GDP

Hong Kong Q1 GDP expands 5.9% y/y

The government maintained its 2026 GDP forecast at a range of 2.5% to 3.5%

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Aramco's oil field in Saudi Arabia. The country's oil sector expanded 2.3% in Q1 2026, down from 10.8% the previous quarter.

Saudi economic growth slows as Iran war hits oil exports

In Q1 2026, its gross domestic product expands 2.8% year on year, against 5% in the previous quarter

A large screen showing the latest stock exchange and economic data in Shanghai on Apr 20. China’s stock market has emerged as one of the best performers globally as investors sought shelter from the Iran war.

Chinese manufacturing growth overtaken by finance amid IPO boom

CHINESE manufacturing grew slower than finance for the first time in years, turbocharged by capital raised through share sales during a quarter that saw a surprise rebound in the economy.

Q1’s growth is below private-sector economists’ median expectations of 5.8%, a Bloomberg poll indicated.

Singapore’s GDP up 4.6% in Q1, missing forecasts

On a seasonally adjusted, quarterly basis, economic growth contracts by 0.3%

The economy was previously reported to have grown at a 0.7 per cent pace in the fourth quarter.

US Q4 GDP growth revised lower to a 0.5% rate

Revisions to Q4 growth pace reflected downgrades to business spending on intellectual products as well as inventories

The South-east Asian nation, which is targeting sustained 10 per cent growth, is navigating rising fuel prices and tightened supplies from the Iran war, which has effectively halted shipping of oil and gas through the Strait of Hormuz.

Vietnam growth slows as rising energy costs feed uncertainty

Gross domestic product expanded 7.83 per cent from a year earlier, down from 8.46 per cent in the fourth quarter

Final sales to private domestic purchases, which excludes government, trade and inventories, grew at a 1.9 per cent pace.

US Q4 GDP growth revised down to 0.7%

Last quarter’s growth pace was lowered due to downgrades to government spending

Gross domestic product was unchanged after 0.1 per cent growth in the previous month.

Britain’s economy unexpectedly stalled at start of the year

The powerhouse services sector stagnated, manufacturing grew just 0.1% and construction expanded 0.2%

Japan's economy expanded an annualised 1.3 per cent in the fourth quarter, compared with the initially estimated 0.2 per cent.

Japan upgrades Q4 GDP on robust capex, Iran war clouds outlook

Domestic demand contributes 0.3 of a percentage point to fourth-quarter GDP, revised up from zero