Archive for the 'Economic' Category
Stocks edge higher on hopes for global economy
15:10 GMT : Evidence that the global economy is picking up steam ‘“ China reported stronger than expected export numbers ‘“ helped stocks creep to six-week highs on Wednesday. But it was tortuous going. The FTSE All-World index rose 0.4 per cent …
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CHINA NPC: Commerce Minister: Steps To Boost Demand Help Global …
BEIJING -(Dow Jones)- China Commerce Minister Chen Deming said Saturday that the steps Beijing has taken to boost demand have helped the global economy. The country’s stimulus program complies with global trade rules and treats all firms, both local …
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What China’s Actions Mean for the Global Economy
Mark Edwards, vice president and portfolio manager for T. Rowe Price Emerging Market Stock Fund (PRMSX), weighed in on these topics in an interview, as well as discussing how the global recession has initiated a rebalancing of the global economy …
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Morgan Stanley: The 15 Must-See Charts That Explain The Global Economy
Morgan Stanley just released a research report that painstakingly details the current state of our global economy. Inside the 88-page report is a section called “Charts You Can’t Miss.” It’s broken down in the following order of countries: Global …
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Clinton, Bernanke discuss global economy, diplomacy
WASHINGTON, March 9 (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke discussed the intersection of global economic issues and foreign policy at lunch on Tuesday, the State Department said. “The …
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Investors assess the global economy outlook, Greece’s debt problems
U.S futures indices traded lower in pre-market trading, where they are seemingly following global indices down into the red zone, as European stocks edged lower along with a flat closing in Asian stocks. Investors are stepping back to re-assess the …
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US cheer as monthly jobless total holds steady
… looks like the impact of weather was not as large as we thought it would be,” said Marisa DiNatale, an economist at Moody’s Economy.com . Nigel Gault, chief economist at IHS Global Insight, said private employers were likely to be hiring in …
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Global growth robust, markets improving-Trichet
Speaking as chair of talks on the global economy at a Bank for International Settlements meeting … attending the talks, who included People’s Bank of China chief Zhou Xiaochuan and Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa, were also united in …
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Economy showing strength as retail sales, factory orders climb
WASHINGTON ‘” The economy is showing renewed strength … a narrow recovery” led by manufacturing “to something much broader,” said Brian Bethune, chief U.S. financial economist at IHS Global Insight. Still, jobs are the big unknown.
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‘Lost decade’ possible for global economy, ECB’s Stark says
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — The economic recovery could be doomed to being slow, fragile and prone to reversal if there isn’t a strong commitment to restructuring the global economy, according to Jurgen Stark, a member of the board of the European …
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