China's fiscal revenue achieved rapid growth in November, partly due to its stabilizing economy, the Ministry of Finance said Wednesday.
New Zealand now has more ethnic groups than there are countries in the world, with the Chinese and Indians
The rise in spending by New Zealand shoppers with debit and credit cards slowed to 0.3
With November CPI inflation slowing more than expected and PPI inflation remaining negative, markets could breathe a sigh of relief. In the past few weeks, markets have been worried that the central bank could be forced to tame the rising CPI by tightening the credit supply, leading to rising bond yields.
China's exports outperformed market expectations in November due to improved data in the United States and the European Union.
Tokyo stocks ended with a sharp surge Monday as market sentiment was boosted by a further depreciated yen and a strong rebound on Wall Street on Friday following better- than-expected U.S. jobs data for November.
A new report suggests a quarter of New Zealand's children are living in poverty and 10 percent are in severe poverty.
China stands out as a star performer amid the slowdown in the world's emerging markets, with its economy showing increasing signs of picking up.
Down a record 8.26 percent -- the worst daily loss since trading started in 2009 -- 325 of 328 shares listed on the board fell, with 225 collapsing by the daily limit of 10 percent. Profit taking was triggered by suggested reform to the initial public offering (IPO) system.
Canada's main stock index inched up Monday to kick off the first trading day in December by closing at 13,419.57 points, despite a slump in gold prices.
China's purchasing managers' index (PMI) for the manufacturing sector remained flat at 51.4 percent in November, according to new data released Sunday.
China's latest figures on industrial activities indicated that the world's second largest economy faced worsening overcapacity despite a slew of measures and repeated warnings from the leadership.
Last week's winner "Hunger Games: Catching Fire" still led the box office this weekend and Thanksgiving holiday. Disney's animation "Frozen" became the second hottest film."Hunger Games: Catching Fire" grossed 110.2 million U.S. dollars in the five-day Thanksgiving holiday (from Wednesday night to Sunday), becoming the best-selling and most popular movie of all time to surpass 2001's "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, " which earned 82.4 million dollars during the holiday.
New Zealand's unemployment rate is expected to fall to 4 percent by 2021 as the ageing population constrains the supply of labor, the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment forecast Friday.
The EU on Wednesday imposed tariffs of up to 42.1 percent on solar glass imports from China, which would come into force Thursday.
The Lao government will this week launch its sale of 3 billion baht (93.56 million U.S. dollars) in denominated bonds to Thailand with aims to accelerate national development.
S.Korea's consumer confidence rises to three-year high eflecting growing expectations for economic recovery, central bank data showed Tuesday.
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