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Biggest Loser Part 2

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2009
... economic growth could fall by 3.3 per cent this year - more than the 2.8 per cent decline forecast by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) a little over a month ago. The German Institute for Economic Research (DIW) expects Germany's economy to decrease ...

The biggest loser

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2009
... both measures since records began in 1995. And we thought Britain was the basket case of Europe! The International Monetary Fund's (IMF) latest World Business Outlook report predicts the economies of the Eurozone as a whole to retreat by 2 per cent in ...

Darkest before dawn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2009
... contraction all over the planet, nationalization, de-facto nationalisation, the list goes on. The International Monetary Fund's (IMF) downward revision to global growth and the first estimate of US fourth quarter real GDP growth in the final week of ...

Worst of the worst

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2009
... Clue: Its name also starts with the word United. In its latest World Economic Outlook report, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) predicted that global growth would slow to only 0.5 per cent in 2009 after advancing by an estimated 3.4 per cent last ...

Good Bank Bad Bank

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2009
... significant.' Indeed they are. At the same time the Fed announced its decision and its statement, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) released its latest projections. The IMF slashed its global economic growth projection down to 0.5 per cent this year ...

Cognacs and chocolates

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2009
... in a significant downturn. The latest casualty is Ireland - rumoured overnight that it may ask the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for assistance if the economic outlook deteriorates further. The Irish government was quick to deny the rumours but where ...

October mourn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2008
... facility to the central banks of South Korea and Singapore and Brazil and Mexico. Wait there's more. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) also extended a helping hand, announcing its plans to lend money to more emerging countries. However, while the ...

The global recession we have to have

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2008
... coordinated rate cuts are forthcoming, and so is a global recession. In its World Economic Outlook, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned that, 'The world economy is now entering a major downturn in the face of the most dangerous shock in mature ...

Rescue package YES, economy NO

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2008
... the month. Durable goods ex-transportation slid by 3.3 per cent. In its Global Economic Outlook, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned that is a substantial likelihood of a severe US economic downturn in the United States but Europe might be partially ...

Markets are a public good: PM

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2008
... embed "globally agreed best practice standards of financial regulation - and [be] assessed by the International Monetary Fund." Finally, the prime minister said there must be clear incentives for financial institutions to behave responsibility rather ...