SOUTH KOREA'S OVERBURDENED CONSUMERS.
South Korea's consumer credit bubble burst late in 2002 and
household spending has been in the doldrums since then. High-end
spending has been particularly hard hit and it looks as though . . .
INDONESIAN CONSUMERS HOLD THEIR OWN.
Over the past year, Indonesia has demonstrated enough economic and
political stability to raise consumer confidence and attract more of the
foreign capital that is urgently needed in order to . . .
IMPLICATIONS FOR MARKETERS.(Brief Article)
China and Japan, the two engines that are driving Asian private
sector consumption growth, are at opposite ends of their respective
economic cycles. The Chinese government has put the brakes on . . .
SINGAPORE'S STRONG SALES GAINS.(Brief Article)
Demand for Singapore's goods and services has come on strong
this year thanks to improved orders both at home and abroad. Singapore
is a strongly export-oriented nation but rising internal demand . . .
JAPANESE HOUSEHOLD SPENDING PICKS UP.(Japanese household income
)(Brief Article)
Demand for Japanese goods and services is on the rise, yet most of
the upward momentum is driven by export sales. Over the past few months,
Japanese household expenditure showed signs of emerging . . .
AUSTRALIAN SALES GROWTH SLOWS.(Brief Article)
Rising oil prices and interest rates are taking a bite out of the
average household budget and that is contributing to slower expenditure
growth than registered over the past two years. High-end . . .
CHINA REINS IN HIGH-END SPENDING.(Brief Article)
There is increasing evidence that the Chinese government's
credit tightening policies are reining in high-end consumer spending and
investor speculation that threatened to overheat the economy. . . .
CHINESE DAIRY PRODUCTS.
Demand for dairy products in China has risen dramatically in recent
years and the government has set a goal of doubling the level of per
capita urban milk consumption from 2004 through 2010. Over . . .
STRONG INTERNAL DEMAND BOOSTS INDIAN INDUSTRY.
Internal demand for Indian durable consumer goods has soared over
the past year and that has contributed to a surge in industrial
activity. By mid-2004, unit sales of durable goods had achieved a . . .
AUSTRALIANS STILL WILLING TO SPEND.
Australia's favorable macroeconomic climate coupled with solid
confidence among individual consumers and business leaders sets the
stage for moderate but steady growth of internal demand in spite . . .
KOREAN INTERNAL DEMAND RECOVERS SLOWLY.
South Korea's economic expansion of approximately 5.5 percent
this year will be driven by strong growth in export sales. Internal
demand for goods and services continues to be locked into a . . .
AUSTRALIAAES DATA SOURCES ON THE INTERNET.(Brief Article)
The following Web sites related to Australia are among the most
useful in piecing together an up-to-date picture of that nationAEs
business and investment climate.
Australian Bureau of Statistics . . .
IMPLICATIONS FOR MARKETERS.(Brief Article)
China's economic expansion peaked in 2003 and the
government's efforts aimed at cooling off the economy will probably
reduce the pace of growth only slightly this year and next. However, the
slight . . .
UNDERPERFORMING PHILIPPINE CONSUMERS.(Brief Article)
Painfully high inflation and wage stagnation have prevented
Philippines household consumption from living up to potential and the
panorama is no likely to change this year. According to . . .
TAIWAN MANUFACTURERS ACHIEVE RECORD SALES.(Brief Article)
Both internal and external demand for Taiwan's goods and
services have experienced healthy growth over the past year and
double-digit gains should continue through the remainder of 2004. . . .
PAKISTAN'S STRENGTHENING CONSUMER BASE.(Brief
Article)
Pakistan's economic growth of nearly 6 percent for the fiscal
year ending in June of 2004 and over 6 percent for the 2004/2005 fiscal
year will be enough to gradually improve living standards and . . .
PIECES FALL INTO PLACE FOR JAPANESE RECOVERY.
The initial signs of a recovery in Japanese internal demand
appeared in 2003 when industrial activity rebounded, but a balanced
economic growth was impossible until the missing piece in the . . .
PRODUCT FOCUS- SURGING SALES OF INDONESIAN ELECTRONICS
GOODS.
Indonesia's household consumption climate has improved over
the past year and that has contributed to healthy growth in sales of
household electronics products and appliances so far in 2004.
The . . .
CHINA APPLIES THE BRAKES TO RUNAWAY DEVELOPMENT.
Surging Chinese demand for everything from raw materials to
finished goods has boosted economic activity throughout Asia, but the
inevitable economic slowdown will slow the pace of consumption . . .
JAPAN'S BROADENING RECOVERY.
There are increasing signs that the economic recovery that was
first only felt by Japan's largest industries is expanding to small
and medium sized businesses. That, in turn, will gradually . . .
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