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Productivity Growth in Historical Perspective
March 24th, 2013
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by Robert Shackleton, Congressional Budget Office
Economists have long found that they can explain only a portion of economic growth by the growth of inputs to production, such as the number of hours worked or the amount of capital used. The unexplaine… more »
What We Read Today 15 December 2012
December 15th, 2012
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The ice caps are melting! Only massive government action can save us! (Fabius Maximus) more »
IMF: Asia Growth Improving But Now Forecast Lower Improvement
October 13th, 2012
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Econintersect: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is forecasting improving growth for Asia, but at lower levels than previously forecast:
Growth in the Asia-Pacific region has slowed. External headwinds played a major role, as the recovery in adva… more »
IMF: More Competition Means Lower Economic Growth
September 26th, 2012
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.... We found that some measures of financial globalization, financial buffers, and nontraditional bank intermediation had no consistent pattern of correlation with economic outcomes over the 13 years studied ...... Competition was slightly negatively co… more »
Hopes Rise for Additional China Stimulus
July 14th, 2012
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Econintersect: China's National Bureau of Statistics said the world's second-largest economy grew at 7.8% for the first half of the year. This appears to be in line with expectations but has renewed trader's expectations that China would partake in a… more »
