Description
Added on the 16/11/2020 13:00:00 - Copyright : EFE Inglés
Bangkok, Feb 15 (EFE/EPA).- Thailand's economy shrank 6.1 percent in 2020, its largest contraction in two decades amid a halt in tourism and exports caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, according to data released by the government on Monday.Thailand’s gross domestic product (GDP) declined by 4.2 percent year-on-year in the fourth quarter of last year but grew by 1.3 percent over the previous quarter, the Office of the National Economic and Social Development Council said.This is the third time in recent decades that Thailand’s economy has contracted. (Camera: ARCHIVE).B-ROLL OF BANGKOK, THAILAND.
Beijing/Shanghai, Aug 16 (EFE/EPA).- China's industrial production grew by 6.4 percent year-on-year in July, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) reported Monday.The figure was below analysts' forecasts - who expected 7.8 percent - and lower than the 8.3 percent growth recorded the previous month.Despite the favorable base effect from last year when the Chinese economy began to pick up after the halt in economic activity caused by the start of the coronavirus pandemic, the figure shows a recovery of industrial production although it is also the fifth consecutive month of deceleration. (Camera: ARCHIVE).ARCHIVE FOOTAGE OF COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS IN THE BUSINESS DISTRICTS OF THE CITIES OF BEIJING AND SHANGHAI, CHINA.
Shanghai (China), Aug 16 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Alexander Plavevski) China's industrial production grew by 6.4 percent year-on-year in July, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) reported Monday.The figure was below analysts' forecasts - who expected 7.8 percent - and lower than the 8.3 percent growth recorded the previous month.FOOTAGE OF SHANGHAI.
Singapore, Nov 23 (EFE/EPA).- Singapore's economy contracted 5.8 percent on a year-on-year basis in the third quarter, less than expected compared to previous estimates, due largely to the easing of coronavirus lockdown restrictions. (Camera: HOW HWEE YOUNG).B-ROLL OF THE FINANCIAL DISTRICT IN SINGAPORE.
Beijing, Oct 19 (EFE/EPA).- China's gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 4.9 percent year-on-year in the third quarter of 2020, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Monday.According to official data, this confirms the trend of economic recovery in the country after managing to control the COVID-19 epidemic, which caused the first contraction in China's GDP (-6.8 percent) since 1976 in the first quarter, although it expanded by 3.2 percent year-on-year in the second quarter. (Camera: WU HONG).B-ROLL OF SHOPPING AREA IN BEIJING, CHINA.