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China industrial profits held up in October amid price gains

Bloomberg Chinese industrial profits maintained their recent surge, underscoring resilience in the economy and strength in producer inflation. Industrial profits increased 25.1 percent in October from a year earlier, compared with a 27.7 percent pace a month earlier that was the highest in almost six years, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Monday. Profits in the first 10 months ...

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Hong Kong housing market shows no signs of cooling

Bloomberg Hong Kong’s red-hot housing market shows no signs of cooling anytime soon. Prices in the city have climbed 11 percent this year, defying skeptics waiting for the bubble to burst and government attempts to rein in the world’s most expensive housing market through a raft of taxes and mortgage curbs. If anything, the frenzy has intensified in recent months ...

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UK to mitigate Brexit effect with industrial strategy

Bloomberg Business Secretary Greg Clark said reviving Britain’s flagging productivity lies at the heart of the industrial strategy he was expected to unveil it on Monday to help chart the future of Britain’s economy as the country leaves the EU. While Britain would pursue the strategy “regardless” of Brexit, the plan will take the sting out of the uncertainty sparked ...

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