China loosens fiscal and growth targets ahead of next 5-year plan
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China loosens fiscal and growth targets ahead of next 5-year plan

China's "Two Sessions" government meetings recently concluded. The event's speeches and economic policy documents provide more detail about China's growth targets and continued efforts to support the economy amid US tariffs and uncertainties in international trade.
The long shadow of the 2014 oil price crash in Malaysia
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The long shadow of the 2014 oil price crash in Malaysia

Sapura Energy, once one of Malaysia's petroleum powerhouses, was stabilized in an intervention that demonstrates how ASEAN's largest oil exporter is still feeling the aftermath of last decade's price crash.
Bank of Japan's upward inflation spiral: unpacking forecast revisions with Point-in-Time data
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Bank of Japan's upward inflation spiral: unpacking forecast revisions with Point-in-Time data

Two years ago, the Bank of Japan was seeking sustained inflation before it would end the world's last negative-rate policy. Today, we can illustrate how the central bank got its wish thanks to CEIC's market-leading Point-in-Time (PiT) datasets, which track the Bank of Japan's forecast revisions for inflation.
Canadian export slump on Trump threats has already shown up in daily shipping data
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Canadian export slump on Trump threats has already shown up in daily shipping data

Less than a month after Donald Trump's inauguration, it appears that the US president's tariff threats against Canada were already showing up in high-frequency shipping data tracked by CEIC.