China's economy under pressure as consumer slump deepensChina faces economic challenges as consumer prices dropped. The decline is the steepest in six months. Sluggish domestic spending and prope...
10 Sep, 2025, 09.43 AM IST
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...
01 Aug, 2025, 12.13 PM IST
China's exports jump 5.8% in June as U.S. tariffs reprieve prompts a rush of ordersChina's exports saw a boost in June due to a temporary reprieve on U.S. tariffs, leading to a surge in orders before an August deadline. Wh...
14 Jul, 2025, 12.11 PM IST
China's factory output grew slower than expected, but consumption offers bright spotChina's factory output growth slowed to 5.8 percent in May, falling short of expectations due to ongoing trade war pressures, despite a tem...
16 Jun, 2025, 11.24 AM IST
China says its exports to the US fell 35% in May, as trade talks are due to start in LondonChina's exports to the U.S. experienced a significant 35% drop in May, intensifying economic pressures as trade talks with Washington comme...
09 Jun, 2025, 01.59 PM IST
Renewed US trade war threatens China's 'lifeline'Despite a historic high in exports in 2024, anticipated trade retaliations could impact growth, necessitating strong domestic policy suppor...
15 Jan, 2025, 09.48 AM IST
China's home prices fall fastest in 9 years, but officials see signs of stabilisationChina's home prices saw their sharpest yearly decline since 2015 in October, but the rate of decline slowed, suggesting a potential market ...
15 Nov, 2024, 10.05 AM IST
China's exports grow 7.6 per cent in May, beating expectations despite trade tensionsExports rose due to a lower base from last year, with a trade surplus widening to USD 82.62 billion in May.
07 Jun, 2024, 08.06 PM IST
China's economy shows signs of improvement, but its property sector is still in the doldrumsChina's manufacturing and investment show improvements, with industrial output up 7% and fixed-asset investments rising 4.2%. Real estate s...
18 Mar, 2024, 10.39 AM IST
China's exports rise 2.3% in December amid uneven recovery, trade with US declinesChina's exports and imports grew slightly in December, despite deflationary pressures, according to official data. Exports rose by 2.3% to ...
12 Jan, 2024, 10.28 AM IST
China COVID peak to last two-three months, hit rural areas nextInfections are expected to surge in rural areas as hundreds of millions travel to their home towns for the Lunar New Year holidays, which o...
13 Jan, 2023, 12.40 PM IST
China retail sales plunge to 5.9% in November as Covid woes continue to wreak havocChina was the last major economy persisting with a zero-Covid strategy through harsh lockdowns and mass testing, with authorities effective...
15 Dec, 2022, 10.14 AM IST
China trade shrinks amid virus pressure, interest rate hikesTrade had been forecast to weaken as global demand cooled following interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve and central banks in Europe ...
07 Dec, 2022, 11.11 AM IST
China consumer, factory activity down as virus controls riseRetail sales sank 0.5% compared with a year ago, down from September's 2.5% expansion, as millions of people were confined to their homes, ...
15 Nov, 2022, 10.20 AM IST
China exports fall in October, first decline since 2020China's exports shrank in October, the first such decline since mid-2020, customs authorities said Monday, as a domestic slowdown and the t...
07 Nov, 2022, 12.49 PM IST
China's factory, services activity skids on persistent COVID curbsThe official manufacturing purchasing managers' index (PMI) fell to 49.2 from 50.1 in September, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) sa...
31 Oct, 2022, 10.22 AM IST
China's factory, services surveys suggest economy struggling to reboundSigns that the world's second-largest economy is struggling to regain traction after narrowly avoiding contraction in the second quarter, c...
30 Sep, 2022, 12.12 PM IST