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Global AI wave revs up Asian factories, offsetting war-induced painAsia's manufacturing sector experienced a significant boost in June, driven by robust demand for AI-related technology goods. This surge pr...
Foreign inflows in Asian bonds surge to three-month high in MayIn May, Asian bonds observed a significant surge in foreign investments, marking the highest inflows in three months. This trend was fueled...
Asia's factory output expands as firms stockpile buffers over Iran war risksAsian factories saw steady growth in May. Companies built up stocks to counter potential supply disruptions from the Middle East conflict. ...
War weighs on global growth with price worries intensifyingGlobal economic momentum is slowing. Businesses face rising inflation pressures due to an energy crunch. Manufacturing and services sectors...
Supply-chain stress that peaked in covid heads higher againRising logistics costs and delivery times are pressuring central banks, with some indicators reaching multi-year highs, signaling potential...
Global Economy: Factory input costs soar worldwide as Iran war snarls up supply chainsDisruptions led to delivery delays and price hikes, masking underlying weak demand. While some European economies saw growth, Asian manufac...
Asia's factory activity worsens as US trade uncertainty bites, India outshines with 16-month high recordAsian factory activity faced challenges in July. Weak global demand and US tariffs impacted business. Japan and South Korea made trade deal...
Japan's factory activity shrinks for 8th straight month, PMI showsJapan's factory activity declined for the eighth month in February, but the downturn slowed, indicating potential recovery. The flash manuf...
China's factory gloom weighs on Asia's manufacturersManufacturing activity shrank in Japan and expanded at a slower pace in South Korea due partly to soft domestic demand and rising input cos...
Asia's factory activity expands in June on solid global demandThe surveys show how Chinese firms are ramping up production despite weak domestic demand, which Beijing has failed to reverse with a rescu...
Asian factories still under pressure on mixed demand reboundWhile manufacturing purchasing managers’ indexes for South Korea and Taiwan showed signs of stabilisation in activity, the mood in Japan wa...
Japan's factory activity shrinks, squeezed by costs - PMIThe final au Jibun Bank Japan manufacturing purchasing managers' index (PMI) was at 49.6, unchanged from the previous month and slightly do...
Asia's factory activity shrinks as China lockdown impact widensManufacturing activity also contracted in export-reliant economies, including Japan and South Korea, and in emerging nations, such as Vietn...
Asia's factory activity slows in May as China Covid curbs weighLockdowns in China have snarled regional and global logistics and supply chains, with both Japan and South Korea reporting sharp declines i...
Global factory activity slows as Ukraine crisis, inflation biteUncertainty caused by the invasion, combined with an intensifying cost-of-living crisis, suggests the euro zone's manufacturing industry co...
Asia factories see momentum weaken on rising costs, new COVID curbsChina's factory activity expanded at a softer pace in June with output growth slumping to the lowest level in 15 months, according to a pri...
Asia's factories sustain expansion, supply chain woes cloud outlookChina's factory activity expanded at the fastest pace this year in May on solid demand at home and overseas, though sharp rises in input pr...
Asian factories show mixed performance as coronavirus pandemic's pain lingersJapan also saw factory activity slip back into contraction as a new state of emergency, rolled out in January, hit operating conditions, PM...
Asian factories continue recovery from COVID-19 woes as China boomsBut a global resurgence in coronavirus infections has made the outlook highly uncertain, keeping governments and central banks under pressu...
Coronavirus deals shattering blow to Asian factoriesAsia's factories took a beating in February from the coronavirus outbreak with activity in China shrinking at a record pace, surveys showed...