Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff is likely to be reelected in the first round of elections in October next year, according to a poll released Thursday.
China should allow its inflation to rise to give more room for its macroeconomic policies, Lu Ting, chief China economist with Bank of America Merrill Lynch, said Thursday.
The Thai economy will expand 3.3-3. 4 percent this year, short of the 3.5 percent forcast, if the political protests are prolonged to the end of the year, an economist said Friday.
Wall Street ended narrowly mixed Tuesday, as better-than-expected U.S. service sector data partially offset uncertainty about when the U.S. Federal Reserve will start tapering its bond purchases program.
Organizers of the China Import and Export Fair, also known as the Canton Fair, reported the lowest export volume since 2009 as the fair concluded on Monday in Guangzhou in southern Guangdong Province.
The Philippines recorded the second biggest foreign direct investment (FDI) inflow for the first half of this year, according to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
Organizers of the China Import and Export Fair, also known as the Canton Fair, reported the lowest export volume since 2009 as the fair concluded on Monday in Guangzhou in southern Guangdong Province.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Friday assessed the South Korean economy as a safe haven for global investors on the back of the economy's solid fundamentals.
The purchasing managers index for China's non-manufacturing sector rose to 56.3 percent in October, the highest in the last 12 months, confirming the stabilizing trend of the Chinese economy.
Nearly 70 percent of Chinese people are opposed to a proposal to increase the retirement age, as the country looks to improve its pension system, according to a survey on Friday.
Vietnam welcomed its 90 millionth citizen on Friday, as it ranks the 14th most populous country in the world and the third in the Southeast Asian.
The U.S. federal government budget deficit fell to 680 billion dollars for the 2013 fiscal year, as its revenue increased and spending dwindled, the Treasury Department reported Wednesday.
Czech Interior Ministry on Wednesday announced on its website that the results of the Oct. 25-26 general election have become officially promulgated in the Digest of Laws.
The volume of the mobile shopping market in China reached 34.1 billion yuan (5.59 billion U.S. dollars) in the third quarter of 2013, a major tech industry analyst said on Tuesday.
South Korea's industrial output reduced last month, marking the first decline in three months, as labor strikes of major carmakers decreased auto production, a government report showed Wednesday.
Malaysia's economic growth next year will likely be subdued, falling below the government's target, due to fiscal consolidation, a foreign services company predicted.
Apple Inc. Monday announced its earnings for the fourth quarter of 2013 fiscal year after the market closed, which showed the company's revenue and profit beat expectations, but gross margin guidance for the next quarter fell short of market estimates.