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House prices in Shanghai, Shenzhen and Guangzhou are plunging, and the global economy may grind almost to a halt next year because of it.
The Cabinet Office on Tuesday revised upward the real gross domestic product growth rate for fiscal 2007 to 1.9 percent from a preliminary estimate of 1.7 percent, based on bigger than expected corporate capital investment and government spending. The result confirmed that Japan posted real GDP growth for the sixth year in a row since fiscal 2002. The Cabinet Office also upgraded the nominal GDP ...
United Nations economists today called for massive coordinated global economic stimulus packages, linked with sustainable development measures, beyond liquidity and recapitalization steps already taken, to counter the worldwide economic meltdown.
American banking giant Citigroup has raised its outlook on the Philippine economy for this year and 2009 as a more aggressive government pump-priming is expected to compensate for the slack in the export sector.
The financial market expects the Bank of Thailand to reduce its benchmark one-day repurchase interest rate by between 25 and 50 basis points today, even though the economy has deteriorated quickly in the past few months.
Euro zone nations have ruled out slashing sales tax to boost their economies but backed a $A395 billion economic stimulus package that aims to boost growth.
The Australian dollar opened firmer as a mild recovery on Wall Street assisted the relatively high-yielding currency.
Euro zone nations have ruled out slashing sales tax to boost their economies but backed a wide 200 billion euro ($A394.91 billion) economic stimulus package that aims to boost growth.
Fears of a local recession have skittled a fledgling sharemarket recovery and unsettled investors, whipping up expectations of further interest rate cuts.
(RTTNews) - Bounce-backs are expected Wednesday for stocks in New Zealand and Australia, following a highly volatile trading session on Wall Street overnight. U.S. stocks appeared headed for a stronger close, a day after one of the market's steepest ever declines.
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