A worker assembling a loader transmission mechanism at a manufacturer in Qingzhou, China. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images China’s factory activity contracted for a fifth consecutive month in September as the world’s second-largest economy struggles to revive its growth momentum. The official manufacturing purchasing managers’ index came in at 49.8 in September, compared with…
Excavators transfer coal at the coal terminal in China’s eastern Jiangsu province on January 22, 2024. Str | Afp | Getty Images China’s industrial profits plunged by 17.8% in August from a year ago, the National Bureau of Statistics said Friday. That followed a 4.1% year-on-year increase in July, the fastest pace in five months….
A Japanese flag is displayed as shoppers and pedestrians walk past stores at a shopping street in Tokyo, Japan, on Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2016. Tomohiro Ohsumi | Bloomberg | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets opened higher on Friday with Japan’s Nikkei 225 leading gains, after Wall Street soared overnight following the Federal Reserve’s outsized rate cut….
Employees work at the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE), operated by Japan Exchange Group Inc. (JPX), in Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday, Jan. 4, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets plunged on Wednesday, led by Japan’s Nikkei 225 after U.S. tech stocks sold off and weak U.S. economic data sparked recession fears. Japan’s Nikkei…
