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Thursday, February 9, 2012

China growth could halve if Europe crisis worsens: IMF

Posted by Reuters: Business News on February 6, 2012

BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s annual economic growth could be cut nearly in half this year if Europe’s debt crisis tips the world economy into a recession, putting pressure on Beijing to unveil “significant” fiscal stimulus, the International Monetary Fund said.



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Shares, euro flat ahead of U.S. jobs report

Posted by Reuters: Business News on February 3, 2012

LONDON (Reuters) – A dip in figures on China’s non-manufacturing sector helped dampen financial markets optimism on Friday ahead of U.S. jobs data that will offer more clues on the strength of the world’s top economy.



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Asian markets hold ranges before U.S. jobs data

Posted by Reuters: Business News on February 2, 2012

TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian shares and major currencies were stuck in ranges on Friday ahead of key U.S. jobs data, which will offer more clues over the state of the world’s largest economy, while Greek debt restructuring talks dragged on.



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Analysis: Shipping signal gnaws at market optimism

Posted by Reuters: Business News on January 25, 2012

LONDON (Reuters) – A nightmare on world freight markets, where shipping prices have been decimated over the past four years, is gnawing at New Year optimism about a stabilizing world economy and shows how adept investors can be at tuning out ‘inconvenient’ information.



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Europe poses global recession threat: IMF

Posted by Reuters: Business News on January 24, 2012

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Europe’s debt crisis could tip the world economy into recession and a bigger firewall is urgently needed to keep the damage from spreading, the International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday.



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Momentum to drain from world economy in 2012: poll

Posted by Reuters: Business News on January 19, 2012

LONDON (Reuters) – The world economy will lose momentum in 2012 but it will keep moving in the right direction, according to Reuters polls of around 600 economists who said crisis-hit Europe would drag on global growth.


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Dollar, stocks up after U.S. jobs data

Posted by Reuters: Business News on January 6, 2012

LONDON (Reuters) – Stocks, commodity prices and the dollar moved higher on Friday while safe-haven government bonds fell after better-than-expected U.S. jobs data for December confirmed the recovery in the world’s biggest economy is strengthening.



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China’s factories falter, pro-growth policies eyed

Posted by Reuters: Business News on December 30, 2011

BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s factory activity shrank again December as demand at home and abroad slackened, a purchasing managers’ survey showed on Friday, reinforcing the case for pro-growth policies to underpin the world’s second-largest economy.



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Asian shares ease in thin trade, U.S. data awaited

Posted by Reuters: Business News on December 27, 2011

TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian shares eased on Tuesday as investors squared positions in thin volume before U.S. markets reopen after a long weekend and investors see fresh data that could offer clues about prospects for the world’s largest economy.



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Asian shares ease in thin holiday trade, U.S. market eyed

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TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian shares eased on Tuesday as investors squared positions in thin volume before U.S. markets reopen after a long weekend and investors await fresh data that could offer clues about prospects for the world’s largest economy.



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