Consumer spending in the United States increased 3.1% during the third quarter of 2023 compared with the preceding period in seasonally adjusted data. With that, consumer spending in that nation contributed 2.1 percentage points to the increase in real GDP. It remains to be seen whether consumers will
Japan has signed a total of 18 Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) with 20 countries in addition to the European Union. These countries include Singapore, Mexico, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Brunei, Philippines, Switzerland, Vietnam, India, United Kingdom, Peru, Australia and Mongolia. It also has agreements with the Association of Southeast
China led the ranking of the most connected economies in shipping in the third quarter of 2023. According to the Liner Shipping Connectivity Index (LSCI), China scored 179 points. To understand the indicator: the LSCI indicates the position of an economy within global liner shipping networks. It is
Trends by industry in FDI in 2023 show that the number of projects increased 16% in global value chain (GVC) intensive sectors. Especially, this occurred in automotive, textiles, machinery and electronics. At the same time, the number of greenfield projects announced in semiconductors fell 10% (39% by value)
Global Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows grew 3% in 2023, after falling 16.6% in 2022. With this, FDI inflows were 1 trillion 365 billion dollars last year. Likewise, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) reported that international investment project announcements, including new (mainly industrial), project
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Copany described its Intelligent Edge business as consisting of a portfolio of secure edge-to-cloud solutions operating under the Aruba brand. This includes wired and wireless local area networks (LANs), campus, branch and data center switching, software-defined wide access technology. area networks, network security and associated