Chinese Economy

Beijing, Feb 18: China's consumer prices rose for a third consecutive month in January due to rising food prices, signalling easing of deflationary pressure, official data showed on Thursday. China's consumer price index (CPI), a main…

Beijing, Jan 28: China is the locomotive of the world economic growth train, said a commentary in a state-run Chinese daily that dismissed billionaire investor George Soros' statement that the country is headed for a hard landing. Soros…

Beijing, Dec 22: China's top leadership has announced an overarching strategy to lead the economy's ongoing transition, the media reported on Tuesday. President Xi Jinping said the country's emphasis next year will be on supply-side…

Beijing, Dec 19: China is expected to keep its stimulus measures including interest rate cuts in 2016 to underpin economic growth, Bloomberg economists has said. "The central bank will likely make two 25 bp cuts in the loan rate and…

Beijing, Dec 9: An aging population could shrink the number of working-age adults by more than 10 percent in China by 2040, a World Bank report said on Wednesday. It means a net loss of 90 million workers in the country until that time,…

Beijing, Dec 9: China's consumer price index, a main gauge of inflation, grew 1.5 percent year on year in November, up from a rise of 1.3 percent in October, official data showed on Wednesday. The reading was slightly higher than a 1.4…

Beijing, Oct 19: China's economy posted a 6.9 percent growth year on year in the third quarter of 2015, lower than seven percent in the first half of the year, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) announced on Monday. In the first…

Washington, Oct 10: Overtaking China, Indian economy is expected to grow at 7.3 percent in 2015, rising to 7.5 percent in 2016, the International Monetary Fund forecast Friday lowering its April projections by 0.2 percentage points for…

New York, Oct 6: India's Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said that the slowdown in the Chinese economy is not going to impact his country and India could become the "additional shoulder" the global economy needs to stand on. "We are…

Beijing, Sep 28: The profits of China's major industrial firms fell 8.8 percent year-on-year in August, sharply down from 2.9 percent decline posted in July, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Monday. Profits at industrial…