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China price rises

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2017
... since May 2014, it remains below the PBOC's 3.0% target. Moreover, this isn't likely to last for according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), much of the increase in consumer prices in January was due to higher food and travel costs heading ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2016
... manufacturing sector is going the other way of the US and Europe, at least that's the indication from the official National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) reading. China's manufacturing PMI rose to 50.4 in August from 49.9 in July. This is the best reading ...

Comparative advantage

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2015
... on concerns over dropping commodity prices on concerns over slowing China. Those concerns grew after Beijing's National Bureau of Statistics reported that declining producer prices, reduced investment returns and foreign exchange losses (due to the recent ...

Market to open flat

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2015
... due partly to a pick-up in the yen, and Seoul was marginally lower, giving up 1.16 points to 2,064.03. China's National Bureau of Statistics said the consumer price index came in at 1.2 per cent in May, down from April's 1.5 per cent. The figure is the ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2015
... Kong fell 0.58 per cent, or 157.90 points to 27,249.28. Chinese markets turned lower in the afternoon after the National Bureau of Statistics announced figures for retail sales, industrial output and fixed asset investment, which all missed expectations. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2015
... barely missed the target," ANZ economist Liu Li-Gang said. "This result is not too bad." However, the country's National Bureau of Statistics chief, Ma Jiantang, told reporters that "we should also be aware that the domestic and international situations ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2014
... afternoon trade, after China Construction Bank reported its worst quarter in more than five years and China's National Bureau of Statistics revealed mainland house prices fell again in September. WELLINGTON - The NZX 50 Index rose 41.00 points, or 0.77 ...

China's communist and it works

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2014
... takes him). But I digress. They - yes them - say that China is in trouble (again and for the nth time) after the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) released data showing that house prices fell by 1.1% in the month July. This is the third consecutive ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2014
... 3.08 points, to 2,067.28 while Hong Kong added 0.27 per cent, or 63.32 points, to close at 23,523.28. China's National Bureau of Statistics said the economy grew 7.5 per cent in April-June thanks largely to government stimulus measures aimed at tackling ...

Whatever works

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2014
... preliminary work and construction on key investment projects" to expand domestic demand and stabilise growth. National Bureau of Statistics of China data show that fixed capital investment has flatlined at around 45.6% of GDP in 2010-2012 after steadily ...