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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) cut global growth projections on Monday, citing negative surprises in a few emerging markets notably India and increased impact of social unrest. Global growth
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Brazil saw a record high 6.6 million foreign tourists in 2016, up 4.8 percent compared to 2015, which is largely due to the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games, according to the Ministry of Tourism on Wednesday.
Consumer confidence in Brazil rose in August for the fourth month in a row to 79.3 points, the highest level since January 2015, according to a report by the Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV) business school.
Japanese companies’ inflation expectations fell slightly in June from three months ago, the Bank of Japan’s tankan survey showed, adding to growing doubts over its argument that aggressive money printing will accelerate price growth to its 2 percent goal.
The worsening of tidal flooding in American coastal communities is largely a consequence of greenhouse gases from human activity, and the problem will grow far worse in coming decades, scientists reported Monday.
The Slovak Central Bank (NBS) has sent a signal to commercial banks that the era of cheap loans might come to an end and urged them to be more cautious in their future provision, financial expert Maros Ovcarik announced on the talk show of teraz.sk on Thursday.
More than 200 billion Australian dollars (181 billion U.S. dollars) of Australian infrastructure is under threat by sea-level rises over the next century, a new report released on Wednesday has found.
Britain moved perceptibly closer to a rise in the Bank Rate with the first split vote among Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) members for three years on whether to increase the current 0.5 percent rate.
Climate change will slash up to 9 percent off the South Asian economy every year by 2100 if the world continues on its current "fossil-fuel intensive path," the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said Tuesday.
Sea levels will continue to rise in the Pacific Ocean off the coasts of the Philippines and northeastern Australia as humans continue to alter the climate, a new study on Wednesday revealed.
Australian housing market continued its strong growth in last December, making 2013 the biggest calendar year rise in four years, according the latest figures from RP Data.
The rise in spending by New Zealand shoppers with debit and credit cards slowed to 0.3