• China to impose tariffs on additional $60 bln US goods 19:00

  China’s Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council will impose a 5% or a 10% tariff on another batch of the US-origin products valuing $60 billion starting September 24 in the response to the US’ latest announcement to impose a 10% tariff on additional Chinese goods valuing $200 billion on

• NBS: China’s Jan-Aug FAI growth slows to 5.3% Sep 14, 2018

  China’s fixed asset investment (excluding rural households) grew by 5.3% on year to Yuan 41.5trillion ($6.1trillion) during January to August this year, according to the latest data released by China’s National Bureau of Statistics on September14. Though FAI spending continues to increase, the NBS data show the growth rate slowing

• China to raise export tax rebate for 397 items on Sept 15 Sep 12, 2018

  China is making changes to the export tax system applied to a total of 397 products including finished steel and non-ferrous metals products, according to a notice from the country’s Ministry of Finance, with some items attracting rebates for the first time while others will have their existing rebates increased. From

• WGC: Gold price may rise on higher demand, global risks Aug 28, 2018

  A recovery in consumer demand may lead to a rebound in gold prices during the remainder of this year, according to a recent report from the World Gold Council (WGC), which also noted gold demand for investment would strengthen if “one of the many macroeconomic risks materialize”.

• NBS: CN FAI growth slows to 5.5% in Jan-Jul, a new low Aug 15, 2018

  China’s fixed asset investment (excluding rural households) grew by 5.5% on year to Yuan 35.6 trillion ($5.2 trillion) over January to July, according to the latest data released by China’s National Bureau of Statistics on August 14. Growth in the country’s FAI was off by 0.5 percentage point from the level witnessed during January-June and was also the slowest since 1999, NBS said.

• Gold prices soften on Fed hopes, stronger dollar Aug 06, 2018

  Gold prices in China, the world’s largest consumer of the metal, have dipped over the past few days in response to currency shifts and an announcement from the US Federal Reserve.

• Market: Gold price to stay steady on robust US economy Jul 05, 2018

  The world's gold price is expected to stay at the present level in the near future mainly because of a robust US economy, according to market sources on July 5.

• China's gold output, consumption fall in Q1, prices up Apr 18, 2018

  China's consumption and domestic production of gold both continued to decline in this year's first quarter, according to new data released by China's Gold Association (CGA) on April 16.

• Gold price to stay strong on solid demand in 2018 Jan 19, 2018

  Global gold price may climb up further in 2018 thanks to the expected increase in demand both for investment as well as for consumer products such as jewelry, market sources shared recently.

• China's Jan-Nov FAI grows 7.2% on year, slightly lower Dec 15, 2017

  China's fixed asset investment (excluding rural households) grew 7.2% in the first 11 months of this year, down 0.1 percentage point from the first 10 months, according to the latest statistics released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on November 14.