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Economies of the world are tied together. A boom or bust in one world capital can affect the economies of others. Easy concept. But predicting what the global economy will do is like predicting the future. One article I read yesterday said the global

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The Reserve Bank looks set to keep interest rates on hold until the economic picture becomes clearer. In the minutes from its September meeting, the RBA highlighted increasing risks to global growth -- particularly in the eurozone -- and a softer-tha

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The big banks are refusing to rule out another interest rate rise.This is despite of course the Reserve Bank's decision to leave official rates on hold.The RBA has decided to keep the cash rate at four and a quarter percent for the second month,becau

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By Mil Arcega Washington D.C. 24 January 2008 U.S. stock markets staged a late rally on Wednesday, with the major indexes all posting gains. Asian markets also rebounded, reversing a two-day free fall as investors welcomed the U.S. Federal Reserve's

VOA标准英语2009年-US Economy Shrinks More Than Expected in Fourth

A U.S. government report released Friday shows that output in the U.S. economy fell at a faster pace in the October to December quarter than previously reported. Gross domestic product fell at more than a six percent rate. Hand-lettered sign stands

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 22 March 2007 A new report says the global tuberculosis epidemic has leveled off for the first time since the World Health Organization declared TB a public health emergency in 1993. WHO's Global Tuberculosis Control report fi

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China reported blistering growth for the last three months of 2009, raising expectations of interest rate increases and other measures to head off inflation. China has declared that it is recovering from the global economic crisis. Ma Jiantang, of th

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Chinas President Xi Jinping says an annual growth rate of 6.5% over the next five years will allow the country to meet its development goals which include things like boosting jobs and reducing poverty. Now, the 7% GDP forecast for the current year,

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If we could flip a switch and just turn off the Earth's magnetic field, it will take about 15,000 years to disappear, based on the rate of decay of the field that we've seen over the last 150 years. It's currently decaying at a rate that would see an

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With all the concerns about global warming and climate change one might ask the question, Why don't species just adapt? Don takes the devil's advocate position and discusses this with Yael. D: Yael, we know global warming is bad, right? I mean, the t

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U.S. and European central banks have in unison cut their interest rates by half a percentage point. The coordinated move is aimed at bringing some stability back to the shaky global economy and slumping stock markets. For VOA, Tom Rivers reports fro

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Leading Economists Offer Their Forecasts for 2012

After a tough year in which the global economy faced one headwind after another, U.S. economists are weighing in on what is in store for 2012. When it comes to the U.S. budget, unemployment and the crisis in Europe - many believe 2012 will bring more

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