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Half-filled empty glass

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011
... after the strong third quarter surge. In the UK, the British government slashed its economic growth forecasts. Real GDP growth is now expected at 0.9% this year (nearly half of the earlier prediction of 1.7%) and 0.7% next year (down from the 2.5% predicted ...

Nothing new

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011
... The ministry still expects a soft landing for the Chinese economy as this level of industrial output corresponds to GDP growth in the order of between 8% and 9% from 9.2% this year and 10.4% in 2010. And for this, Australians all let us rejoice. ================================================ ...

Weekend worries

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2011
... increase in exports offsetting a 0.3% gain in imports - suggesting an upward revision to the initial estimate of real GDP growth of 2.5%. There's good news on its fiscal accounts too, with the budget deficit declining to US$98.5 bil in October from the ...

Insto clients forecast a low growth world economy

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2011
... September versus 58% in March," said John Wilson, head of PIMCO Australia. "The majority of respondents expected 2.25% GDP growth over the next year." Only 20% of September respondents were optimistic about the outlook for the US, down from 50% who held ...

Go figure

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2011
... forecasts still got you worried, may I remind you of the OECD's grim outlook back in March 2009 - when it predicted "GDP growth to plummet by 4.3% across OECD countries" and then "remain unchanged" in 2010. Well, growth in the OECD did drop in 2009 ...

Party in the making

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2011
... it? Caterpillar. This, along with other good US eco stats reported earlier, makes it hardly surprising that US real GDP growth is being revised up. It's now expected to expand at a 2.5% annual rate in the third quarter. Two point five percent growth ...

Somethin' good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2011
... biggest jump in seven months and almost double consensus forecasts for a 0.6% gain. This somethin' was so good that US GDP growth forecasts were immediately - yes, immediately - upgraded following this strong number. And what happens when consumers start ...

Good news, bad headline

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2011
... Europeans out there must be wishing the same thing - at least, until the crisis is checked. But back to China - it's latest GDP growth numbers could not be anything but good news.

Indonesia to defy world growth forecasts

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2011
... enjoying the so-called demographic dividend which is estimated to contribute more than 1% to average annual per capita GDP growth in 1981-2010, according the to the ADB," they wrote. Mandiri Investasi expects that, based on United Nations estimates ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011
... for less than half the iPad price. The signals were mildly positive, with an upward revision in the second quarter GDP growth figure to 1.3 per cent, and a sharp fall in weekly jobless benefits claims. Meanwhile, Germany's approval of the EU's July 21 ...