China’s manufacturing activities improved slightly in September, underscoring sustained output growth in the month, according to a flash reading of the HSBC survey released on Tuesday.
China’s new accounting regime, shifting focus from GDP to a more balanced development outlook, signals the end of the era of “GDP supremacy”.
The Bangladeshi government Sunday ordered the country’s garment factory owners to pay salaries and bonuses to all workers ahead of upcoming religious festivals of Hindus and Muslims.
Gold futures on the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange dropped to an eight- month low Friday as the U.S. dollar was buoyed by an improving economy that reinforced the outlook of an earlier-than-expected interest rate increase.
Russia’s shift of its economic development strategy onto the Asian-Pacific region is a “natural response” to the development of global affairs, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Friday.
U.S. crude price fell Friday on increasing supplies of the country.
U.S. stocks closed narrowly mixed Friday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average closing at a fresh record, as China’s e-commerce giant Alibaba made its trading debut on the New York Stock Exchange.
Figures released Thursday showed that the number of Americans initially applying for unemployment aid last week decreased to a two-month low, reflecting an improving job market.
The European Commission is committing 90 million euros (116 million euros) to Open and Disruptive Innovation (ODI) over the next 12 months, a statement said on Thursday.
U.S. fixed mortgage rates edged up due to an increase in 10-year Treasury yields and lower energy prices, said the Primary Mortgage Market Survey released Thursday by Freddie Mac.