Low water on Rhine poses new threat to Germany’s economy
Water in the river has dropped to “exceptionally low” levels in some areas, disrupting shipping on the country’s most important inland waterway, German officials told...
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China GDP: Q2 2022 records slowest growth since Covid in 2020
Gross domestic product in the world’s second largest economy expanded by just 0.4% in the three months to June 30, compared with the same period...
Chinese homebuyers refuse to pay mortgages on unfinished apartments
Desperate homebuyers across dozens of cities are refusing to pay mortgages on unfinished homes, according to state media reports and economists at international banks. In...
Balance, please
As evidence mounts of India’s K-shaped recovery, all policies deserve closer scrutiny. While doles like free food are welcome for have-nots, other folks have fared...
RBI expected to front-load more hikes in coming policies
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI)’s decision to hike the repo rate by another 50 basis points to 4.9% is only a tad higher than...
America added 428,000 jobs in April
Although that was more than the 391,000 that economists had predicted, the slowdown in job growth is no surprise. It is partly due to the...
China’s Xi calls for ‘all-out’ infrastructure splurge to rescue economy
President Xi Jinping told a meeting of senior economic officials Tuesday that “all out efforts” must be made to boost construction to increase domestic demand...
China’s economy hit by double whammy in March
The official manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) fell to 49.5 from 50.2 in February, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Thursday, while the...
This key measure of inflation climbed at the fastest pace since 1982 last month
The price index tracking consumer spending increased by 6.1% between January 2021 and January 2022, according to new data from the Commerce Department released Friday....
We must develop Brand India to attain global appeal and success
Country Branding: In a typical sense, branding is a process of identity creation. A country or nation is a complex cultural, political, social and historical...