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Singapore’s Supermarket Boom Leaves Department Stores Behind
Supermarkets & Hypermarkets hit index 161 in January 2025, while Department Stores bottomed at 54.9 in February 2022 — a gap that narrowed only marginally over three years.
Japan's Road Spending Peaked in 1998 and Never Recovered
Prefectural road and bridge spending hit ¥4.8 trillion in 1998, then fell to ¥2.6 trillion by 2022—a two-decade slide that reshaped Japan's construction sector.
China Built 437,000 km of Highway. The Rest Added 313,000 km.
World Bank data shows China's highway network has grown from 163,000 km in 2000 to 600,000 km in 2025, nearly tripling its share of world highways to 30.8%.
Jambi City Hoards More Than Half of Province's Vehicles
Jambi City registered 394,932 motor vehicles in 2018 (54% of the provincial total), while Tanjung Jabung Barat recorded only 4,115 four-wheelers.
Singapore’s Supermarket Boom Leaves Department Stores Behind
Supermarkets & Hypermarkets hit index 161 in Jan 2025, while Department Stores languished at 61 in Feb 2022 – a yawning gap that has narrowed only marginally.
Japan's Road Spending Peaked in 1998 and Never Recovered
Prefectural road and bridge spending peaked at ¥4.8 trillion in 1998; by 2022 it had shrunk to ¥2.6 trillion, a slide that reshaped Japan's construction landscape.
China Built 4.84 Million 5G Towers. Now the Hard Part Begins.
After seven years of frenetic building, the country’s 5G network reached every city by end-2025; annual additions are now decelerating as attention shifts from coverage to usage.
Jambi's Basic Basket: Anchovies at Rp115,000, Salt at Rp2,000
In Jambi, dried anchovies averaged over Rp110,000/kg in 2017, while refined salt held at Rp3,800 — a spread that dwarfs any other commodity in the nine-item basic basket.
