EghtesadOnline: The Iranian government has spent 255 trillion rials ($1.73 billion) in capital expenditure during the first five months of the current Iranian year (started March 21), which is 450% more compared with the same period of last year, Iran's Plan and Budget Organization said.

EghtesadOnline: Iran’s economic climate is indicative of the pressure exerted by sanctions, says Mohammad-Qoli Yusefi, professor of economics at Allameh Tabataba’i University.

EghtesadOnline: Japan's October core machinery orders rose for the first time in three months to beat expectations, government data showed - a tentative sign of a pickup in capital expenditure .