Tokyo: Japan’s gross domestic product (GDP) in the second quarter of 2015 shrank an annualised 1.2 percent in inflation-adjusted terms, revised upward from an earlier-reported 1.6...
Beijing: Tibet’s GDP soared from 327 million yuan in 1965 to 92.08 billion yuan ($14.5 billion) in 2014, a 281-fold increase, a white paper published by China...
New York: US stocks dropped as recent economic data speculated the Federal Reserve will begin raising interest rates from September. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 114.98...
New Delhi: The Indian economy logged a 7-percent growth in the first quarter of the this fiscal, showing signs of slowing vis-a-vis the 7.5-percent expansion in...
Manila: The Philippines’ gross domestic product (GDP)grew 5.6 percent in the second quarter of this year, up from five percent in the first quarter, presidential spokesman Edwin...
Kolkata: The industry in West Bengal will be given incentives as the central government hopes to usher in growth in the eastern states, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley...
Tokyo: Japan’s gross domestic product (GDP) shrank 1.6 percent in the second quarter of 2015, contracting for the first time in three quarters, government data said on...
Pretoria: South Africa will accelerate offshore oil and gas exploration to reduce dependence on imports, President Jacob Zuma said. The government will spend 9.2 billion rand ($730...
Dublin: Ireland’s gross domestic product (GDP) in the first quarter of this year rose by 1.4 percent quarter-on-quarter, with an increase of 6.5 percent year-on-year, according...
Beijing: The 2022 Winter Olympics will help China further integrate with the world, a state-run Chinese daily said on Saturday. An editorial in Global Times said...