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In June, the consumer price index went up by 6.4 percent year-on-year. The prices grew by 6.2 percent in cities and 7.0 percent in rural areas. The food prices went up by 14.4 percent while the non-food prices increased by 3.0 percent. The prices of consumer goods went up by 7.4 percent and the prices of services grew by 4.0 percent. In June, the month-on-month change of consumer prices was up by 0.3 percent. Of which, prices in cities went up by 0.2 percent and that in rural areas rose by 0.4 percent. The food prices grew by 0.9 percent while the non-food prices maintained the same as last month. The prices of consumer goods rose by 0.4 percent, and the prices of services showed no change of growth.

In June 2011, the month-on-month producer price indexes for the industrial sector maintained the same level over the previous month, or it was up by 7.1 percent over the same month last year. The month-on-month purchaser price indexes for the industrial sector was 0.2 percent up while the year-on-year growth was 10.5 percent.

The Conference Board Leading Economic Index®(LEI) for Japan decreased 0.4 percent and The Conference Board Coincident Economic Index® increased 0.7 percent in May.

The India enterprise software market showed broad growth and recovery in 2010 with total software revenue increasing 16.3 percent annually to total $2.5 billion, according to Gartner, Inc. In 2009, India revenue grew just 4.2 percent to $2.1 billion.

China's apparent oil demand in May reached 39.4 million metric tons (mt) or an average of 9.31 million barrels per day (b/d), which was 8% higher year on year, as state-owned enterprises continued to increase output to meet local market supply needs, according to a Platts analysis based on recent statistics released by the Chinese government.

The Conference Board Leading Economic Index®(LEI) for China increased 0.2 percent in April to 154.5 (2004 = 100), following a 0.9 percent increase in March and a 0.1 percent decline in February. Two of the six components contributed positively to the index in April.

India’s economy has ranked among the best performers over the past decade, and poverty has been falling faster than in many other emerging economies. India now has the opportunity to move towards sustained and socially inclusive double-digit growth if the right policies are put in place, according to a new OECD report.

In May, the total value added of the industrial enterprises above designated size was up by 13.3 percent year-on-year, or 0.1 percentage point lower than that in April 2011.

The Conference Board Leading Economic Index ® (LEI) for Korea declined 0.3 percent and The Conference Board Coincident Economic Index ®(CEI) for Korea also declined 0.3 percent in April.

ManpowerGroup, the world leader in innovative workforce solutions and a strategic partner of the World Economic Forum, has urged Asian businesses to implement clearly-defined strategies for developing and mentoring women leaders in order to drive economic growth in the region.