The insurance sector in China remained on the growing track in the fourth quarter of 2019. Its total assets expanded by 12.2% y/y and exceeded RMB 20tn for the first time, reaching RMB 20.6tn at the quarter end. The insurance premiums꧅ gen🍷erated in Q4 ...

The real estate sector is a major driver for China’s economic growth, accounting alone for about 7% of the country’s GDP in 2019, and for around 14% of it jointly with the construction sector. The residential build🥃ing subsector is the ...

Despite the stringent measures, including lockdowns and quarantines imposed by the government to curb the spread of the coronavirus, in the first quarter of 2020 China’s pig iron and crude steel production rose by 2.4% y/y🐽 an💧d 1.5% y/y to 199 ...

In Q1 2020, the performance of China’s retail sector was affected by the COV﷽ID-19 outbreak. The country’s GDP declined by 6.8% y/y in the period, while the GDP generated by the wholesale and retail sectors dropped by 17.8% y/y. Average ...

Indonesia is the world’s fourth most populous country, so its retail sector is an attractive des♔tination for investors. A 2019 ranking by A.T. Kearney placed the country as the fifth most attractive retail emerging market. The ...

Automotive production in China improved in Q4 2019, increasing by 3.5% y/y to 7.6mn units. This is the first quarter that automotive output showed growth since the beginꦅning of 2019, as market confidence recovered and automakers were again piling up ...

In Q4 2019, the growth of China’s banking sector remained🥂 steady. The banks’ total assets reached RMB 290tn, rising by 8.1% y/y or 1.9% q/q. Meanwhile, the total assets of large commercial banks expanded rapidly by 18.7% y/y to RMB 116 ...

The Thai government’s push on infrastructure development, particularly in the Bangkok Metropolitan Region🅷 (BMR) and in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC), has been a key growth driver in Thailand’s real-estate and construction sector in ...

Thailand is the third-largest power producer and consumer in ASEAN, behind Indonesia and Vietnam. Although important, the contribution of the sector to the overall economy is small. The power sector account𝕴ed for 2.7% of nominal GDP and about 0.3%𝐆 of ...

India’s tex🎀tile sector is the country’s oldest manufacturing industry. In FY2019, the GVA of tex♚tiles, apparel and leather product manufacturing accounted for 2.04% of total GVA, 7.07% of industrial GVA and 12.67% of manufacturing GVA. ...