The report further highlighted that key sub-indexes, such as output and new orders, declined at the fastest pace in four and three months respectively. Businesses remain wary of the impact from newly ...

Latest Flash PMI® data signalled a further modest increase in overall private sector business activity across Japan during ...

Consumer prices in China rose slightly in June, official data showed on Wednesday, snapping a four-month decline even as factory gate prices were bruised by a fierce trade war with Washington. Chinese ...

Chinese factory activity improved somewhat in June after President Donald Trump agreed to delay imposing higher tariffs on imports from China for 90 days, but overall activity was still ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's manufacturing activity returned to growth in June after nearly a year of contraction, but demand conditions remain murky due to worries over U.S. tariffs and the global ...

Factory activity slowed across much of Asia in May as uncertainty over U.S. tariffs continued to cause steep declines in new orders, purchasing managers surveys show. The latest set of S&P Global ...

Asia-Pacific markets trade mixed as investors assess dismal China factory activity By Amala Balakrishner, CNBC • Published June 2, 2025 • Updated on June 3, 2025 at 4:17 am ...

Asian stock markets were mostly flat on Wednesday as investors weighed weak factory activity data from China and Japan, alongside Australian inflation figures and heightened regional tensions ...

In contrast, Japan’s services sector returned to growth. The flash services PMI rose to 52.2 in April from 50.0 in March, marking the strongest expansion in three months.

The rise in services activity saw the overall composite PMI expanding to 51.1 in April from 48.9 in March, after its first decline in five months in the previous month.

The Japanese yen faced downward pressure as traders reacted to new economic data. Economic indicators revealed a decline in factory activity and a contraction in the services sector.

TOKYO: Japan's factory activity fell at the fastest pace in 10 months on sluggish demand, a private-sector survey showed on Monday (Feb 3), with business confidence hitting a more than two-year ...