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 ...
Japan to outperform Korea in GDP growth
Yahoo! - 5/20/2013 6:12:26 AM
Seoul (The Korea Herald/ANN) - Japan's economic growth rate is expected to surpass that of Korea for the first time in 15 years as the world's third-largest economy gains momentum based on the yen's rapid depreciation. Japan's economy has been recording ...
Economic Growth in Foreign Regions and U.S. Export Growth
econintersect.com - 5/20/2013 2:23:22 AM
[4] The United States has four large export markets—Asia, Europe, Canada, and Mexico—and an increase in the share of U.S. export goods to any given region usually is associated with an increase in the real GDP growth rate in that region.
As Japan Courts Growth, Europe Keeps Up Its Love Affair With Austerity
New York Times - 5/16/2013 11:56:36 PM
Even as Europe fell deeper into what just became its longest recession since World War II, Japan posted an unexpectedly robust growth rate of 3.5 percent under ... consumption also have risen. “The real economy is responding,” said Adam ...
UPDATE 3-Chile economic growth cools, slowest in year-and-a-half
Reuters - 5/20/2013 5:32:28 PM
Chile first quarter GDP growth up 4.1 pct vs year earlier * Some eye interest rate cut as robust economy slows * Central bank has held key rate at 5 pct since January 2012 SANTIAGO, May 20 (Reuters) - Chile's economic growth eased in the first ...
World economies
DAWN Group - 5/13/2013 2:38:49 AM
Sectors like tourism and real estate had been the hardest hit by the ... as many investors are waiting for the loan to have a clear view on the future of the country’s economy. With the low growth rate, it is feared that unemployment will continue ...
NESDB cuts GDP growth view
www99.bangkokpost.com - 5/20/2013 6:36:53 PM
Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Kittiratt Na-Ranong blamed weak exports on the lower-than-expected first-quarter economic growth. If the country's GDP growth expands 5% this year, exports must rise 7.5-9%, he said.
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 Management That time period, which coincidentally spans my professional career, has seen the global economy increase by approximately 3.4pc per annum in purchasing power parity terms.
Outgoing fiscal GDP growth downsized at 6.03
dhakatribune.com - 5/16/2013 11:56:36 PM
Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics has downsized the country’s GDP growth to 6.03% in the outgoing fiscal year 2012-13 from the original target of 7.2%. BBS Joint Director Abul Kalam Azad confirmed the latest estimation Friday, saying the bureau had also ...
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 ...
UPDATE 4-Mexico annual growth slows sharply, govt cuts forecast
Reuters - 5/17/2013 6:40:27 PM
GDP growth 0.45 percent in 1st qtr vs 4th qtr 2012, beating forecast * Annual growth slows to 0.8 percent, weakest since 2009 * Government lowers 2013 GDP forecast to 3.1 percent * Economists looking for interest rate cut later By Krista Hughes ...
Euro Zone vs. U.S. Economic Growth
Wall Street Journal - 5/15/2013 5:09:46 PM
The euro zone remains mired in recession, even as other parts of the world experience at least modest growth. “The euro zone remains the weakest link in the world economy,” ING economist Peter Vanden Houte wrote in a research note.
UAE economic growth accelerates to 4.4% in 2012
arabianbusiness.com - 5/19/2013 1:01:38 PM
... activities saw positive improvement in their growth rates in 2012, which has positively reflected on the value of the country's GDP (gross domestic product)," it said. Oil prices averaged $112 per barrel last year, up from $109 in 2011 ...
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 ...
S. Korea’s growth feared to fall behind Japan's this year
The Korea Herald - 5/19/2013 12:40:10 PM
Japan’s economic growth rate is expected to surpass that of Korea for ... Experts said some recent data lend support to such situations in the two countries. South Korea's real household spending slowed to minus 0.3 percent in the fourth ...
