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US enters recession - or does it?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2022
... back-to-back quarters of negative growth are considered a recession, this isn't a technical definition. Instead, the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) committee has the power to determine when the US economy officially enters a recession. ...

Pella Funds Management adds to advisory board

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2021
... Chicago, co-director of the e61 Institute, an editor of the Journal of Political Economy, Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, research fellow at the Institute for Fiscal Studies, and economic consultant at the Federal Reserve ...

Economic recap: Week to September 3

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 SEP 2021
... Canberra which could tip Australia into a double-dip recession. Beijing's cutting down on steel production. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) figures show that China's steel output fell to a 15-month low in July. Chinese steel production ...

Economic recap: Week to July 2

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2021
... (July 15) - about a week before the Olympics. Latest data suggest that China's economy continues to slow. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) reports that the manufacturing PMI dipped to a reading of 50.9 in June from 51.0 in May while the non-manufacturing ...

Chief economist update: Chinese activity indicators disappoint but growth target intact

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2021
Disappointing. This is the one word that describes the latest batch of activity indicators out of China. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) released retail sales, industrial production and fixed asset investment that were still stronger than usual ...

Chief economist: The path to normality

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2021
... lockdown measures that virtually froze social and business activity. But back to the future and the recent stats. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) reported that China's retail sales grew by 17.7% in the year to April, slowing from March's ...

Chief economist update: Chinese manufacturing ramps up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2021
... non-manufacturing sectors returned with a vengeance after a brief pause during the country's Lunar New Year holidays. National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) data show that China's manufacturing PMI rebounded to a three-month high of reading 51.9 ...

Chief economist update: Iron ore is hot

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2021
... than consensus expectations for a 6.1% gain and accelerating from the third quarter's 4.9% annual rate. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) noted that the acceleration in economic growth came mostly from mining, while manufacturing grew at a ...

Chief economist update: No Karens in China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2020
... manufacturing, services - have returned to expansion in May and strengthened even more in June. More recently, China's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) released data showing that profits at the country's industrial firms jumped by 11.5% in ...

First in first out?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2020
... coronavirus for several days running aren't good news enough, the latest purchasing managers' survey from the National Bureau of Statistics(NBS) provides an early indication that economic activity there has returned to expansion. The official manufacturing ...
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