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The Japanese Cabinet Office announced today that gross domestic product (GDP) in the first quarter of 2022 fell by 1% year-on-year. This is due to the impact of the Omicron-type COVID-19 virus, which has spread throughout the country. In addition,…
The Office of the National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDB) reported that GDP increased by 2.2% in the first quarter of 2022, increasing from 1.8% in Q4 21. The non-agricultural sector expanded, positively influenced by various government measures to…
The Hong Kong government announced that Hong Kong’s economy contracted by 4% in the first quarter of 2022 compared to the same period last year. This marks the end of four consecutive quarters of recovery due to Hong Kong taking…
The Bank of Malaysia (BNM) said the Malaysian economy grew better in Q1 2002 thanks to recovering demand and a stronger labor market. Malaysia’s GDP grew 5% in 1Q22, more than the 4% expected by economists, and better than the…
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has announced that the UK economy continued to grow in Q1 22, despite a slowdown from the final quarter of 2021. The ONS reported that UK gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 0.8% in…
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said today that gross domestic product (GDP) grew 8.3% year-on-year in 1Q2022 and better than 1Q21, when GDP contracted. Better-than-expected GDP growth could help Ferdinand Marcos Jr, the new president of the Philippines, as he…
As the German Federal Statistical Office (FSO) announced today, gross domestic product (GDP) grew slightly in the first quarter of 2022. This is due to increased investments but the war in Ukraine has increased its impact since the end of…
The South Korean central bank announced today that South Korea’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew by only 0.7% quarter-on-quarter in the first quarter of 2022. This slowed from the 1.2% growth in Q4/21 as consumption and investment continued to be…
Singapore’s Ministry of Trade and Industry said today that gross domestic product (GDP) grew 3.4% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2022, slowing from 6.1% in 4Q21. On a quarterly basis, GDP grew just 0.4%, a sharp slowdown from 2.3%…
UK GDP increased by only 0.1% month-on-month in February, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) published today. The slight increase was well below analysts’ expectations of 0.3% growth after 0.8% growth in January. On a year-over-year basis, this translates into…
