Featured China’s non-manufacturing sector slows in July ’25 Nada Ali Jul 31, 2025 0 China’s non-manufacturing business activity index stood at 50.1 per cent in July, down 0.4 percentage points from…
Featured China’s factory activity contracts in July ’25 Nada Ali Jul 31, 2025 0 China’s manufacturing sector contracted further in July, with the official Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) falling…
Featured China’s household income up in H1 ’25 Nada Ali Jul 15, 2025 0 China’s nationwide per capita disposable income reached 21,840 yuan in the first half of 2025, marking a nominal…
Featured China’s urban jobless rate eases in June ’25 Nada Ali Jul 15, 2025 0 China’s job market remained broadly stable in the first half of 2025, with the average urban surveyed unemployment…
Featured China’s fixed asset investment jumps in H1 ’25 Nada Ali Jul 15, 2025 0 China’s fixed asset investment rose 2.8 per cent in H1 2025, reaching 24.87 trillion yuan.
Featured China’s services sector expands in H1 ’25 Nada Ali Jul 15, 2025 0 The value added of China’s services sector rose by 5.5 per cent in the first half of 2025, gaining pace from the…
Featured China’s CPI drops in H1 ’25 Nada Ali Jul 15, 2025 0 China’s consumer price index (CPI) declined by 0.1 per cent year-on-year in the first half of 2025, while core CPI,…
Featured China’s trade up in H1 ’25 Nada Ali Jul 15, 2025 0 China’s total trade in goods rose 2.9 per cent year-on-year to 21.79 trillion yuan in the first half of 2025, with…
Featured China’s retail sales rise in H1 ’25 Nada Ali Jul 15, 2025 0 China’s retail sales grew by 5.0 per cent year-on-year in the first half of 2025, reaching 24.55 trillion yuan,…
Featured China’s industrial output up in H1 ’25 Nada Ali Jul 15, 2025 0 China’s industrial production expanded by 6.4 per cent in the first half of 2025, led by a surge in high-tech and…
Featured China’s economy grows in H1 ’25 Nada Ali Jul 15, 2025 0 China’s economy grew 5.3 per cent year-on-year in the first half of 2025, with GDP reaching 66.05 trillion yuan.
Featured China’s industrial PPI falls 3.6% YoY in June Nada Ali Jul 9, 2025 0 China’s national industrial producer price index (PPI) fell by 3.6 per cent year-on-year and 0.4 per cent…
Featured China’s CPI inflation 0.1% up YoY in June Nada Ali Jul 9, 2025 0 China’s national consumer price index (CPI) rose by 0.1 per cent year-on-year in June 2025.
Featured China’s urban unemployment rate falls in May ’25 Nada Ali Jun 16, 2025 0 China’s urban surveyed unemployment rate declined to 5.0 per cent in May, down 0.1 percentage points from the…
Featured China’s fixed asset investment surges in Jan–May Nada Ali Jun 16, 2025 0 China’s fixed asset investment (excluding rural households) reached 19,194.7 billion yuan in the first five months…
International News Chinese youth unemployment eases further in Nov. ’24 Nada Ali Dec 18, 2024 0 China's joblessness among young people in cities continued to decline for the third consecutive month in November…
Featured Nigeria’s inflation hits 34.6% YoY Aya Anwar Dec 16, 2024 0 Nigeria's inflation rate climbed for the third consecutive month in November, reaching 34.60 per cent annually, up…
International News China’s manufacturing PMI rises slightly in Nov. ’24 Nada Ali Dec 1, 2024 0 China's manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) edged up to 50.3 per cent in November.
International News China’s CPI increase 0.4% YoY in Sep. ’24 Nada Ali Oct 13, 2024 0 China’s consumer price index (CPI) rose 0.4 per cent year-on-year in September 2024, down from 0.6 per cent in…
International News China’s composite PMI up to 50.4 in Sep. ’24 Nada Ali Sep 30, 2024 0 China's composite Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) increased to 50.4 per cent in September 2024 from 50.1 per cent…
News China’s non-manufacturing PMI declines in Sep. ’24 Nada Ali Sep 30, 2024 0 China's non-manufacturing business activity index fell slightly in September 2024, indicating a decline in overall…
International News China’s non-manufacturing PMI up slightly in August Nada Ali Sep 1, 2024 0 China's non-manufacturing business activity index rose slightly in August at 50.3 per cent, up 0.1 percentage…
Real Estate China’s property investment, sales decline at slower pace Nada Ali Mar 18, 2024 0 China's housing market showed signs of improvement at the start of the year, with property investment and sales…
Africa News Nigeria’s inflation hits 29.90%, highest since mid-1996 Nada Ali Feb 15, 2024 0 Nigeria’s headline inflation rate rose to 29.90 per cent in January 2024, compared to 28.92 per cent in December…
International News China’s CPI declines by 0.8% Y-Y, largest drop since 2009 Nada Ali Feb 8, 2024 0 China's consumer price index (CPI) fell by 0.8 per cent year-on-year in January, the steepest since September 2009,…
Featured China’s coal production hits record high in ’23 Aya Anwar Jan 17, 2024 0 China’s coal production hit a record high in 2023, as a result of continued attention to energy security and…
Financial Institutions China’s economy grows by 4.5% in Q1 2023 Sama Mousa Apr 18, 2023 0 China’s economy rose by 4.5 percent in the first quarter of 2023, with the GDP rising by 2.2 percent, due to the…
News China launches campaign to hire university graduates Sama Mousa Mar 20, 2023 0 The Chinese News Agency announced on Sunday that the country launched a campaign to hire university graduates in…
International News China’s population rate shrinks for 1st time over 60 years Nada Ali Jan 17, 2023 0 China’s population has declined last year for in first time for six decades to reach 1.41175 billion people,…
Real Estate China’s real estate sales up, up and away Yomna Yasser Sep 15, 2016 0 The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Wednesday that new home sales in China rose a whopping 40% in the…
Industry & Trade China’s Q1 GDP grows 1.1 %, slowest quarterly pace since 2010 Noha Gad Apr 18, 2016 0 China's economy expanded a seasonally-adjusted 1.1 percent in the first quarter of 2016 from the fourth quarter of…
Industry & Trade China’s October Factory Growth Unexpectedly Hits 5-Month Low: Official PMI Yomna Yasser Nov 2, 2014 0 China's factory activity unexpectedly fell to a five-month low in October as firms fought slowing orders and rising…
Financial Institutions China Inflation Muted Leaves Room for Extra Stimulus: Economy Yomna Yasser Aug 9, 2013 0 China’s inflation stayed subdued in July while factory-gate prices fell for a 17th month, giving Premier Li Keqiang…
Industry & Trade UAE Inflation To Rise Gradually In H2 Amwal Al Ghad English May 30, 2012 0 Dubai Chamber study sees downward trend in food prices and stronger US dollar set to diminish pressure on prices…