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Singapore, Jan 4 (EFE/EPA).- Singapore's gross domestic product (GDP) shrank by 5.8 percent during 2020, its worst contraction since independence from Malaysia in 1965, weighed down by the economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.This is the fourth straight quarter of decline of the GDP of the city-state, whose economy is in recession.The last time this happened was during the tech bubble burst in 2001. (Camera: WALLACE WOON).B-ROLL OF THE FINANCIAL DISTRICT IN SINGAPORE.
Singapore, Oct 14 (EFE / EPA) .- Singapore's gross domestic product shrank 7 percent between July and September compared to the same period in 2019.This marked the third consecutive quarter of contraction in the wake of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.(Camera: HOW HWEE YOUNG)SHOT LIST: B-ROLL OF SINGAPORE.
Beijing, Aug 14 (EFE/EPA).- China's industrial production grew 4.8 percent year-on-year in July, the same increase as the previous month, with which the economy of the country seems to consolidate its recovery trend after the impact suffered by the COVID-19 pandemic, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) reported Friday.The data is, however, below the forecasts of analysts, who predicted a growth of about 5.1 percent for that month.(Camera: ROMAN PILIPEY/WU HONG/ALEKSANDER PLAVEVSKI)FOOTAGE SHOWS B-ROLL OF BEIJING (00:00:00-00:03:17) AND SHANGHAI (00:03:17-00:06:07), CHINA.
Seoul, Apr 23 (EFE/EPA).- South Korea's gross domestic product (GDP) contracted 1.4 percent in the first quarter of 2020 compared to previous three months due to the impact of the coronavirus crisis, according to data published by the Bank of Korea on Thursday.This is the worst figure since the Asian country contracted some 3.3 percent in the fourth quarter of 2008 due to the global financial crisis that started with the collapse of the American investment bank Lehman Brothers. (Camera: JEON HEON-KYUN). SHOT LIST: STREETS AND SHOPPING CENTERS IN SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA.
China’s economy beat expectations of below 7 percent growth in the second quarter as better June data shows signs of a rebound despite the recent stock market rout. Meg Teckman reports.