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The US economy outpaced expectations as surging exports fueled a second-quarter growth spurt at a 3.3 percent pace, according to data Thursday that analysts say makes recession less likely.
The Commerce Department revised upward last month's estimate of a 1.9 percent annualized pace of growth in gross domestic product (GDP). The figure was much better than the average Wall Street estimate of 2.7 percent and showed a strong acceleration from the 0.9 percent rate of the first three months of the year.
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| Posted by boing |
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Bordeaux starts to look a bit bubbly
A WRINKLED nose from Robert Parker, a masterly American wine critic, used to be enough to send wine prices down deeper than the Bordeaux cellars where he does his tasting. The popular grape-based alcoholic drink is developing as an asset class, and investors have started to trade derivative products in the form of en primeur, a type of wine future. But a new breed of rich investors and wine drinkers in China, India and Russia have sent en primeur prices so high that not even Mr Parker’s nose can bring them back down.
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| Posted by boing |
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How badly could a commodities bust damage financial firms?
FINANCIAL investors have sophisticated arguments to explain their stampede into commodities. Many say they provide returns that are not correlated to equities or bonds, improving a portfolio’s diversification. Yet the suspicion is that the sudden appetite of institutional investors, hedge funds and banks for punting potash and palladium is really explained by the soaring prices of the past few years. That invites two questions; will investors’ interest evaporate if prices fall further from recent highs? And could a commodities bust further destabilise the financial system?
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| Posted by boing |
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Some reasons not to expect a collapse in raw-materials prices
DURING the six months to the end of June commodities posted their best performance in 35 years, rising by 29%. In July they had their worst month in 28 years, falling by 10%. The slide continues: an index compiled by Reuters, a news agency, shows that prices are almost a fifth below the pinnacle reached in early July. The Economist’s index, which excludes oil, has fallen by over 12%. Breathless headlines have hailed the bursting of a bubble.
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| Posted by boing |
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China's economy can maintain annual growth of around nine percent in coming years, state media reported Tuesday, citing a senior economist at a government think tank.
Expanding industries and growing cities will continue to prop up economic growth, the Shanghai Securities News reported, citing Liu Shijin, vice director of the Development and Research Centre.
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| Posted by boing |
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The eurozone economy contracted for the first time ever in the second quarter, with output falling 0.2 percent as German growth succumbed to global strains, official data showed on Thursday
The results, released by the EU's Eurostat data agency, come in a context of rising concern that recession, two quarters running of contraction, is now stalking the 15-nation eurozone.
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| Posted by boing |
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Growth in China's industrial output eased to 14.7 percent in July from a year earlier, taking a hit from weakening exports, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Thursday.
The figure marked a slowdown from 16.0 percent growth in June and 18.0 percent in July of last year, according to previously published data.
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| Posted by boing |
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India's economic growth will likely slow to 7.7 percent this year, hit by global financial turmoil, inflation and a dive in farm output, and could weaken further, a top government panel said Wednesday.
The forecast by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's Economic Advisory Council painted a grim picture of the challenges facing Asia's third-largest economy and was sharply down from the panel's earlier 8.5 percent growth projection.
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Gold fell to the lowest price since December as the dollar surged, eroding the appeal of the precious metal as an alternative investment. Silver also declined, erasing this year's gains.
The dollar has climbed 4.4 percent against the euro this month while gold has fallen 10 percent. Gold and other commodities are priced in the U.S. currency and generally move in tandem with the euro as an alternative to the dollar. Gold's losses accelerated after crude-oil futures gave up early gains to touch $112.72 a barrel.
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| Posted by boing |
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Singapore's economy contracted in the second quarter and the government forecasts exports to fall this year for the first time since 2001, a sign that sagging growth is becoming a bigger worry for Asia than inflation.
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In the second quarter, the economy contracted at a annualised rate of 6 percent after seasonal adjustments, its worst performance in five years and in line with market expectations. Year-on-year the economy grew 2.1 percent.
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