{
  "id": 11125587,
  "title": "Asian factory activity expands thanks to global AI boom",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/asian-factory-activity-expands-thanks-to-global-ai-boom-11125587",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-01T05:59:12.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Straits Times",
    "slug": "new-straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.nst.com.my/business/economy/2026/10/1545340/asian-factory-activity-expands-thanks-global-ai-boom"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "TOKYO: Factory activity across Asia expanded in September thanks to the global artificial intelligence (AI) boom, private surveys showed on Thursday, offering some relief to policymakers who are concerned about nagging cost pressures attributable to the US-Israeli war on Iran.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Investing.com",
        "title": "Asian factory activity expands thanks to global AI boom",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/asian-factory-activity-expands-thanks-to-global-ai-boom",
        "published": "2026-10-01T02:30:32.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Asian factory activity expands thanks to global AI boom",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/asian-factory-activity-expands-thanks-to-global-ai-boom-11090652",
        "published": "2026-10-01T02:37:50.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "WSJ Economy",
        "title": "AI Boom Keeps Asian Factory Activity Humming Despite Cost Pressures",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/ai-boom-keeps-asian-factory-activity-humming-despite-cost-pressures",
        "published": "2026-10-01T06:53:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}