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...
Japan's factory activity shrinks, service sector growth slows in Sept - PMIFactory activity in Japan fell to the lowest since June as new orders plunged rapidly in last seven months, as per the survey. The PMI rema...
Japan Aug service activity growth fastest in 3 months - PMIThe relatively upbeat service sector conditions contrast with the manufacturing industry's shrinking activity and subdued business sentimen...
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 weakens on global slowdown, cost pressuresSoaring inflation has forced U.S. and European central banks to embark on interest rate hikes, stoking fears of a sharp downturn in global ...
Asia's factories squeezed by higher prices, weak demandActivity growth in China also slowed, the private sector Caixin PMI showed on Monday, despite some easing of the strict domestic COVID-19 c...
Global factory growth stunted by war, China's COVID curbsManufacturing growth slowed last month in economies as diverse as France, Japan to Malaysia, business surveys showed on Wednesday, illustra...
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...
Asian factories shake off supply headaches but Omicron presents new risksThe findings from the private-sector survey, which focuses more on small firms in coastal regions, stood in contrast with those in China's ...
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...
Gold hits 8-week peak as pandemic remains untamedThe U.S. Senate ended a push by Democrats to increase COVID-19 financial relief checks from $600 to $2,000, a change sought by President Do...
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...
Japan's May factory activity reels as pandemic hits output, orders, according to PMIThe headline figure was pulled down by sharp declines in output, new orders and the backlog of work, which all contracted at the fastest pa...
Japan stocks reverse losses to end up 1% on stimulus hopesThe benchmark Nikkei average finished 1 per cent higher at 21,344.08 points.
Nikkei falls as investors cautious before big events this weekJapan's Nikkei share average fell as investors awaited key global policy and data events this week, while Japan's industrial production dat...