New car sales in New Zealand last month surged back up to levels last seen before the global financial crisis, the Motor Industry Association (MIA) announced Monday.
China keeps its 2013 gross domestic product (GDP) growth target unchanged at around 7.5 percent this year to leave some leeway for economic restructuring, according to a government work report to be delivered by Premier Wen Jiabao at the annual legislative session Tuesday.
Premier Wen Jiabao delivered a government work report at the opening session of 12th National People's Congress (NPC), highlighting his government's past achievements and future work ahead.
With the announcement early this week of the 2013 Singapore budget, all research groups here have agreed that the key losers will be property investors and developers, particularly those owning high-end residential units with unsold inventory.
U.S. stocks pared all early losses to close higher on Monday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average closing at a second high ever, as Warren Buffett's positive remarks on stocks outweighed concerns about the so-called sequester and a plunge in Chinese stocks as a result of harsh moves to constrain increasing house prices.
China's Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) for the manufacturing sector fell for a second month to 50.1 percent in February from 50.4 percent in January, according to data released Friday.
Taiwan's statistical authorities have slightly raised its forecast for the island's 2013 economic growth rate to 3.59 percent from 3.53 percent due to increasing private investment.
Migrant workers who used to demand unpaid wages from their bosses before traveling home for a family reunion may find their positions reversed after the Spring Festival.
Singapore's consumer price inflation (CPI) in January moderated to 3.6 percent, compared with 4.3 percent for last December, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Ministry of Trade and Industry jointly announced on Monday.
Home prices kept rising at a quicker pace in major Chinese cities last month, underscoring the necessity of government measures to cool the property market, data showed on Friday.
The U.S. payroll taxes increase, taking effect at the beginning of January, cut the take-home pay of many working Americans and dampened consumption especially for the vulnerable.
Inflation in Russia in 2013 and 2014 would exceed government targets and the current growth model had exhausted itself, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said Wednesday.
Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa was reelected in Sunday's general elections, according to preliminary results released by National Electoral Council.
Australian Labor Party's primary vote stands at just 30 percent, down 5 points since December, the latest Herald/Nielsen poll published in Fairfax newspapers showed on Monday.
Cargo volume and air traffic movements at Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) rose 21.2 percent and 4.4 percent year on year, to 334,000 tonnes and 30,290 in January, official figures released Sunday indicated.
Holiday shopping spree significantly boosted China's retail sales during the week-long Lunar New Year festival, data released Friday by the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) showed.
U.S. stocks ended nearly flat Thursday as eurozone and Japan's economic contraction in the fourth quarter offset positive data of jobless claims in the United States.
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