Economic News, US Economic News, Global Economic News, Economic Calendar

Taiwan’s trade surplus decreased in April as exports declined more than expected amid rising imports, figures from the Ministry of Finance showed on Friday. The trade surplus decreased to $2.267 billion in April from $2.702 billion last year. Economists had expected a surplus of $2.80 billion. In… [Read more…][1]

Malaysia’s unemployment rate rose in March, data from the Department of Statistics showed on Friday. The jobless rate rose to 3.9 percent in March from 3.3 percent in February. In the same month last year, the unemployment rate was 3.4 percent. On a seasonally adjusted basis, jobless rate rose… [Read more…][2]

![australiacentralbank july02 08may20][3]

The Australian economy is set to log its biggest contraction in the history due to the coronavirus, or Covid-19, pandemic, the Reserve Bank of Australia said Friday. In its quarterly statement on monetary policy, the central bank said gross domestic product is expected to contract around 10 percent over the first half of 2020, mostly concentrated in the June quarter. [Read more…][4]

[View All][5]

  1. www.rttnews.com/3094206/taiwan-trade-surplus-decreases-in-april.aspx?type=aeco
  2. www.rttnews.com/3094031/malaysia-jobless-rate-rises-in-march.aspx?type=aeco
  3. cdn.rttnews.com/articleimages/forextopstory/2020/may/australiacentralbank-july02_08may20.jpg (australiacentralbank july02 08may20)
  4. www.rttnews.com/3094027/australia-s-gdp-to-decline-most-on-record-rba.aspx?type=aeco
  5. www.rttnews.com/list/asian-economic-news.aspx