Definition: This entry gives GDP growth on an annual basis adjusted for inflation and expressed as a percent.
Source: CIA World Factbook - Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of January 1, 2012
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Russian GDP Growth at 1.6% as Economy Weakest Since 2009
Bloomberg - 5/17/2013 2:15:36 PM
Russia’s economy grew at the weakest pace since 2009 in the first quarter as the euro area’s longest recession hurt demand for commodity exports and investment at companies including OAO Gazprom cooled. Gross domestic product rose 1.6 ...
UPDATE 3-Chile economic growth cools, slowest in year-and-a-half
Reuters - 5/20/2013 5:32:28 PM
The central bank has held its benchmark ... us to expect a recovery in the second half of the year," BICE Inversiones said. The central bank pointed out that two fewer working days in January to March, versus the same period last year, had ...
As Japan's Growth Returns, Will Europe Learn?
CNBC - 5/17/2013 1:51:08 AM
"The elites in Europe don't learn," said Stephan Schulmeister, an economist with the Austrian Institute of Economic Research. "Instead of saying, 'Something goes wrong, we have to reconsider or find a different navigation map, change course,' instead what ...
The Problem with Poor Countries’ GDP
Namibian - 5/21/2013 5:49:46 AM
Even in good financial times, development aid budgets are hardly overflowing. Government leaders and donors must make hard decisions about where to focus their limited resources. How do you decide which countries should get low-cost loans or cheaper ...
World economies
DAWN Group - 5/13/2013 2:38:49 AM
And despite the government’s hope for a 5.5 per cent growth next ... cent on average between 2014 and 2017. The global lender believes that Libya’s economic activity would double this year from last year. According to the African Economic outlook ...
JIM O'NEILL: I've Found Myself Asking 2 Questions About The Economy I Didn't Expect To
The Business Insider - 5/18/2013 5:42:00 PM
Jim O'Neill economist and former chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset ... For the last few years, a central thesis of mine has been that, because of China’s ascent, this decade could see the world growing by just over 4pc. Such a figure confounds not only ...
NESDB cuts GDP growth view
www99.bangkokpost.com - 5/20/2013 6:36:53 PM
... yesterday with its 62 trade centres worldwide to evaluate the export target that stays adamant on its forecast for the country's export growth of 8-9% this year. Commerce Minister Boonsong Teriyapirom said the baht's appreciation had started easing ...
Nigeria’s Poverty Should Be Lower Given Growth, IMF Says
Bloomberg - 5/20/2013 1:50:34 PM
Nigeria’s poverty rate should be falling faster given its economic growth this decade, an official of the International Monetary Fund said. The share of citizens in Africa’s most populous country of more than 160 million who are considered ...
Rates to aid economy transition: Treasury
Yahoo!7 News - 5/21/2013 4:45:21 AM
The resources sector's contribution to economic growth will fall because increased production won't be enough to offset the decline in mining investment, Treasury Secretary Martin Parkinson warns. Dr Parkinson says the economy faces two major transitions ...
UPDATE 4-Mexico annual growth slows sharply, govt cuts forecast
Reuters - 5/17/2013 6:40:27 PM
GDP growth 0.45 ... another 25-basis-point rate cut. The larger-than-expected GDP increase in the first quarter versus the final quarter of last year was driven by strong growth in services such as media and real estate, up 1.48 percent in ...
UAE economic growth accelerates to 4.4% in 2012
arabianbusiness.com - 5/20/2013 5:58:07 AM
"All economic activities saw positive improvement in their growth rates in 2012, which has positively reflected ... adding that the non-oil sector share on the Gulf country's real GDP was estimated at 67.3 percent in 2012. Analysts polled ...
Chile’s Economy Slows Sharply, As Hit From Copper Price Fall Dazes
Wall Street Journal - 5/20/2013 7:34:09 PM
The decline of copper prices this year has started to undermine the economy of Chile, the world’s leading source of the red metal. The Andean nation Monday reported annual gross domestic product growth of 4.1% in the first quarter, less than t ...
Thailand ETF Embodies New World Order
Marketwatch - 5/20/2013 6:08:15 PM
In theory, it should not be good news for a high-flying emerging markets ETF when the market tracked by the fund reports first-quarter GDP growth that was 2.2 percent below what was seen in the fourth quarter. Perhaps it should be even worse ...
Euro Zone vs. U.S. Economic Growth
Wall Street Journal - 5/15/2013 5:09:46 PM
albeit at a slower rate. Japan is expected to report growth in first quarter GDP later this week. Real Time Economics offers exclusive news, analysis and commentary on the economy, Federal Reserve policy and economics. The Wall Street Journal ...
Oman's GDP grew by 5.0% in 2012; expected to grow further this year
zawya.com - 5/21/2013 5:06:49 AM
Muscat: Oman's real gross domestic product (GDP) expanded steadily over the past few years, with an estimated growth rate of 5.0 per cent in 2012, which was lower than government's target of 7.0 per cent and was almost close to the IMF forecast, according ...
