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Singapore, Apr 14 (EFE/EPA).- Singapore's gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 0.2% in the first quarter of 2021, the first expansion of the economy of the city-state since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic."The expansion is a strong signal that our economy is slowly but surely recovering from the unprecedented impact of Covid-19 last year," Trade and Industry Minister Chan Chun Sing said on Facebook after the release of the data.The Asian nation, whose GDP shrank by 5.8% in 2020, has come out of recession, according to preliminary data announced by the Singaporean Ministry of Trade and Industry on Wednesday. (Camera: WALLACE WOON).B-ROLL OF SINGAPORE.
Bangkok, Aug 16 (EFE/EPA).- The Thai economy grew 7.5 percent in the second quarter of 2021, its first advance since the beginning of last year, according to data released Monday by the government, while part of the country is confined to cope with a serious outbreak of Covid-19.The National Office for Social and Economic Development said Thailand's gross domestic product grew 7.5 percent compared to the first quarter of 2020, when the country suffered a sharp setback in its economy at the beginning of the pandemic. (Camera: ARCHIVE).ARCHIVE FOOTAGE SHOWS ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES IN BANGKOK, THAILAND.
Tokyo, Sep 8 (EFE/EPA).- Japan upped the growth of its gross domestic product Wednesday in the quarter from April to June, 0.5 percent compared to the previous quarter, two 10ths above its preliminary estimate.In year-on-year terms, Japan's economic growth in the period was 7.6 percent, one 10th above the figures the Japanese Cabinet Office published in mid-August. (Camera: ARCHIVE).ARCHIVE FOOTAGE OF THE CITY OF TOKYO, JAPAN.
Tokyo, Aug 16 (EFE/EPA).- Japan's gross domestic product grew 7.5 percent between April and June compared to the same period of the previous year, mainly driven by the recovery in consumption, according to government data published Monday.Compared to the first quarter of 2021, the world’s third largest economy grew 0.3 percent, due to the persistent impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to preliminary data from the Japanese Cabinet Office.The economic growth in the second quarter of this year is mainly due to the 7.3 percent increase in household consumption, the main pillar of Japan’s GDP, which had been suffering from the successive states of emergency in the country. Citizens reacted with increasing indifference to this despite the rebound in infections. (Camera: ARCHIVE).ARCHIVE FOOTAGE SHOWS PEDESTRIANS ON STREETS OF TOKYO, AND PEDESTRIANS WALK ON THE SHIBUYA SCRAMBLE CROSSWAY IN TOKYO, JAPAN.
Madrid, Aug 16 (EFE).- The Ibex 35, the main index of the Spanish Stock Market, has opened the session down, with a fall of around 0.5%, weighed down by the disappointing data on industrial production and retail sales in China.FOOTAGE OF THE SPANISH STOCK EXCHANGE MARKET.
Buenos Aires, Jun 23 (EFE) .- (CAMERA: Alberto Caratozzolo) The gross domestic product (GDP) of Argentina registered a year-to-year rise of 2.5 percent in the first quarter of the year, according to the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (Indec).
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