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The International Council of Shopping Centers trimmed its November sales growth forecast on Tuesday as shoppers are falling behind in their holiday buying compared with a year ago...November sales at stores open at least a year — a key industry barometer...
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Citigroup Inc. upgraded its 2010 economic growth forecasts for several countries on Monday, and said it expects a sustained but uneven global recovery next year. The annual report, released by Citi's global research unit, said almost all major economies...
Tags: economic growth, Citigroup Inc., growth forecasts, U.S, Japan, Tōkyō, Recessions, Citigroup, Dow Jones Industrial Average, Business Finance
The Reserve Bank's latest quarterly Statement on Monetary Policy has singled out the resources sector, in particular the Liquefied Natural Gas industry, as the main driver of Australia's future prosperity. The bank says Australia's LNG production is set...
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The World Bank on Wednesday raised China's economic growth forecast for this year and projected sustainable and robust growth in 2010. China's gross domestic product would increase 8.4 percent this year, making the country's goal of 8 percent within...
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Anand Tandon, director-equities, Brics Securities, says the reaction is obvious. "I expect a 10% rally at least...While the promised fiscal stimulus package and structural reforms will take at least a few weeks to set rolling, the new government will...
Tags: Head of Indian Equities, growth forecasts, investment banks
Alistair Darling said in the Budget he expects the economy to contract 3.5% this year and to grow by 0.4% in 2010. But the Treasury Committee has said there is "considerable uncertainty" about the growth forecasts. The committee heard evidence last week...
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But the central bank said recent interest rate cuts and the Federal Government's fiscal stimulus packages would support the local economy from the global economic downturn. "The extent of the impact on domestic growth will be moderated by easings that...
Tags: Reserve Bank of Australia, central bank, rate cut, stimulus package, RBA, Peter Costello, THE Reserve Bank, growth forecasts
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) will cut its 2009 global growth forecast again, this time to between 1 percent and 1.5 percent, as economic conditions deteriorate further, an IMF official said on Sunday. The IMF's latest forecast, made in November,...
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Voters are turning their back, for the first time in more than a decade, on Labour's promise to spend more on public services because of the prolonged economic downturn, a poll for The Independent suggests today. Those polled reject the higher taxes...
Tags: Gordon Brown, David Cameron, December Labour, Treasury, growth forecasts, Tories
US-led financial crisis from a position of strength but the impending global economic slump would fully test the region’s resilience, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) warned yesterday. In an special chapter in the December issue of the Asia Economic Monitor...
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