KOREAN WAVE IS SEEN AS A VIABLE TREND.
Here are the essential components of the Korean Wave a
look/lifestyle fashion trend that so far is confined to the Asia Pacific
region but could jump purely regional firelines to invade other . . .
CONSUMERS IN AUSTRALIA LOSE THEIR OPTIMISM.(Brief
Article)
One of the measures Australians use to probe consumer sentiment is
an index compiled from regular surveys by the Westpac-Melbourne
Institute where the number 100 separates consumer optimism . . .
A TOUCH OF LUXURY FOR INDIA'S MIDDLE CLASS.
The development of markets for luxury durables is well underway in
India according to a recent report in The Times of India (New Delhi).
The Times report surveyed a number of executives for . . .
JAPAN'S PRICES STILL FALLING BUT IS IT REALLY
DEFLATION?
During the final quarter of 2004, Japan was hit by three tropical
storms. The worst was "Typhoon Tokage". This series of storms
damaged part of Japan's harvest crop, and as a result . . .
INDONESIA FORGES AHEAD.
Indonesia was the country hardest hit by the December 2004
earthquake/tsunami disaster. The epicenter of the quake was located 150
kilometers (93 miles) off the north coast of Sumatra, the largest . . .
AUSTRALIAN CONSUMERS CONTINUE TO SPEND.
Several of Australia's important consumer market sectors
showed improvement at the end of 2004. In January 2005, Bloomberg
reported that the services sector expanded at its fastest pace in . . .
A BROAD RECOVERY IN THE PHILIPPINES.
The Philippines had a good year in 2004. A recent report in The
Philippine Star said that previously issued Government estimates of
growth between 4.9 percent and 5.8 percent were wrong. The . . .
TAIWAN GROWTH TO SLOW SOMEWHAT.(Brief Article)
At the end of January 2005, the China Economic News Service (CENS)
carried a report attributed to The Taiwan Institute of Economic Research
(TIER) that said economic growth in the country will slow . . .
RICE PRICING IN PAKISTAN.(Brief Article)
A rare look at Pakistani price dynamics for rice emerges from a
January 12, 2005 Reuters (Karachi) report. The report came just ahead of
the Muslim feast of Eid ul-Azha, this year the third week in . . .
SERVICE SECTOR DECLINES IN SOUTH KOREA.(Brief Article)
Productivity in South Korea's service sector declined 1.6
percent in November compared with the same period in 2003, according to
an early January 2005 dispatch from Bloomberg.
It was the fifth . . .
SMART TRANSPORTATION IN JAPAN.
Japan has some of the most advanced "smart" motor vehicle
transportation technology in the world. It needs it. Roads are crowded
and traffic jams are nightmarish. Also: Fundamental to Japanese . . .
SINGAPORE: CONSUMERS WANTED.(forecasts about Singaporean economy
)
The charts above present two different views of Singapore's
GDP. Both tell a similar story. The Republic's GDP is quite
volatile.
Looking first at the quarterly results, the Monetary Authority . . .
MALAYSIA'S STRONG ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE.
Among the developing economies of Asia, Malaysia is in a relatively
strong position. It has oil. And it has technology.
These two sectors are vital to the economy because on the one hand,
the . . .
LUXURY GOODS SLOW TO DEVELOP IN CHINA.
As consumer markets develop in China, the inevitability of luxury
consumer goods is increasingly realized. Chinese consumers are faced
with two problems the most conspicuous of which is . . .
HONG KONG PACKAGED GOODS PROPHETIC.
ACNielsen says that consumer spending on groceries is a key living
standard indicator. Starting in April of 2004, Nielsen gave a random
sample of 1350 Hong Kong consumers hand-held bar code . . .
JAPAN'S CONSUMERS SAY DEFLATION OVER.(Brief Article)
At the end of 2004, Japan's consumers expressed more optimism
about the economy based on declining unemployment. Unemployment ended
the year at 4.7 percent, down from a record 5.5 percent in . . .
AUSTRALIANS BORROW TO KEEP SPENDING.(Brief Article)
Last month, Market: Asia Pacific, reported that consumer spending
in Australia was "robust", and that part of the reason had to
do with household wealth being mostly consumer investment in . . .
BANGLADESH CELL PHONES EVOLVE.(Brief Article)
Bangladesh, with Purchasing Power per capita of US$1,900 is one of
the poorest countries in the world. Annually, during the rainy season,
about a third of the country's land mass is flooded. . . .
INDIA OPTIMISTIC FOR TELECOM GROWTH.
India has posted recent growth in telecommunications leading the
Government to consider relaxing Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)
restrictions on the sector. The Financial Express (Mumbai the new . . .
JOBS AND HIGH PRICES WORRY PHILIPPINE CONSUMERS.
In terms of population the Philippines, 84-million people, is the
second biggest country in Southeast Asia after Indonesia (219-million).
The Philippines is also the second most important economy, . . .
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