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Long-Term Success of "Abenomics" Still Debatable - 15 May 2013 13:05:00 CDT
Risks Loom over Japan's "Frazzled Fundamentals" Japan's growth strategy, known as "Abenomics," after the co... |
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Will Austerity Backlash Change Europe's Course? - 02 May 2013 17:00:00 CDT
Some Observers Sense Shift to Pro-Growth Stance Heated discussion over Europe's "austerity first" tack in fixing the ... |
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Sagging British Pound May Have More Downside - 23 Apr 2013 13:25:00 CDT
Near 3-Year Low, Currency Still Overvalued The British pound is generally considered to be undervalued, its decline since 2007 ... |
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BOJ's Shift May Not Bring out Animal in Japan - 19 Apr 2013 13:29:00 CDT
Stimulus Efforts Aimed at Spurring Inflation With a sharp acceleration in its monetary expansion efforts, the Bank of Japan emb... |
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Storm Clouds Loom for Hugo Chavez' Successor - 17 Apr 2013 13:55:00 CDT
Inefficient Oil Industry Among Many Problems Venezuela's president-elect Nicolás Maduro, Hugo Chavez' hand-picked successor who... |
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Stepping up Effort to Crack Arctic's Energy Bounty - 17 Apr 2013 12:15:00 CDT
High Oil Prices Make Exploration More Viable The Arctic is believed to hold vast amounts of crude oil and natural gas, making i... |
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China Scales up Financial, Trade Ties with Africa - 10 Apr 2013 16:57:00 CDT
Internationalizing Renminbi Part of Plan Africa's place at the heart of China's foreign policy agenda was highlighted earlier t... |
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China's Poorer Regions Closing Gap with Wealthy - 08 Apr 2013 15:21:00 CDT
Investment Trends Likely to Continue Economic growth in China fell below 8% last year, but the dip glosses over several regiona... |
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Russia's Oil Industry Entering New Phase - 05 Apr 2013 13:56:00 CDT
As Output Plateaus, More Deals with Outsiders Over the past year, several of the world's largest oil companies concluded joint ... |
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U.S. Oil Boom Heralds Structural Shift for World... - 25 Mar 2013 13:24:00 CDT
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Political Headwinds Again Buffet World Economy - 21 Mar 2013 14:07:00 CDT
Growth Outlook Cut as Europe Tensions Intensify Global economic growth in 2013 probably will be slightly weaker than projected... |
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Chavez Death Signals Venezuela Decline as Regional... - 08 Mar 2013 12:12:00 CST
Latin American Balance May Shift Toward Brazil Hugo Chávez' death earlier this week not only brings about uncertainty over Vene... |
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Tumbling Pound, Yen Complicate Global Forex... - 01 Mar 2013 11:47:00 CST
Risk Appetite Remains Driver, but Signals Confused Large moves in major global currencies this year, including plunges in the B... |
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Japan, China Driving Growth in Global LNG Demand - 28 Feb 2013 08:59:00 CST
Asia Dominates Global Consumption Outlook Global consumption of liquefied natural gas is expected to accelerate over the next t... |
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Berlusconi Political Comeback Fuels Italy... - 22 Feb 2013 08:40:00 CST
Weekend Election May Portend Financial Trouble When Silvio Berlusconi's center-right government collapsed in November 2011, cri... |
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Japan's Economic Tea Leaves Tougher to Read Lately - 21 Feb 2013 16:10:00 CST
GDP Paints Bleak Picture, but Some Bright Signs Japan's economy has been harder than usual to assess recently amid an overlap o... |
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Cyprus Emerges as Next Euro Zone Trouble Spot - 11 Feb 2013 16:30:00 CST
Bank Rescue Package Stymied by German Politics Euro zone leaders recently announced that the worst of the region's debt crisis ... |
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Italy's Political Turmoil Shakes Investor... - 08 Feb 2013 16:19:00 CST
Bond Yields Spike Amid Bank Corruption Allegations Investors have started to price in the considerable risk of post-election po... |
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Gold Prices Seen Climbing on China, India Demand - 05 Feb 2013 15:21:00 CST
Investors Seek Inflation Hedge Amid Loose Monetary Policy Gold prices are projected to climb nearly 5% in 2013 as an outlook fo... |
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Oil Demand Accelerating on China, U.S. Growth - 30 Jan 2013 13:00:00 CST
Recession Continues to Bite in Europe Global oil demand this year is expected to accelerate at nearly double 2012's pace as str... |
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Natural Gas Gaining Importance for China - 28 Jan 2013 17:05:00 CST
Price Reforms Needed Amid Limited Domestic Supply Heating China's cities is a "dirty task largely fueled by coal," an... |
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Free Trade Prospects Brighten India's Outlook - 25 Jan 2013 09:15:00 CST
Potential Pact With EU Could Bring Major Boost As India moves toward greater openness in its economy and seeks large-scale fund... |
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Global Economy on Firmer Footing Early in 2013 - 23 Jan 2013 11:00:00 CST
China Set to Accelerate, Japan Outlook Upgraded The global economy began the new year with strengthening fundamentals in many r... |
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Global Economic Growth Seen Perking up Mid-2013 - 19 Dec 2012 17:00:00 CST
Euro Zone Likely to Remain in Recession The global economy will begin the new year will begin with "heavy clouds" ove... |
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Indonesia Court Ruling Spooks Energy Investors - 28 Nov 2012 16:07:00 CST
Economic Nationalism Threatens Oil, Gas Output Indonesia's oil and gas production, already down sharply over the past decade, fa... |
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The Real Story of Canada's Oil Sands Boom - 28 Nov 2012 11:45:00 CST
Lack of Labor, Equipment Impedes Full Potential Portrayed by some journalists as a "hellhole of testosterone and tattoos,&q... |
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Election Over, but Private Equity Still Faces... - 27 Nov 2012 18:00:00 CST
Prospect of Bigger Tax Bite for Buyout Firms Private equity executives may feel some relief with the end of the U.S. Presidentia... |
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Is Corporate Debt the Next Asset Bubble? - 26 Nov 2012 17:30:00 CST
Investors Run Risk of Recession-Driven Write-Downs Times are good for corporate treasurers at the world's biggest companies, wha... |
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Mexico's GDP Slip Increases Odds for Rate Cut - 20 May 2013 11:24:00 CDT
Mexico's GDP growth plunged to just 0.8% year-on-year in the first quarter as the effects of a global slowdown took their toll on ... |
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Firmer GDP Aside, Japan Hasn’t Slayed Deflation - 17 May 2013 12:23:21 CDT
Japan’s real GDP grew by a seasonally adjusted 0.9% quarter-on-quarter in January–March, led by strong consumption and exports. Th... |
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India’s Inflation Continues Trend Lower - 17 May 2013 12:21:22 CDT
India’s rate of wholesale price inflation, as measured by the wholesale price index (WPI), moderated to 4.9% year-on-year in April... |
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Brazil Output Grows, Though Retail Spending Soft - 17 May 2013 12:18:51 CDT
Brazil’s monthly output grew by 0.7% in March on a month-on-month, seasonally-adjusted basis, according to the IBC-Br index (a pro... |
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India Trade Deficit Widens amid Gold Purchases - 16 May 2013 10:59:43 CDT
India’s merchandise trade deficit widened sharply in April, to $17.8 billion from $10.3 billion in March, according to the Ministr... |
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India’s Factory Output a Cause for Optimism - 16 May 2013 10:57:18 CDT
India’s non-seasonally adjusted factory output grew by 2.5% year-on-year in March, up from a revised 0.5% in February. In fiscal 2... |
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Mexico’s Central Bank Reinforces Dovish Stance - 15 May 2013 14:36:08 CDT
The minutes from the April monetary policy committee meeting suggested a greater degree of consensus on the need for the Banco de ... |
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Italy Likely Stayed in Recession in 1st Quarter - 15 May 2013 09:51:07 CDT
In March, the seasonally adjusted index of industrial production published by Istat (Italy’s national statistics office) declined ... |
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Jobs Report Shows U.S. Labor Market on Upswing - 07 May 2013 07:15:00 CDT
The U.S. economy added 165,000 net new jobs in April, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported May 3, stronger than most observers ... |
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PMI Slip Underscores China’s Slowing Momentum - 02 May 2013 12:54:30 CDT
The purchasing managers' index (PMI) compiled by the quasi-official China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing fell in April to ... |