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24 Jul 17
The European Commission last week unveiled a programme to regions in member states to grow their economies by developing their main areas of competitive strength.
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24 Jul 17
South Africa’s economy has registered tremendous progress over the past 20 years but needs wide-ranging structural reforms to revive economic growth, a report from the Organisation for Economic...
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24 Jul 17
Global output is projected to grow by 3.5% in 2017 and 3.6% in 2018, the International Monetary Fund has said in its latest World Economic Outlook Update.
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20 Jul 17
Cameroon can become an emerging economy by 2035, African Development Bank president Akinwumi Adesina has said.
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10 Jul 17
The Japanese government’s pension fund – the world’s largest – gained 7.9 trillion yen ($69.5bn) in the fiscal year that ended on 31 March.
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5 Jul 17
Iceland has rebounded from its banking crisis of 2008 to become the fastest-growing economy among OECD members.
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30 Jun 17
The African Development Bank has called on financial markets to do more to small and medium-sized businesses in Africa.
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28 Jun 17
Chinese premier Li Keqiang warned against shunning economic globalisation, which he said had been a “great facilitator” in China opening up over the past 30 years.
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20 Jun 17
Argentina has issued a surprise 100-year bond, raising $2.75bn and prompting $9.75bn in orders from investors with apparently large appetite for Argentine debt.
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20 Jun 17
South Africa’s central bank has hit back at an attempt to interfere with its mandate by the country’s Public Protector, an anti-corruption agency.
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20 Jun 17
Germany’s Ifo economic institute today hiked its forecasts for the country’s economy, which it described as “strong and stable”.
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20 Jun 17
A shift away from strict austerity could power strong growth across 20 of the world’s key economies, according to Fitch.
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19 Jun 17
Public spending to support the Japanese economy should continue beyond 2018 in order to maintain growth, the International Monetary Fund has recommended.
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16 Jun 17
Critical bailout funds for Greece have been agreed at the eleventh hour after months of wrangling amongst creditors, with the International Monetary Fund offering conditional backing to the package.
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15 Jun 17
The International Monetary Fund has raised China’s growth forecast for the second time this year, boosting it to 6.7%.
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15 Jun 17
Business confidence in South Africa has slumped to its lowest since 2009 after a third ratings agency downgraded the country’s debt last week.
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13 Jun 17
Italy must press ahead with reforms to its public sector in order to foster stronger growth, the International Monetary Fund has stressed.
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13 Jun 17
The International Monetary Fund has released $314.4m to Tunisia, rewarding the government’s efforts towards economic stability.
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9 Jun 17
Japan’s government has halved initially optimistic economic growth figures for the first three months of this year, citing newly available data.
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7 Jun 17
More investment in infrastructure and good governance will be key to Cambodia’s continuing economic success, according to the International Monetary Fund’s deputy managing director.
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7 Jun 17
The Australian economy has broken the global record for staying recession free, with official figures published today marking 26 years of consecutive growth for the country.
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6 Jun 17
South Africa’s economy slipped back into recession for the second time in 10 years in the first three months of 2017.
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6 Jun 17
Iraq is to pass a supplementary budget in order to secure an $800m loan tranche from the International Monetary Fund.
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5 Jun 17
Governments should move towards a more “empowering” role to combat the negative by-products of globalisation, according to the OECD.
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5 Jun 17
South Africa has avoided further damaging downgrades from ratings agencies in the past week, but continuing political turmoil remains a risk.