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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2015
... 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. The figures ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2015
... 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 are still ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2014
... 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 per cent ...

China's communist and it works

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2014
... 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 month of decline. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2014
... 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 a slowdown ...

Whatever works

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2014
... 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 rising from ...

China: economy rising, market sinking

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2012
... the economy is in much better shape. In the meantime, things continue to look up in China. Tthe National Bureau of Statistics and China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing reported that the country's manufacturing PMI increased to 50.6 last month ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2011
... eased to 9.5 per cent in the second quarter of 2011 from 9.7 per cent in the previous quarter, the National Bureau of Statistics said. But the growth rate was better than market forecasts of 9.4 per cent. St George Bank senior economist Jo Heffernan ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2010
... Saturday. Consumer inflation in China rose at the fastest pace in nearly two years in August, but its National Bureau of Statistics showed the Asian superpower remained robust that month, suggesting its economy was not slowing as fast as many had feared. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2010
... the consumer price index, a key measure of inflation, had risen. Other key data released by the National Bureau of Statistics showed the world's second-largest economy remained robust in August, suggesting the Asian giant was not slowing as fast as many ...