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UK growth tipped to slow in 2011
December 5th, 2010
davidguide The UK economy will will grow by less than expected next year, a report by the British Chambers of Commerce predicts. View full post on All Stories
China To Set Tight Monetary Policy
December 4th, 2010
davidguide Linda Young – AHN News Writer Beijing, China (AHN) – China announced its intent to tighten its monetary policy in 2011 in a shift from relatively loose to a prudent stance, a sign that it might hike interest rates. In 2008, China responded to the global economic policy by loosening its then tight monetary policy. [...]
Britain’s Budget Office Forecasts Inflation To Outpace Income Growth
November 30th, 2010
davidguide AHN News Staff London, England, United Kingdom (AHN) – Britain’s Office for Budget Responsibility warned Monday that the country’s inflation rate would likely outpace income growth over the next two years. The OBR forecasts 2011 inflation rate at 2.8 percent, while average earnings will rise by only 2.2 percent. The higher Consumer Price Index outlook [...]
Can ‘Cool Japan’ Revive an Economy
November 30th, 2010
davidguide Itoh’s book is the latest wave of “Cool Japan,” which economists are realizing could have more commercial punch than once believed. Japan has few growth industries, and manufacturing… View full post on All Stories
UK Economic Forecast Revised Upwards
November 29th, 2010
davidguide The Office of Budget Responsibility has revised GDP growth upwards in its Economic and Fiscal Outlook for the year from 1.2% to 1.8%. View full post on All Stories
Growth path gets mixed reception
November 28th, 2010
davidguide Government’s new growth path has been shot down as “a path to poverty”. ||| Government’s new growth path has been shot down as “a path to poverty”, and the idea that workers and business leaders would agree to make modest salary demands described as “a chicken and pig” situation where the chicken lays the eggs [...]
Economics focus: The joyless or the jobless
November 25th, 2010
davidguide Should governments pursue happiness rather than economic growth? IN 2006 Richard Layard, an economist at the London School of Economics, argued that unhappiness was a bigger social problem in Britain than unemployment. In the “Depression Report”, which he co-wrote, Lord Layard pointed out that more people were claiming incapacity benefits because of depression and other [...]
Economy starting to turn around – PIOJ
November 23rd, 2010
davidguide Three industries registered positive growth during the July to September quarter, a period for which the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) has seen indications that the economy is on the rebound.The strong-performing industries were mining and… View full post on All Stories
Engineering firms witnessed better revenue growth in Q2
November 22nd, 2010
davidguide Post a dismal show in the first quarter of the current fiscal, engineering companies in India have seen better revenue growth in the second, aided by modest recovery in industrial capex. View full post on All Stories
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