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| | | Likely cuts in concessions to business and a rushed return to surplus risks damaging softer sectors of the economy, according to Yasser El-Ansary, general manager, policy at the Institute of Chartered Accountants. "We have a strong economy, but a strong ... |
| | | | ... October 10. European and US stocks closed down sharply overnight amid an apparent failure to reach a deal on cutting the US budget deficit and to extend stimulus measures into next year. London's FTSE-100 gave up 2.62 per cent, Frankfurt's DAX lost 3.35 ... |
| | | | ... Shares in Hong Kong closed down more than three per cent as traders fretted over European sovereign debt as well as the US budget impasse. The benchmark Hang Seng Index shed 3.06 per cent, or 684.07 points to 21,663.16. WELLINGTON - New Zealand's market ... |
| | | | ... Uncle Sam's ability to payback its debt obligations. A growing economy puts more revenues in government coffers. The US budget was able to turn a deficit running at 4.6 per cent of GDP in 1992 to a surplus - yes, a surplus - of 2.4 per cent of GDP back ... |
| | | | ... at the latest "Trade, exchange rates, budget balances and interest rates" table in the "The Economist" shows that the US budget deficit is forecast to come in at 9.9 per cent of GDP this year and Britain at 9.0 per cent. Certainly, America's deficit ... |
| | | | ... jumped 6.0 per cent over the month 53.0 per cent in the year. You want more good news? The US Treasury reported that the US budget deficit dropped to US$140.4 billion in October from US$176.4 billion a year ago. And why is this so? This is because of ... |
| | | | ... very little time to bring the deficit back to manageable levels. And from the usgovernmentspending.com website, the US budget even went into surplus in late 1940 to early 1950. But alas! There's no World War in the horizon. Now it's up to the central ... |
| | | | "Those looking for a big spending pre-election budget won't find one." This is what Australian Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan told Parliament on Budget night. And he wasn't kidding. Sure there were a few government giveaways... a few takes, but compared ... |
| | | | ... company profit forecasts, etcetera, etcetera. Market sentiment has changed. Last night, no one gave a crap about the US budget deficit and its ballooning government debt or that Greece's problems are not yet over or China is still manipulating its currency ... |
| | | | ... I saw was the same old, same old sprinkling of negative news interspersed with the positive. There was news that the US budget deficit rose to a record US$221 bil in February - a 13.9 per cent increase from the same month last year. The latest numbers ... |
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