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  • IFF Newsletter Issue 108
  •  2024-01-25
  • China’s central bank announced on Wednesday cut to the requirement ratio for bank reserves by 0.5%. China added 12.44 million new urban jobs in 2023, meeting its target, official data showed. Smartphone shipment in China grew 1.2% year on year in the fourth quarter of 2023 to 73.6 million units, dat...
  • IFF Newsletter Issue 107
  •  2024-01-18
  • From the Editor Chinas economy grew 5.2% in 2023, surpassing the countrys official target of around 5%. Urban unemployment reached 5.1% in December and the country resumed reporting youth unemployment. The jobless rate for young people between 16 to 24 excluding students was 14.9%. Chinas Premier Li...
  • IFF Newsletter Issue 106
  •  2024-01-11
  • China’s exports of cars surged 62% in 2023 and the country has overtaken Japan as the world’s largest auto exporter, according to the China Passenger Car Association. China’s exports of cars surged 62% in 2023 and the country has overtaken Japan as the world’s largest auto exporter, according to the...
  • IFF Newsletter Issue 105
  •  2024-01-05
  • China welcomes the New Year with a surge in domestic tourism. The recorded 135 million domestic trips during the three-day New Year holiday, up 155% from last year and 9.4% from 2019. China’s factory activity contracted for a third straight month in December. China’s lottery sales rose 45.1% year on...
  • IFF Newsletter Issue 104
  •  2023-12-28
  • As the year 2023 wraps up, economic data in China and elsewhere showed a mixed picture. China’s industrial profits jumped 29.5% in November while foreign direct investment in the country fell 10% in the first 11 months of the year. To boost growth, the country’s top economic planner has unveiled a s...
  • IFF Newsletter Issue 103
  •  2023-12-21
  • China kept lending benchmark rates unchanged on Wednesday. China's usage of power and natural gas reached record high on Sunday due to surging energy demand as strong cold waves hit many parts of the country, the country's top economic planner said on Tuesday. Major Chinese cities reported falling h...