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French GDP stays, happiness too hard to pin down

World
2009-11-18

GROSS domestic product - that traditional way of measuring economic growth - has won out over a new happiness index in France. The head of France's statistics office dashed hopes yesterday that a report commissioned...

October industry output up 16.1%

Business | Macro-economy and policy
2009-11-12

CHINA accelerated industrial output and investment growth was steady last month, providing new evidence of economic recovery backed by the country's hefty stimulus plan. Industrial output grew 16.1 percent last...

Economic recovery consolidating

Business | Macro-economy and policy
2009-11-11

CHINA'S October economic performance proved the recovery in the world's third-largest economy is consolidating, but analysts suggest the relatively loose monetary policy should remain to maintain the recovery. ...

China's CPI falls 0.5% in October, PPI down 5.8%

Business | Macro-economy and policy
2009-11-11

CHINA'S consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, dipped 0.5 percent year on year in October, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said today. The producer price index (PPI), a major measurement...

Shanghai's GDP seen to grow strongest

Business | Macro-economy and policy
2009-11-7

SHANGHAI'S economy is projected to grow the strongest among the top 30 cities globally by 2025, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP said yesterday in a research report. The city is set to rise from 25th to 9th place in...

Shanghai tipped for massive GDP growth

Business | Macro-economy and policy
2009-11-6

SHANGHAI is predicted to record the strongest economic growth among the world's top 30 cities by 2025, an industry report said today. The city is forecast to rise from 25th to 9th place in global city rankings...

Industrial profit slows decline

Business | Macro-economy and policy
2009-10-29

CHINA'S industrial companies saw their profit decline at a slower pace in the first three quarters as the manufacturing sector improved after the country's gross domestic product rebounded. The net earnings of...

Hope rises as Chinese GDP jumps 8.9% in Q3

Business | Macro-economy and policy
2009-10-23

CHINA'S gross domestic product rose 8.9 percent in the third quarter compared with a year earlier, consolidating a foundation that may make it possible for the country to reach its 8 percent growth goal set for all...

Inflation not an immediate concern

Business | Macro-economy and policy
2009-10-23

INFLATION is not an immediate problem for China but the country needs to watch prices and regulate expectations for inflation, said Li Xiaochao, a spokesman for the National Bureau of Statistics. China's Consumer...

Autos and steel fuel fastest output growth

Business | Machinery manufacturing
2009-10-23

CHINA'S industrial output grew at the fastest pace in more than a year last month on strong auto and steel production. Industrial production surged 13.9 percent last month from a year earlier, after rising 12.3...