Economic Indicators News

(Bloomberg) -- Australian household spending rose at a slower-than-expected pace in January as a short, sharp Covid-19 lockdown in the northeastern state of Queensland dragged on...

By Geoffrey Smith  Investing.com -- The hoped-for improvement in the U.S. labor market failed to materialize, last week, as another wave of layoffs put the country on course for...

* BSP keeps RRP rate at record-low 2.0%* BSP says risks to inflation 'broadly balanced'* BSP sees 2021 inflation at 4%, cuts 2022 forecast (Adds quotes, inflation forecasts,...

(Bloomberg) -- A key measure of prices paid by U.S. consumers was unchanged in January for a second straight month, underscoring the pandemic’s lingering restraint on...

(Bloomberg) -- China’s producer prices gained for the first time in a year in January as commodity prices climbed, while consumer prices fell back into deflation, reversing a gain...

By Geoffrey Smith  Investing.com -- The U.S. economy added only 49,000 jobs in the month through mid-January, in line with early expectations but well short of the 174,000 reported...

By Geoffrey Smith  Investing.com -- The U.S. labor market's revival at the start of 2021 continued last week, with initial claims for unemployment benefits falling to their lowest...

(Bloomberg) -- China watchers are in for a wild ride of economic data in the early months of 2021, giving a largely distorted picture of the recovery from coronavirus shutdowns a...

MANILA, Feb 1 (Reuters) - A joint Philippine congressionalpanel approved on Monday a bill that will reduce the rate ofcorporate income tax in a bid to attract more foreign...

* Q4 GDP shrinks 8.3% yr/yr, grows 5.6% qtr/qtr* Full-year GDP slumps 9.5%, worst on record* Government says 2021 prospects "encouraging"* Philippine economy snapshot:...

MANILA, Jan 28 (Reuters) - The Philippine economy contractedby slightly less than expected in the last quarter of 2020,official data showed on Thursday, helped by increased...

MANILA, Jan 27 (Reuters) - The Philippine economy contracted11.4% in the third quarter of 2020 from a year earlierPHGDP=ECI , slightly better than the previously reportedestimate...

(Bloomberg) -- Australia’s consumer prices rose faster than forecast in the final three months of last year as the government amended funding to various stimulus programs amid an...

MANILA, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Philippine exports dropped 0.2%in December from a year earlier, while imports contracted 9.1%,resulting in the widest monthly trade deficit since...

(Adds details on congress security measures, health precautionsand China drills in South China Sea) By James Pearson and Phuong Nguyen HANOI, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Vietnam's ruling...

By James Pearson and Phuong Nguyen HANOI, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Vietnam's ruling Communist Partychief Nguyen Phu Trong hailed booming economic development andcontainment of the...

(Bloomberg) -- U.S. business activity accelerated at the start of the new year, particularly among manufacturers, while capacity constraints generated more inflationary...