China retail sales up 10.8%

Last Updated: Sunday, September 13, 2015, 16:08

Sales in rural areas rose 11.9 percent in August and 11.7 percent in the January-August period.

China retail sales up 10.8%

Last Updated: Sunday, September 13, 2015, 16:08

Sales in rural areas rose 11.9 percent in August and 11.7 percent in the January-August period.

China cuts 2014 GDP growth from 7.4% to 7.3%: Govt

Last Updated: Monday, September 7, 2015, 08:13

The National Bureau of Statistics said on its website it lowered the figure from the 7.4 percent announced in January after a "preliminary confirmation".

Govt to release first quarter GDP data on Aug 31

Last Updated: Thursday, August 20, 2015, 17:56

The ministry in its statement on May 29, 2015 had said that the June quarter GDP data will be released on August 28.

GDP numbers not flawed, CSO on right track: NSC

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 11, 2015, 14:10

Clearing the air over the new GDP numbers, National Statistical Commission (NSC) chairman Pronab Sen on Tuesday said that Central Statistics Office (CSO) is following the correct methodology for computing national accounts and is on the right track.

British economy bounces back in second quarter

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 28, 2015, 15:37

Gross domestic product grew 0.7 percent between April and June, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said in an initial estimate. That matched analysts` forecasts.

China June industrial profits fall 0.3%

Last Updated: Monday, July 27, 2015, 09:12

Profit at China`s industrial firms dropped 0.3 percent in June from a year earlier, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Monday.

China June industrial profits fall 0.3%

Last Updated: Monday, July 27, 2015, 09:12

Profit at China`s industrial firms dropped 0.3 percent in June from a year earlier, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Monday.

Australian inflation edges up but annual rate soft

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 22, 2015, 08:35

The latest figures were broadly in line with market expectations, with economists forecasting a 0.8 percent rise for the period for an annual reading of 1.7 percent.

Pakistan's exports plunge to 4-year low

Last Updated: Friday, July 17, 2015, 17:59

Pakistan's exports have plunged to a four-year low of USD 23.9 billion last year, in a jolt to the government's ambitious plan to boost exports to USD 150 billion in 10 years.

French growth revised up to 0.6% in first quarter

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 24, 2015, 15:14

France`s economy grew by 0.6 percent in the first quarter of this year, the national statistics agency Insee said Wednesday, revising up its initial estimate by a tenth of a percentage point.

China May industrial output up 6.1% on-year: Government

Last Updated: Thursday, June 11, 2015, 13:34

Industrial output, which measures output at factories, workshops and mines, rose 6.1 percent year-on-year in May, the National Bureau of Statistics said in a statement.