China's production, investment, retail sales all disappoint in April
China`s investment, factory output and retail sales all grew more slowly than expected in April, adding to doubts about whether the world`s second-largest economy is stabilising.
May 14, 2016, 12:52 PM IST
China's economy to grow 6.7% in Q2 - think-tank
China`s economy is likely to grow 6.7 percent in the second quarter, fuelled by rising investment in infrastructure and a recovery in the property market, state news agency Xinhua said on Monday, citing an official think-tank.
May 09, 2016, 18:24 PM IST
Top China paper warns of crisis risk over debt
China must turn off the taps of credit-driven growth to avoid a financial system crisis in the face of rising bad loans and other risks, the Communist Party's official mouthpiece newspaper said on Monday
May 09, 2016, 12:41 PM IST
China, Japan growth to slow sharply in 2016, IMF warns
China and Japan's economies are expected to slow sharply over the next two years but Asian growth will remain strong as domestic demand takes up the slack from weak global trade, the IMF said on Tuesday.
May 03, 2016, 13:04 PM IST
China's manufacturing activity expands at slower pace
China's manufacturing activity expanded slower than expected in April, raising more doubts about the recent recovery in the world's second-largest economy grappling with the worst slowdown in 25 years.
May 01, 2016, 16:55 PM IST
China economy slows down to 6.7% amid signs of stabilisation
China today said its economy continued to slow down in the first quarter this year, declining to 6.7 percent but in line with government targets amid claims by officials that several key indicators showed signs of stabilisation in the world's second largest economy.
Apr 15, 2016, 11:00 AM IST
China exports rise for first time in 9 months
Chinese exports surged in March, the first gain in nine months and the latest positive data out of the world's number two economy, but analysts warned Wednesday's headline figure masked ongoing weakness in overseas demand.
Apr 13, 2016, 15:50 PM IST
IMF raises China outlook to 6.5% but warns of 'spillover'
With the outlook for global growth darkening, a sharper downturn in China "could lead to a more generalised slowdown" in emerging markets and advanced economies, the IMF said in its April 2016 World Economic Outlook.
Apr 12, 2016, 21:04 PM IST
China says tax reform will boost economy, structural changes
China's value-added tax reforms will help support the economy and speed up structural adjustments, Vice Finance Minister Shi Yaobin said on Tuesday, playing down concerns such reforms could fan property speculation.
Apr 12, 2016, 18:21 PM IST
China manufacturing expands for first time in 9 months
The official Purchasing Managers` Index (PMI), which tracks activity in factories and workshops, rebounded to 50.2 last month, figures from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed.
Apr 01, 2016, 08:52 AM IST
A plea for help: How China asked the Fed for its stock crash play book
The Chinese market crash triggered steep declines across global financial markets and within a few hours the Fed sent China`s central bank a trove of publicly-available documents detailing the US central bank`s actions in 1987.
Mar 21, 2016, 15:40 PM IST
China's Premier Li says confident in economy, vows no hard landing
China`s Premier Li Keqiang defended the government`s economic policies on Wednesday, vowing there would be no mass layoffs and no hard landing for the world`s second-largest economy even as the government presses ahead with painful reforms.
Mar 16, 2016, 17:41 PM IST
China's Premier Li says confident in economy, vows no hard landing
China`s Premier Li Keqiang defended the government`s economic policies on Wednesday, vowing there would be no mass layoffs and no hard landing for the world`s second-largest economy even as the government presses ahead with painful reforms.
Mar 16, 2016, 17:41 PM IST
China economy will not have a `hard landing'
China`s economy will not have a "hard landing", Premier Li Keqiang said Wednesday, despite widespread fears that the government will have difficulty managing slowing economic growth.
Mar 16, 2016, 14:07 PM IST
China confident of property market growth despite slowdown
Many felt that the economic slowdown will have major impact on the real estate which thrived during the heydays of the three decades of China's double digit growth till 2010.
Mar 15, 2016, 13:49 PM IST
China got $126 billion FDI in 2015 despite slowdown
China, witnessing its slowest growth in 25 years, attracted USD 126 billion in FDI last year, up 5.6 percent, with the majority invested in services and high- end manufacturing sectors of the world's second biggest economy, Commerce Minister said Sunday.
Mar 13, 2016, 12:54 PM IST
China sets economic growth target at or above 6.5 percent in 5 year plan
China is aiming for average economic growth at or above 6.5 percent for the next five years, the government said on Saturday, as the world`s no. 2 economy seeks to balance deep structural reforms, gyrating financial markets and softening global trade.
Mar 05, 2016, 09:37 AM IST
China to shed 1.8 million jobs in coal and steel sectors
China will lay off a total of 1.8 million redundant workers in the country's key coal and steel sectors as part of efforts to reduce industrial overcapacity, in the world's second largest economy, a senior minister said today.
Feb 29, 2016, 18:40 PM IST
China cuts bank reserve requirements for economic boost
China's central bank today cut the proportion of funds banks must set aside as reserves, according to a statement, in the latest attempt to tackle slowing growth in the world's second-largest economy.
Feb 29, 2016, 18:39 PM IST
IMF Christine Lagarde chief stresses structural reforms
China is not the only economy in need of structural reforms as they are fundamental for the success of every G20 economy, IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde said on Friday.
Feb 26, 2016, 14:09 PM IST
