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China factory prices plunge as virus hammers demand
AFP, Published on 12/05/2020
» BEIJING - China's factory-gate prices fell to a four-year low, official data showed Tuesday, with firms suffering from the economic devastation unleashed by the coronavirus on the global economy.
China inflation rises as virus disrupts supply chains
AFP, Published on 10/02/2020
» BEIJING: China consumer prices rose at their highest rate in more than eight years, official data showed Monday, with inflation more than expected on the back of Lunar New Year demand and a deadly virus outbreak.
African swine fever spreads in southern Philippines
Reuters, Published on 09/02/2020
» MANILA: The Philippines confirmed on Sunday that African swine fever infections had spread in the south of the country, which accounts for nearly a third of the nation's 12.8 million pig herd.
Stuck in neutral
Asia focus, Published on 27/01/2020
» Amid ongoing uncertainties including trade tariffs and geopolitical tensions, global economic growth prospects look dim for 2020, partly due to a disappointing performance in major Asian economies.
Chinese food will determine spread of pandemics
News, David Fickling, Published on 24/01/2020
» With the world's largest high-speed rail network, a payments system that's largely conducted via phone apps, and half the world's solar-power plants, China often looks like a country at the technological frontier. When you consider how it feeds itself, though, it's still just catching up.
China trade surplus with US dropped 8.5% to $296 bn in 2019
AFP, Published on 14/01/2020
» BEIJING - China's trade surplus with the United States narrowed last year as the world's two biggest economies exchanged punitive tariffs in a bruising trade war, data showed Tuesday, just as the two prepare to sign a deal dialling down tensions.
Chinese Inflation at Eight-Year High Poses a Policy Dilemma
Business, Published on 10/01/2020
» Devastation in China's pork industry pushed consumer-price inflation to an eight-year high in 2019, complicating decisions for policy makers looking to boost a cooling economy.
Prices up 0.71% during 2019
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 03/01/2020
» Consumer prices, which gauge headline inflation, rose to a five-month high in December, raising the full-year rate to 0.71% in 2019.
December inflation at 5-month high
Online Reporters, Published on 02/01/2020
» December inflation rose 0.87% year-on-year, a five-month high, largely on rising food prices.
China announces tariff cuts, more competition
Associated Press, Published on 23/12/2019
» BEIJING: China said Monday it will reduce tariffs Jan 1 on more than 850 foreign products including frozen pork, asthma medications and some high-tech components to spur economic development.