China's gross domestic product grew 7.7% year on year to RMB 21.78 trillion in the first three quarters of this year, according to statistics released by the National Bureau of Statistics today.The growth in the first three quarters was 0.6 percentage points higher than that in the first half of this year, moving closer...
SEOUL, Oct 13 - South Korean Finance Minister Yoon Jeung-hyun said on Tuesday the country's economy would contract by less than 1 percent this year, better than the official 1.5 percent fall forecast, local media...
JAKARTA, Oct 13 - Indonesia's economy is estimated to have grown an annualised 4.1-4.3 percent in the third quarter and growth should pick up further in the fourth quarter helped by higher government spending, the...
The Chinese economy will grow 8.3% this year, according to a projection in a recent quarterly report released by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.The academy said that the country's economic growth this year will mainly depend on domestic fixed-asset investment, which has been boosted by the...
* U.S. economy shrinks at a slower 0.7 pct rate in 2nd qtr * Manufacturing activity in the Mid-west slips back * Private employers cut 254,000 jobs in September (Adds Fed official, updates markets) WASHINGTON,...
* U.S. economy shrinks at a slower 0.7 pct rate in Q2 * Consumer, business spending less weak * Private employers cut 254,000 jobs in September WASHINGTON, Sept 30 - The U.S. economy contracted at...
HANOI, Sept 29 - Vietnam's economy likely expanded by 4.59 percent in the first nine months of 2009 from the same period last year, raising hope that full-year growth could beat the official 5 percent...
BRUSSELS, Sept 23 - Euro zone industrial new orders rose more than expected month-on-month in July on demand for durable consumer goods, reinforcing expectations that the single currency area will exit recession in the third...
NEW YORK, Sept 21 - Uruguayan President Tabare Vazquez said on Monday that the country has revised upward its 2009 economic growth projection to between 1.5 percent to 1.7 percent, noting his country had escaped...
WASHINGTON, Sept 17 - The climate change bill approved by the U.S. House of Representatives would reduce the gross domestic product of the United States by as much as 3.5 percent in 2050, the Congressional...