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India's report card

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2008
... growth is dipping during 2007-08 to 8.7 per cent, down from 9.6 per cent last year. Reflecting the drop, industrial production fell from 11.2 per cent to 8.7 per cent. A bigger concern is that infrastructure sector growth has slowed from 8.9 per cent ...

We'll cut rates again if we have to: US Fed

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2008
... significantly in the fourth quarter. Consumption growth slowed, and survey measures of sentiment dropped further... Industrial production fell in October, as did orders and shipments of capital goods. "Employment gains stepped down during the four months ...

Toy story

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2007
... growth driver, attributable to its spectacularly successful exploitation of low-cost production that has seen industrial production and investment in factories also accelerating. Making cheap toys especially in the lead-up to Christmas is big business ...

Not made in China

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2007
... growth driver, attributable to its spectacularly successful exploitation of low-cost production that has seen industrial production and investment in factories also accelerating. China's increasing demand on the world's lead consumption is escalating ...

China's GDP and CPI blowout

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2007
... at 11.9 per cent, well above the expected 11.0 per cent and their strongest growth since Q3 1994. China's industrial production also expanded by 1.3 per cent to 19.4 per cent on an annual average. Retail sales and fixed asset investment (urban areas) ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2007
... investment and economic activity recently, after a lull, has renewed fears of an inflationary breakout. Industrial production for the first two months of this quarter is up 18.5 per cent compared to the 14.8 per cent for the last quarter and investment ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2007
... show that interest rate rises have had more impact up the consumer credit market than that for business. US industrial production has risen more than market expectations with the producer price index for finished goods rose 0.9 per cent in December having ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2006
... The core CPI figure had peaked at 2.9 per cent in September which was the highest such level since 1996. Industrial production rose to 0.2 per cent in November after a revised figure that showed no growth in the previous quarter. These figures give further ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2006
... growth that continued several years of the double digit regime, though this is now under threat. Japan's industrial production as measured by factory output rose by 1.6 per cent in October as a consequence of a 7.4 per cent increase in motor vehicle ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2006
... global level with September quarter growth of 10.4 per cent and calendar year growth of 17.2 per cent in industrial production up from 15.7 per cent. The third quarter growth was a little less than the 11.3 per cent of the previous quarter. Inflation ...