News with the tag "National Bureau of Statistics"

Several missed economic data forecasts raised concerns among experts and investors concerning China’s ability to hit the projected 5% annual growth. Vasu Menon, the managing director for investment strategy at OCBC in Singapore, said finance minister Lan Fo’an’s press conference lacked numerical det...

The Nigerian government declared a food price emergency after the latest data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed that the country’s inflation rate had gone up by 0.38% to 22.79%. The NBS said the June inflation figure does not “fully capture the impact of the fuel subsidy removal an...

Inflation in China registered an increase of 0.1% year-over-year in April, according to numbers from the National Bureau of Statistics of the country, falling below expectations. Some analysts are already warning about the dangers of deflation, even calling on the Chinese government to deliver cash ...