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India: IMF predicts low growth in 2017

ByAPDwriterRishikaChauhanNEWDELHI,October11(APD)-TheInternationalMonetaryFund(IMF)onTuesdaypredictedthatIndia’sgrowthratewouldbelowin2017.Forecastingagrowthrate

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China says ‘no problem’ realizing 6.5% growth target in 2017

Chinasees“noproblem”inrealizingitseconomicgrowthtargetof6.5percentin2017,andmayhaveevenbetterresults,NingJizhe,headoftheNationalBureauofStatisticssaidonTuesdaya

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China’s economy: Good news from China for the world

HowhastheChineseeconomybeenfaringinthelastfiveyears?HeadofChina’sNationalStatisticsBureauNingJizhegavetheanswerinapressconferenceonOctober10inBeijing.Accordingt

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How did China become the world's 2nd largest economy?

TheChineseeconomyhasexperiencedrapidgrowthoverthepastfewdecades,particularlysincethereformandopening-uppoliciesinitiatedbyDengXiaopinginthelate1970s.WithaGDPof7

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Philippines' pivot to China will be beneficial

ByAPDWriterMeloM.AcunaMANILA,Oct.5–WorldBank’sleadeconomistforthePhilippinesBirgitHanslsaidtherecentpivottoChinabyPhilippinePresidentRodrigoRoaDutertewasaration

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Japan September services PMI growth slowest in 11 months

Japan’sservicessectorexpandedinSeptemberattheslowestratein11monthsasthepaceofneworderseased,thougharaftofotherdatasuggesttheeconomicrecoveryremainsintactevenasm

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Vietnam economy grows, boosted by exports

Vietnam'seconomysurgedmorethansevenpercentinthethirdquarteraccordingtodataFriday,butofficialswarnedthecommunistcountrymaystillfallshortofitsannualtarget.Communi

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ADB keeps China's 2017 growth forecast at 6.7%

China'sgrowthisprojectedtobe6.7percentthisyearand6.4percentfor2018,saidtheAsianDevelopmentBank(ADB)onTuesday,stickingwithitsJulyestimates.Thisisduetobetter-than

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IMF official says global economy to continue faster expansion

Theglobaleconomywillexpandfasternextyearwhilestillfacingchallenges,suchaslowproductivity,highincomeinequalityandlowinflation,aseniorofficialwiththeInternational

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ADB keeps China growth forecast unchanged at 6.7 pct for 2017

TheAsianDevelopmentBank(ADB)onTuesdayprojectedChina'sgrowthat6.7percentthisyearand6.4percentfor2018,unchangedfromitsJulyestimates.InanupdateoftheAsianDevelopmen

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China says S&P's downgrade 'wrong decision'

China'sMinistryofFinance(MOF)onFridaysaiditwasa"wrongdecision"forStandardPoor's(SP)tocutChina'ssovereigncreditrating.Theministrysaidonitswebsitethatthedecisionw

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WTO upgrades forecast for 2017 as trade rebounds strongly

TheWorldTradeOrganization(WTO)onThursdayrevisedupwarditsforecastforglobaltradegrowthin2017to3.6percent,fromthepreviousestimateof2.4percent,citingasharpaccelerat

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OECD: China's GDP to increase 6.8% in 2017

ForecastforeconomicgrowthhigherduetoinfrastructureinvestmentChina'seconomicgrowthwillreach6.8percentyear-on-yearin2017,althoughitmaymoderatenextyearto6.6percent

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Caterpillar upbeat on China's economy, industry growth

U.S.heavymachinerygiantCaterpillarisoptimisticaboutChina'seconomicoutlookinthecomingyearsandexpectssteadymarketgrowthinthecountry,acompanyexecutivesaidWednesday

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China's industrial output up 6 pct in August, economy show resilience

China'sindustrialoutputslowedinAugust,whileinvestmentandretailsalesbothsawaslightgrowth.Theslowergrowthcanbeattributedtothegovernment'sfresheffortstocutindustri

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Japan economy grew 0.6% in second quarter

Japan'seconomygrew0.6percentinthesecondquarter,officialdatashowedFriday,markingthelongestperiodofexpansioninmorethanadecadefortheworld'sthird-largesteconomy.The

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Ageing populations will drag on growth in Asia: IMF chief

ThechiefoftheInternationalMonetaryFundwarnedThursdaythatageingpopulationsinkeyAsianeconomieswilldragontheirgrowth,urgingpolicymakerstostepuptheirresponsetoshift