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The Thai baht was one of Asia's best-performing currencies in 2025, appreciating almost 10% against the dollar despite disappointing tourist numbers, political instability and US tariffs.

US President Donald Trump’s seizure of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has driven renewed attention to the two nations’ historically intertwined energy industries.

To wrap up 2025, we have compiled CEIC users' most-read and most-downloaded data stories and visualizations of the past 12 months.

The news flow was dominated by Donald Trump's tariffs; our users were particularly interested in their implications for China's trading relationships.

China's population has been shrinking, but the demographic change is not uniform. Like Japan, workers are moving to employment hotspots.

As a year of global trade realignment winds down, we're examining one of the side effects of Chinese overcapacity. The nation is effect exporting disinflation to other markets – especially the #ASEAN economies, with their "connector" role in global trade.

Purchasing managers' index (PMI) surveys ask executives whether they believe business is improving. But which PMI is painting a more accurate picture of the economy?

Trends in the US consumer-finance sector are flashing warning signs. Auto-loan delinquencies recently rose past 5% for the first time since the early days of the pandemic; credit-card delinquencies have surpassed 12%.

Why haven't Donald Trump's tariffs had a stronger effect on US growth and global trade? "Frontloading" is a common explanation. As the US president vowed to impose levies on imports, exporting nations rushed to ship goods of all kinds at the start of the year.

Chileans vote in a polarized run-off on Dec. 14. Communist Party presidential candidate Jeannette Jara is trailing anti-immigration conservative José Antonio Kast in the polls.

The rise of artificial intelligence is often viewed as a threat to India's back-office technology firms, but so far these companies are still hiring – as are the nation’s other sectors.

The nation might be grappling with a growth-rattling corruption scandal, but behind the headlines, Filipinos are benefiting from a surge in purchasing power. That's likely long-term bullish for the economy.