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Japan's economy shrank less than previously thought in the first three months of the year, but still contracted at a record pace...Earlier it was estimated at 4%, but there have been brighter signs in recent weeks. Japan has been hit hard by the global...
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Latin America's largest economy shrank in the fourth quarter of last year compared to the previous quarter as the economic crisis gripped the world and put a halt to Brazil's business boom, the government said Tuesday...It was the biggest decline for...
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The German economy, the largest in Europe, shrank by a worse than expected 2.1 per cent in the final three months of last year in its worst quarterly performance since reunification in 1990. The Federal Statistics Office said the contraction was led by...
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UK's VAT cuts are 'not a good idea', says IMF chief economist Gordon Brown's £12.5bn cut in VAT has been dismissed as "not a good idea" by the International Monetary Fund's chief economist, who warned that European governments faced a new Great Depression...
Tags: IMF, VAT, vat cut, Gordon Brown, economies shrank, Britain, great depression, International Monetary Fund, Olivier Blanchard, chief economist