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Eurozone growth confirmed at 0.3% in third quarter

The week after the ECB extended its stimulus programme and cut a key bank rate for the eurozone, data from the European Union’s Statistics Agency

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Britain’s economy slowed in the three months to September as trade held back growth, a victim of the global decline. The latest figures from the

27/11/2015

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Summer tourism helped Spain’s economy grow faster than most others in the eurozone in the third quarter. Figures from Spain’s National Statistics

26/11/2015

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US economy grows faster than first estimated in third quarter

The US economy grew more healthily than expected in the third quarter – further fuelling expectations that the Federal Reserve may see enough

24/11/2015

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Food for thought for Draghi and ECB as eurozone's recovery splutters again

Still struggling to get off the ground from the poshest to the poorest districts of the eurozone: growth was slower than expected in the third

13/11/2015

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World's largest mobile operator Vodafone hails European recovery in latest results

The world’s largest mobile operator, Britain’s Vodafone, has reported a better-than-expected increase in revenue growth in the second quarter. Its

10/11/2015

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Asylum seekers 'can boost economy in short term', says European Commission

The European Commission has predicted that the growing number of asylum seekers entering the EU will have a positive impact on growth in due course

05/11/2015

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Eurozone factory growth 'disappointingly insipid'

“Disappointingly insipid”: one economist’s view of the recovery of manufacturing in the eurozone after the latest figures. Markit’s survey of the

02/11/2015

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UK's economic growth slows more than expected

Britain’s economic growth slowed up in the year’s third quarter, partly due to the biggest fall in construction in three years. GDP grew by 0.5

27/10/2015

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This week the Real Economy takes a look at the European Growth Story – is it reliable? And is it back for good? Those questions and more as well as

27/10/2015

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Maersk downgrades profit outlook citing global trade slowdown

The Danish shipping giant Maersk has downgraded its profit outlook for the year by $600 million (540 million euros) to $3.4 billion (3.0 billion

23/10/2015

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ECB hints it may expand stimulus programme

The European Central Bank meeting in Malta has hinted that it may expand its stimulus programme in December, while its chief has called on

22/10/2015

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China's economic growth falls below seven percent

Economic growth in China has dropped below seven percent for the first time since the global financial crisis began. It adds further pressure on

19/10/2015

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Burberry shares plunge on missed sales growth forecasts

Burberry’s shares plunged to a three-year low after the British luxury group warned that it had missed sales growth forecasts because of the slowdown

15/10/2015

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Germany lowers 2015 growth outlook

Germany has slightly lowered its growth forecast for this year, blaming the economic slowdown in China and other emerging markets. The Economy

14/10/2015

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Rocking the establishment: Thomas Piketty's challenge to orthodox economics

Rebel, radical,and even rock star – words not usually associated with economists, but they do seem to stick to Frenchman Thomas Piketty, who shot to

14/10/2015

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Mixed results on China's trade sector

Exports not as bad as expected – but imports worse – China’s mixed results have left economists divided over the state of the country’s trade sector

13/10/2015

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IMF downgrades global growth forecast

IMF director Christine Lagarde has been drawing inspiration from some of Peru’s attractions as the International Monetary Fund and World Bank hold

06/10/2015

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World Bank cuts growth forecast for East Asia and Pacific

The World Bank has cut its growth forecasts for this year and next in the developing East Asia and Pacific, due to the risk of a sharp slowdown in

05/10/2015

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US jobs growth stumbles, fueling economy fears

American employers shied away from hiring over the past two months and wages fell in September. What one analyst describes as “a pig of a report”

02/10/2015