ASIA: The risk of stagflation is “very real” in China over the next couple of quarters as factory gate prices rise at a quicker pace and an ongoing power crunch hurts economic growth, Charlene Chu, senior analyst for China macro financial at Autonomous Research said Wednesday. Stagflation refers to a situation in which the economy […]

ASIA:   The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today: NIKKEI 225 decreased 7.77 or -0.03% to 29,098.24 Shanghai decreased 35.33 or -0.98% to 3,562.31 Hang Seng decreased 409.53 points or -1.57% to 25,628.74 ASX 200 increased 5.30 points or 0.07 to 7,448.70 Kospi decreased 23.59 points or -0.77% to 3,025.49 SENSEX decreased […]

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ASIA: Shares in China Evergrande Group’s electric vehicles (EV) unit rose on Monday as the embattled property developer moved to prioritize the growth of its nascent EV business over its troubled core real estate operations. Evergrande rose as much as 6% during the session before closing down 0.7%. China Evergrande New Energy Vehicle Group Ltd […]

ASIA: China Evergrande Group appeared to have averted default with a last-minute bond coupon payment, a source said on Friday, buying it another week to wrestle with a debt crisis looming over the world’s second-biggest economy. Facing a deadline on Saturday to pay interest on a US dollar bond, Evergande sent $83.5 million to a […]

ASIA: The unfolding crisis in real estate in China is emerging as one of Beijing’s toughest challenges in the coming year. Real estate-related activities including, cement and steel production, registered steep contractions last month, as did property sales and new construction projects. That has led to reduced property investment, which contracted in September for the […]

ASIA: China’s economic growth in the third quarter slumped to its slowest pace in a year, as a property slowdown and energy shortages highlighted rising pressure on policymakers. Gross domestic product grew 4.9 percent year on year between July and September, according to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics on Monday, compared with […]

QUESTION: When do we talk about stagflation? F ANSWER: We are already experiencing it. Normally, the standard definition of “stagflation” has been explained as slow economic growth with relatively high unemployment/or economic stagnation that takes place with rising prices. Some have also defined it as a period of inflation combined with a decline in the […]

ASIA: India’s September fuel consumption crawled higher month-on-month as economic activity continued to ramp up, government data showed on Wednesday, but soaring global oil prices could stall a recovery in the world’s third-largest oil importer and consumer. Fuel consumption, a proxy for oil demand, totaled 15.92 million tonnes last month, up slightly from August and […]

ASIA: India’s economy, which contracted by 7.3 percent due to the Covid-19 pandemic, is expected to grow by 9.5 percent in 2021 and 8.5 percent in 2022, according to latest projections released by the International Monetary Fund on Tuesday. India’s growth projection released by the latest World Economic Outlook remains unchanged from its previous WEO (World […]