Macao's average Tourist Price Index (TPI), reflecting the price change of goods and services purchased by visitors, registered a decrease of 0.86 percent year-on-year in 2015, the first annual decline recorded since the index was first published, the region's Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) said on Thursday.
Hong Kong recorded a Balance of Payments (BoP) surplus of 71.5 billion HK dollars (about 9.22 billion U.S. dollars) (as a ratio of 11.6 percent to GDP) in the third quarter of 2015, Hong Kong's Census and Statistics Department (C&S) announced on Monday.
New Zealand's economy surged in the quarter to the end of September, according to figures out Thursday, but critics said the data showed it was failing to keep up with a growing workforce.
The Brazilian economy contracted 1.7 percent in the third quarter of the year over the previous quarter, signalling a prolonged recession, according to figures released Tuesday.
Australia has done well to avoid the disruption on the national economy by the ending of commodity price booms, according to Australia's top central banker.
Singapore's Ministry of Trade and Industry announced on Wednesday the country's economy grew by 1.9 percent year-on-year in the third quarter of 2015, and expects the economy to grow by "close to 2.0 percent" for the whole of 2015.
Japan's economy contracted in the third quarter owing to waning business investment and slumping inventories, entering a technical recession for the second time since Prime Minister Shinzo Abe came into office in 2012 and unrolled two editions of his aggressive "Abenomics" blend of economic policy.
Bank of Korea (BOK), South Korea's central bank, froze interest rates at a record low on Thursday, keeping a wait-and-see stance for five months on signs of economic recovery.
Private residential property price in Singapore fell 1.3 percent in the third quarter, the eighth continuous quarter of price decrease, compared to the 0.9 percent decline in the previous quarter, the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) said on Friday.
South Korea's economic growth rose to the highest in about five years during the July-September period on the back of a recovery in private consumption from the negative effect of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) outbreak, central bank data showed Friday.
Kia Motors, a sister company of South Korea's top carmaker Hyundai Motor, posted a growth in operating profit for the first time in six quarters thanks to the launch of new models, a regulatory filing showed Friday.
Samsung Electronics, one of the world 's major maker of smartphones, memory chips and TVs, said Wednesday that its third-quarter operating profit rose for four straight quarters, topping analysts' estimates.
Confidence among South Korean businesses remain gloomy amid concerns about the expected interest rate hike in the United States, an industry lobby group poll showed on Monday.
Australia has on Wednesday welcomed Indonesia's decision to ramp up live cattle imports for the final quarter of the year, following the Southeast Asian nation's decision last quarter to cut imports.
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) contributed around 50 percent of Singapore's 2014 Gross Domestic Product (GDP), said Minister of Trade and Industry Lim Hng Kiang.
Despite the crisis in Brazil, some of the country's most prominent banks registered good results in the second quarter and even announced the acquisition of other banking institutions.
Taiwan's nominal GDP expanded 0.64 percent in the second quarter of 2015 year on year, far below the official projection of 3.05 percent, the island's statistics agency said on Friday.
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