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• US strikes investment accords with Abu Dhabi, Singapore funds

  - 2008-03-20

  WASHINGTON AFP — The US Treasury said Thursday it had reached a series of agreements with two powerful sovereign wealth funds based in Abu Dhabi and Singapore covering investments in US markets. The agreements were hammered out in a meeting at the US Treasury hosted by Treasury Secretary Henry...

  Tags: agreement, FINANCE, IMF, Investment, OECD

• World economy stable in the face of risks

  - 2008-01-15

  Although recent financial difficulties have curtailed global GDP growth estimates for 2008, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development OECD argues that the US subprime mortgage crisis, slowdowns in worldwide housing markets, and rising energy and commodity prices are all occurring within a generally robust global economy that is benefiting...

  Tags: FINANCE, IMF, inflow, Investment, OECD

• ECONOMICS: In Black & White

  - 2007-06-01

  Business lobby leaders who persistently rail against "big government" and excessive government spending can brandish reports from two influential international organisations to support their politicking. Business Roundtable executive director Roger Kerr has done so. "Like last month's OECD report, the latest report from the International Monetary Fund sends...

  Tags: FINANCE, Government, IMF, OECD, stimulus, Taxes

• Emerging Asia and global inflation

  - 2007-03-01

  The integration of emerging markets such as China into the global economy has had a profound effect on the inflation process in advanced economies. This article examines the relationship between the integration of emerging Asia into the global economy and the inflation process in New Zealand, highlighting both the downward...

  Tags: Asia, China, FINANCE, IMF, inflation, OECD, Phillips

• World economy on track for another year of strong growth in 2007

  - 2006-12-06

  PARIS AFP — Slowing activity in the US economy and a possible sudden cooling of overheated property markets are the main threats to the world economy in 2007 after vigorous recovery this year. The International Monetary Fund said Tuesday it was lowering its growth estimate for next year from its...

  Tags: FINANCE, IMF, OECD

• Eurozone growth gets going, interest rates to follow

  - 2006-11-28

  PARIS AFP — The OECD and IMF have raised prospects for eurozone growth this year and next, and said that this pointed to a further rise in eurozone interest rates. The OECD said that the 12-nation eurozone economy was set to grow by 2.6 percent in 2006 and 2.2 percent...

  Tags: FINANCE, IMF, OECD

• Praise for Uganda clouds other problems

  - 2006-08-01

  In its 2006 review of Uganda's economy, the International Monetary Fund IMF said that because of progressive macroeconomic policies, Uganda's "robust" growth in recent years was likely to continue. Indeed, in April 2006, the IMF predicted that GDP would grow 6.2 percent in 2006, and 6.1 percent in 2007. Moreover,...

  Tags: FINANCE, Government, IMF, inflation, OECD, Uganda

• Appendix 1.1. Recent developments in commodity markets.(economic outlook)

  - 2006-04-01

  The IMF commodities and energy price index increased by over 29 percent in dollar terms (30 percent in special drawing right, or SDR, terms) in 2005, on surging fuel and base metals prices. Energy prices rose by 39 percent, owing to significant increases in oil and natural...

  Tags: China, FINANCE, gasoline, IMF, International Energy Agency, Investment, Iraq, OECD, OPEC, semiconductor, U.S.

• Chile's economy remains strong and growing

  - 2006-04-01

  Chile, by any account, is one of the leading economies of the Latin American region. The International Monetary Fund IMF estimates that the country's per capita income will be us$12,254 during 2006. Inflation is under control. The IMF estimates that the annual rate of inflation will increase 3.3 percent during...

  Tags: Chile, FINANCE, IMF, OECD

• Asia Pacific presents best prospects for 2006

  - 2006-01-15

  Expectations for the world economy in 2006 are upbeat though tentative due to the uncertainty surrounding oil prices, budget deficits in the US and Europe, and inflation. In September, the International Monetary Fund IMF forecasted the world economy to grow 4.3% in 2006, on par with 2005's growth rate. The...

  Tags: China, FINANCE, Government, IMF, Investment, MARKETING, OECD, survey