Chinese factories sustained their upbeat performance for another month in May. This followed as the country shook off the economic disruptions brought by the novel coronavirus crisis. However, figures

April records showed that Japan s factory output dropped at a pace faster than what was initially predicted. More so, the country s retail sales plunged the sharpest in more than two decades

Contraction in Japan s factory activity bogs down in slowest pace in five months Japan s factory activity shrank for a ninth-month straight in January at the slowest pace in five months. Economists