January Macro Economy Review

[January -1 - 2018] Hong Kong's foreign trade gap widened in November from a year ago, as imports grew faster than exports, data from the statistics department showed. The visible trade deficit rose to HKD39.7 billion(USD5.06billon) in November from HKD34.05 billion in the same month last year

[January -10 - 2018] The Philippines posted a record USD3.78billion trade deficit in November, as imports grew while exports rose at a slower pace, official data released today showed. Exports grew 1.6% to USD4.96 billion in November 2017 from the same period in 2016. Imports rose 18.5% to USD8.74 billion in the month

[January - 30 - 2018] Japan's labor availability rising to a 44-year high according to the data released by the labor ministry. The country's unemployment rate also improved in 2017, falling below 3% for the first time in 23 years