Japanese factory activity saw a slower contraction in August, with the manufacturing PMI rising to 49.5, while the service sector expanded ...

The surveys show how Chinese firms are ramping up production despite weak domestic demand, which Beijing has failed to reverse with a rescu...

Manufacturing activity in Asia showed growth in May according to private surveys released on Monday, fueled by increasing global demand. Th...

Japan’s PMI also fell to 47.2 from 48, dragged down by its sharpest decline in exports in 11 months, according to data published by au Jibu...

While manufacturing purchasing managers’ indexes for South Korea and Taiwan showed signs of stabilisation in activity, the mood in Japan wa...

However, there were broad signs of softening in the service industry, which has underpinned the world's third-biggest economy over recent q...

Factory 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...

The relatively upbeat service sector conditions contrast with the manufacturing industry's shrinking activity and subdued business sentimen...

Factories in North Asia experienced weaker new orders, output and export sales amid slowdown in demand in big trade markets such as China.

The final au Jibun Bank Japan manufacturing purchasing managers' index (PMI) was at 49.6, unchanged from the previous month and slightly do...

A lot of Asia's manufacturing sector had strong hopes for China's post-pandemic rebound, but ended up to see a weaker trade with it.

Soaring inflation has forced U.S. and European central banks to embark on interest rate hikes, stoking fears of a sharp downturn in global ...

Factories reported that they are being held back by supply constraints and were forced to dip into inventories. Producers raised their good...

In Japan, manufacturing activity expanded at the fastest pace in over two years while South Korea's exports rose for a fourth straight mont...

Japan also saw factory activity slip back into contraction as a new state of emergency, rolled out in January, hit operating conditions, PM...

But a global resurgence in coronavirus infections has made the outlook highly uncertain, keeping governments and central banks under pressu...

The headline figure was pulled down by sharp declines in output, new orders and the backlog of work, which all contracted at the fastest pa...