• Is economy overheating or stuck in a rut?

      29/09/2016
    Investors may be expecting a U.S. interest rate increase in December, but Federal Reserve policymakers remain divided over whether the economy is mired in a rut, strong enough to withstand an immediate hike or hovering somewhere in between.  
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  • Vietnam's GDP to grow 5.93 pct in 9 months

      29/09/2016
    Vietnam's gross domestic product (GDP) is forecast to grow by 5.93 percent year-on-year in the first nine months of 2016, said the General Statistics Office (GSO) on Thursday.  
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  • Fake fertilisers flood VN market

      29/09/2016
    Fake and substandard fertilizers are alarmingly rampant in Viet Nam, experts said at a conference yesterday.  
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  • China's economy less healthy in third quarter

      28/09/2016
    China's economy was less healthy in the third quarter than a recent spate of upbeat data suggest, with growth coming exclusively from manufacturing and property while the services and retail sectors faltered, a private survey showed.  
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  • WTO cuts global trade growth in 2016 to 1.7%

      28/09/2016
    The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has slashed the global trade growth estimate to 1.7% in 2016, which is the slowest since the 2009 financial crisis gripped the world. The current forecast is below the April forecast of 2.8%.  
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