s GDP growth at the rate of 3.2%. However, the forecast for the next year worsened—down to 3.3%. The IMF in its April…
China’s economic expansion has held steady in the first months of the year amid a worsening trade dispute with the United States. Growth was primarily driven by strong e-commerce and factory…
Bitcoin has received an unexpected boost from Christine Lagarde, after the head of the International Monetary Fund detailed the global benefits of cryptocurrency.
Lagarde wrote in a…
Wells Fargo & Co’s two biggest competitors have been nabbing market share in lending to commercial and industrial customers in the American heartland, a sign of how difficult it has become…
Ethiopia’s new prime minister said that a foreign exchange shortage will last for years and more cooperation with the private sector is essential to solve it, state television reported. Abiy…
Emerging markets have weathered this year’s market volatility just fine so far. But some investors are using this as an opportunity to get a lot more selective, with challenges looming from…
ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment for Germany once again experienced a sharp decline in April 2018, dropping by 13.3 points compared to March and even 26.0 points compared to February.
The World Economic Forum says 30% of the Kenyan workforce lacks adequate skills which is affecting productivity in the country, KBC reported. The WEF said that the situation in Kenya is however…
The International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday that it expected New Zealand to show robust economic growth this year, but noted the housing market still posed medium-term risks to the economy…
Italy’s annual inflation rate was 0.8% in March, compared to 0.5% in February, ISTAT said on Tuesday. The March inflation figure was down 0.1 of a percentage point from the national statistics…
The European Investment Fund signed three loan guarantee agreements with Greece’s National Bank worth €640 million ($791.04 million) to provide funding to small and medium-sized businesses to…
Eurozone economic growth, already moderating in part from a stronger currency, will take a further hit from the ongoing trade dispute between the United States and China, according to a majority…
The global economy is set to grow at a faster clip than anticipated in 2018, due mostly to lower tax rates in the United States, but tensions over trade threaten to derail months of synchronized…
Australia’s economy this year is expected to grow faster than its speed limit—estimated at 2.75% by the treasury—with inflation just above the bottom of its target, the central bank said in…
A robot invasion is underway in one of the last labor-intensive industries--shipbuilding. In search of lower costs and speedier construction times, Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. and Daewoo…
Economic activity in Brazil barely expanded in February after contracting the month before, central bank data showed on Monday, suggesting the recovery hit a bump in the first months of the year…
The World Bank has said that the Indian economy has recovered from the adverse effects of the demonetization and implementation of Goods and Services Tax.
According to World Bank…
Sri Lanka’s growth is projected to rebound in 2018 and continue to be around 4.5% in the medium term, driven by private consumption and investment, the World Bank said in its latest report,…
Shares were mixed in Asia on Monday, with Chinese benchmarks leading decliners. The air strikes on Syria appeared to be having scant impact on trading, and oil prices fell back. Eyes were on…
With threats both of trade wars and rising interest rates, how does developing Asia stand relative both to the developed world and developing non-Asia? A look at some of the data in the 2018…
