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China's economy may have grown by 9.3 percent in the third quarter from a year earlier and consumer inflation will gradually fall to 4.6 percent in December, according to a Tsinghua University report whose results were published on Monday. more...

Japan's core consumer prices unexpectedly rose 0.1 percent in July from a year earlier on higher energy prices, Internal Affairs ministry data showed on Friday, but worries about the global economy cloud the outlook for consumer spending and the nation's battle with deflation.* more...

Japan's core consumer prices rose 0.4 percent in June from a year earlier, Internal Affairs ministry data showed on Friday, rising for the third straight month on higher commodity costs, but a looming base-year change is obscuring the outlook for price trends.* more...

Japan's core consumer prices rose* 0.6 percent in April* from a year earlier, data by the Internal Affairs ministry showed on Friday, posting the first annual rise in more than two years due partly to higher* commodity costs. more...

Vietnam's consumer price index (CPI) rose 19.8 percent in May from the same month last year, up from 17.5 percent in April and the highest since December 2008, when inflation stood at 19.9 percent after peaking at over 28 percent earlier that year. more...