TheInternationalMonetaryFundonTuesdaymarkedupChina'seconomicgrowthfor2018and2019bothby0.1percentagepointfromitsforecastlastOctober,andwarnedoftheriskofanescalat
Accordingtoasurveyof5000companies,Chineseentrepreneursandbankersweremoreconfidentabouttheeconomyinthefourthquarterofthisyearthanthepreviousquarter.Theentreprene
China'sconsumerpriceindex(CPI)andproducerpriceindex(PPI),rose1.9percentand6.9percentyearonyearinOctoberrespectively,accordingtothedatareleasedbyNationalBureauof
SouthKoreanPresidentMoonJae-insawthefirstfallinhisapprovalratingsincetakingofficeearlierthismonth,alocalsurveyshowedMonday.AccordingtotheRealmeterpoll,Moon'ssup
South Korean President Moon Jae-in's first approval rating since his inauguration earlier this month topped 80 percent, a local poll showed Monday.
ThreeoutoffourSouthKoreansexpectednewly-electedPresidentMoonJae-in'sgoodmanagementofstateaffairs,asurveyshowedonMonday.AccordingtotheRealmeterpoll,74.8percentof
Support for Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) nudged up to 32 percent, one percentage point behind Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives, over the past week, according to a poll published on Wednesday.
One out of 10 South Korean companies became a chronic "zombie" firm as they were not able to repay even borrowing costs with earnings, a central bank report showed Tuesday.
The Business Optimism Index (BOI) in Singapore is projected to drop to a low level in the first quarter of 2015 amid global political headwinds and softer regional demand in external-oriented sectors, the Singapore Commercial Credit Bureau (SCCB) said on Monday.
The ongoing geopolitical uncertainties around the world has led to global economic growth almost stalled, which in turn, hurt local business confidence in Singapore, dragging the Business Optimism Index (BOI) to a 12- month low in the fourth quarter, the Singapore Commercial Credit Bureau said on Monday.
The U.S. job market is off to an unsteady start in 2014 with yet another lackluster unemployment report released on Friday.
Australian central bank governor Glenn Stevens last week issued a dramatic pre-election call for the government to achieve a budget surplus as soon as possible, and for the first time since 2008, a step he said would help restore economic confidence.