months of this year. these are the first set of quarterly gdp figures since the end of the country s strict covid poilcy in december. this boosted retail sales, which were up over 10% on this time last year. also a huge expansion in travel, with some 45 million air passengers taking trips last month. all of this has helped spark positivity from investors, with groups like citi upgrading their china growth forecast to 6.1% that s well over china s own targets. joining me now is rory green, chief china economist at consultants ts lombard. these numbers look strong. is it a short term bounce or was it more sustainable. it short-term bounce or was it more sustainable- sustainable. it is generally fairly sustainable sustainable. it is generally fairly sustainable for sustainable. it is generally fairly sustainable for the sustainable. it is generally fairly sustainable for the remainder i sustainable. it is generally fairly sustainable for the remainder of 2024. what sust
peter saull reports. from the dean of westminster to the relative calm of chequers, she s meeting her new chancellor here and stay together try to turn her faltering premiership around. the sunday papers are full of speculation about plots, with various names doing the rounds as would be successors. something this man is already running the show, but he says. man is already running the show, but he sa 5. man is already running the show, but he sa s. ~ , , he says. the prime minister is in charae. i he says. the prime minister is in charge. ithink he says. the prime minister is in charge. i think it s he says. the prime minister is in charge. i think it s important - he says. the prime minister is in charge. i think it s important when you talk about ditching things, the biggest element of that mini budget was the energy price guarantee. find was the energy price guarantee. and then a message to restless mps. was the energy price guarantee. and l then a message to restless
When the club was still busy. Our reporter in madrid, guy hedgecoe, gave us the latest. Well, we dont know a great deal, and weve heard some heartbreaking stories. A local newspaper down in murcia reported that there was one woman, a 28 year old woman, who has been reported missing, and shes still reported as missing during the fire, and she sent an Audio Message to her parents at around six oclock from inside the nightclub, and she sent an Audio Message saying, i love you, and were going to die. She believed that she and her friends were going to die. So, weve have heard stories like that. Obviously, the local community are tremendously shaken by all of this, but we still havent heard the full extent of it, it seems, so everybody is clearly hoping the death toll will not rise any further, but there are fears that that could possibly happen. That was our reporter in matured. In madrid. President erdogan says turkey will continue to fight terror, after a Suicide Bomber blew himself up n
fellow at the national bureau of asian research, who laid out his expectations for the summit. obviously it is very important gathering of these three important east asian countries. the first time they have met in a number of years. the summit itself is important just for symbolism and effort on the part of these three countries who had serious differences among them to sit down and meet. my expectations are relatively low. i think it is more symbolism and rhetoric than any actual breakthroughs on serious differences that continue to divide the countries, particularly between china and us allies, south korea and japan on the other. to get your thoughts on trade which is an area that could be mutual benefits for all three parties involved. what are the priorities? that is where the three countries have the greatest self interest for continuing cooperation and they represent a significant proportion of global gdp and global trade. but that will not change, particularly. there
A Philippine government inter-agency panel has maintained its growth target for 2023 gross domestic product at 6.0% to 7.0%, taking into account both domestic and external risks.