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consumption

Opinion & Features

Luxury mooncakes won’t go away – nor will plastic waste

On a seasonally adjusted, month-on-month basis, Japanese household spending edged up 0.6 per cent, versus an estimated 0.1 per cent rise.
International

Japan’s August household spending rises faster than expected

MOUNT CRAWFORD, VIRGINIA - JUNE 30: Customers shop for food, snacks, merchandise and other goods during the grand opening of the first Buc-ee's location on the East Coast on June 30, 2025 in Mount Crawford, Virginia. This 74,000 square foot mega-convenience store and 120-pump gas station is the Texas-based chain's 69th store and the first to open outside of the southern United States. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by CHIP SOMODEVILLA / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
International

US reports solid July consumer spending; core inflation firmer

An elderly man packages goods after shopping at a supermarket in Beijing, China, July 9, 2025. China is greying so rapidly that the number of people aged 60 and above is set to hit 400 million by 2035 - roughly equal to the populations of the United States and Italy combined.
Global Enterprise

China seeks a silver lining as it tells companies to target older consumers

Even though Labubu’s Google search and social media trends seem to have peaked in July, its manufacturer Pop Mart International’s shares continue to test record highs.
Opinion & Features

You should ask your teens for shopping and investing tips

A chef fries pigeons in hot oil near Beiyuan Grand Hotel in Beijing, China, Aug 11, 2025. Beiyuan is among at least 15 high-end hotels nationwide hawking food outside in recent weeks, according to their social media and Chinese news sites.
Global Enterprise

Chinese hotels turn to hawking food as guests tighten belts

Economists have long urged Beijing to switch to a consumption-led economic model and rely less on debt-fuelled investment and exports for growth.
Global Enterprise

China pledges more financial support for consumption with interest rate subsidy

On a seasonally adjusted, month-on-month basis, Japanese household spending decreased 5.2 per cent, versus an estimated 3 per cent fall.
International

Japan’s June household spending rises but slower than expected

Not all forms or uses of AI are equally important, even as the infrastructure required for such technology exacts a heavy environmental toll.
Opinion & Features
THINKING ALOUD

Trivial AI use can have devastating climate consequences

China's core inflation, excluding volatile food and fuel prices, stood at 0.5 per cent in April from a year earlier, in line with the increase recorded in March.
Global Enterprise

China’s factory-gate deflation deepens as trade war bites

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