demand. japan has struggled in many years with stagflation or deflation but now it faces inflation, contractor has a four decade high levels when it comes to inflation and that hampering consumer demand. katie, thank you. katie silver in singapore. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. voice-over: bbc, voice over: bbc, bringing you different stories from across the uk. firs is no ordinary dog. thousands of hours of training have made her one of the top five detectives in the country. the top five detectives in the count . ~ , the top five detectives in the count .~ , ., country. we put official wave there and country. we put official wave there and will country. we put official wave there and will put country. we put official wave there and will put one - country. we put official wave there and will put one size i country. we put official wave i there and will put one size now of diesel, that s the sign el size of a pinhead. she of diesel, that s the sign el size o
expected as the new crop begins to come into the market. the risks from extreme weather and monsoons remain outside risks to inflation. both and i ll be unable to cut interest rates and the government facing a crucial election season in the summer of 2024 will be watching the inflation scenario very, very carefully. staying in asia, japan s economy grew by 6% on an annualised basis in the second quarter, boosted by a rise in demand for its exports and its weaker currency. the figures show asia s second biggest economy has now expanded for three consecutive quarters. live now to our asia business hub of singapore, where katie silverjoins us. so katie, tell us more. that s right so a hugely better than what many economists predicted, almost double that almost the biggest rise we ve seen from japan and its terms
to asia now where a new report has suggested perhaps controversially that the region s workers are worst in the world for looking busy at work without actually being very productive. the report by the workplace messaging platform slack found employees in india and japan were the most likely to spend time on what it calls performative work . live now to singapore where our asia business reporter katie silverjoins us. so, katie, what do you make of this report? most of the people in your office ijust most of the people in your office i just trying most of the people in your office ijust trying to look busy. t office i ust trying to look bus. ,, ., busy. i can t speak for them, but for myself, busy. i can t speak for them, but for myself, i busy. i can t speak for them, but for myself, i know - busy. i can t speak for them, but for myself, i know my i but for myself, i know my little secret in terms of looking busy is to walk with purpose, and i certainly walked with purpose i
both. for instance, china is germany s largest export partner, and this is feeding back into europe through slow demand for a lot of germany s export good. demand for a lot of germany s exoort good- export good. ok. we have to kee a export good. ok. we have to keep a close export good. ok. we have to keep a close eye, export good. ok. we have to keep a close eye, that - export good. ok. we have to keep a close eye, that is - export good. ok. we have to keep a close eye, that is forl keep a close eye, that is for sure. staying with china. italy s defence minister said rome made an atrocious decision when itjoined china s belt and road initiative four years ago. mr guido crosetto said the move has done little to boost exports and that italy now needed to work out a way to get out of the deal without harming relations with beijing. let s cross to our asia business hub of singapore where katie silverjoins us. this is really interesting. the belt and road initiative that is pretty pe
makers. thank you for “oining us. makers. thank you for “oining mi makers. thank you for “oining us. let s talk makers. thank you for “oining us. let s talk about makers. thank you forjoining us. let s talk about technicall us. let s talk about technical shipments of personal computers globally dropped by almost a third in the first three months as fears about economic recession continued to bite, according to market research firm idc. one of the companies heat hardest was apple. katie silverjoins us. silverjoins us. what does the research tell silverjoins us. what does the research tell us? silverjoins us. what does the research tell us? i silverjoins us. what does the research tell us? i looked - silverjoins us. what does the research tell us? i looked at l research tell us? i looked at the top five makers of pcs and what we have found is there was a $57 million phuoc computer sold in the first three months. thejob sold in the first three months. the job of almost