Singapore's consumer spending rises.
"Consumer spending has been rising as the labor market and the economy strengthened, and that is pushing prices higher," says a local bank economist in a Bloomberg News story published in the International Herald Tribune (Neuilly) on May 23, 2006. The Singaporean economy has been expanding recently. In the...

Consumer spending rises in Japan.
Japan is another Asian country recovering from environmental shocks. Typhoons and earthquakes had an adverse effect on consumer spending at the end of 2004. Consumers were occupied with the environmental concerns and cut back on their shopping. Bloomberg News reported that as a result, consumer spending jumped...

Consumer spending seen picking up.
Byline: FIL C. SIONIL Consumer spending is expected to heightened this summer that could perk up business activities and contribute to the growth of the domestic economy. HSBC-Philippines Deputy Chief Executive Officer Martin Cook gave this projection during yesterdayas launch of the bankas Mabuhay Miles...

Soft Australian consumer spending.
Here are four basic statistics to illustrate the mixed picture of how Australian consumers are doing. The January 2006 unemployment rate increased 0.1 percent from a year ago. Retail sales in December 2005 increased 3.2 percent from a year ago. And the country's consumer price index for the quarter...

Consumer spending rises in South Korea.
The last time South Korea's economy expanded at a rate as fast as it is moving now was two years ago. The country's macroeconomic statistics are impressive with GDP expanding 4.4 percent in the July 2005 through September 2005 quarter when compared with the same period in 2004. ...

Chinese consumer spending grows strongly.
The last time Market: Asia Pacific looked at retail sales in China in detail (January 2006, 15:1), the analysis showed that the year-on-year rate of growth was steady. The perspective is different in the graph above. This time we consider month-to-month changes in retail sales. As expected,...

Sensex slips at open; global cues dampen sentiment.
MUMBAI: The market opened lower on Monday, as investors booked profits after last week's climb tracking declines in Asian shares. A dip in US consumer spending over the weekend triggered the weakness in markets overseas. Back home, inflation, which crossed 6 per cent, also weighed on sentiment. ...

Profit Booking: Sensex slips in opening trade.
MUMBAI: The market opened lower on Monday, as investors booked profits after last week's climb tracking declines in Asian shares. A dip in US consumer spending over the weekend triggered the weakness in markets overseas. Back home, inflation, which crossed 6 per cent, also weighed on sentiment. ...

Blame it on inflation, ad margins shrink 60 pc.
Byline: Abhijeet Mukherjee NEW DELHI: The decline in consumer spending is taking its toll on the fortunes of the advertising industry. Inflation has forced agencies to settle for abysmally low margins. Compared to last year, margins have shrunk over 60% this year. An adman explains...

Blame it on inflation, ad margins shrink 60%.
Byline: Abhijeet Mukherjee NEW DELHI: The decline in consumer spending is taking its toll on the fortunes of the advertising industry. Inflation has forced agencies to settle for abysmally low margins. Compared to last year, margins have shrunk over 60% this year. An adman explains...