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China's retail sales of consumer goods up 33.8% in Jan-Feb 2021

China's retail sales of consumer goods, a major indicator of consumption growth, rose 33.8 percent year-on-year in the first two months of 2021, according to data from

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Australia's GDP shrank 1.1% in 2020

Australia's GDP figures for 2020 showed a decrease of 1.1 percent, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics on Wednesday.

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China overtakes U.S. as EU's biggest trading partner

China last year overtook the United States as the EU's biggest trading partner, the EU statistics agency Eurostat said on Monday.The EU's trade with the United States dropped significantly in 2020, w

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UK economy shrank by 9.9% in 2020: Report

Figures from the Office for National Statistics show the UK's economy shrank by 9.9 percent in 2020 marking the biggest contraction in the country on record, according to media reports.

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U.S. unemployment rate falls to 6.3% in January

U.S. unemployment rate dropped to 6.3 percent in January, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday.

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UK records 1,280 COVID19 deaths, 55,761 infections

The number of people in the UK to have been given a first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine is 3,234,946 as of 14 January, according to Government data published on Friday - marking a rise of 316,694 fr

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China's consumer inflation rises 0.2% in December

A supermarket in Xingtai, north China's Hebei Province, January 6, 2021. /CFP China's consumer price index (CPI), a key gauge of retail inflation, rose 0.2 percent in December from a year earl

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Bitcoin reaches new peak, surpassing $30,000

The price of bitcoin reached $30,500 on Saturday, hitting another record high, according to statistics from Coinmarketcap website.The price of the biggest cryptocurrency has jumped more than 20 perce

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China's grain output reaches 669.5 billion kg in 2020

China's grain output reached 669.5 billion kilograms this year, according to the National Bureau of Statistics.

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China's retail sales up 4.3 pct in October

China's retail sales of consumer goods climbed 4.3 percent year on year in October, the National Bureau of Statistics said Monday.The growth picked up from the 3.3-perc

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China's CPI up 1.7 pct in September

China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, rose 1.7 percent year on year in September, the National Bureau of Statistics said Thursday.

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China's CPI up 2.4 pct in August

China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, rose by 2.4 percent year on year in August, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Wednesday.

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South Africa's economy contracts by 51 percent in Q2

Gross domestic product in South Africa shrank by more than half from April to June compared with a year earlier, battered by the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, the country's statistics agency sa

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China's August manufacturing PMI sees minor slip

China's manufacturing purchasing managers' index (PMI) decreased to 51 in August from 51.1 in July, official data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed on Monda

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China's natural gas output up 4.8 pct in July

China saw slower growth in natural gas output last month, according to official data. The natural gas output went up 4.8 percent year on year to 14.2 billion cubic met

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China's retail sales up 0.85 pct in July

A consumer buys drinks at a supermarket in Haizhou District of Lianyungang City, east China's Jiangsu Province, Aug. 10, 2020. (Photo by Geng Yuhe/Xinhua)BEIJING, Aug.

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China's CPI up 2.7% YoY in July

China's consumer price index (CPI) rose 2.7 percent year-on-year in July, according to the National Bureau of Statistics on Monday.