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OECD Unemployment Rate Falls in January for Second Consecutive Month to 8.4%
added: 16-03-2011

In January 2011 the OECD area unemployment rate was 8.4%, down 0.1 percentage point from December. This was the second consecutive decrease, following a period of stability of around 8.5% through most of 2010 and a peak of 8.6% in November 2010. While diverging trends persist at the national level, several OECD countries registered slight falls in January. New February 2011 data show the unemployment rate for the United States down by 0.1 percentage point to 8.9% (the third consecutive decline), while the rate for Canada was stable at 7.8%.
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Governments Should Boost Green Technology
added: 16-03-2011

Governments looking to boost their economies, create jobs and meet environmental targets see eco-innovation as part of the solution. Some subsidise research and development. Others stimulate demand by labelling energy efficient appliances and regulating against environmentally harmful products. All are looking for efficient policies to make it work.
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OECD Composite Leading Indicators Continue Pointing to Expansion
added: 15-03-2011

Composite leading indicators (CLIs) for January 2011, designed to anticipate turning points in economic activity relative to trend, continue pointing to expansion in most OECD countries.
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Deloitte CFO Study: Capital Becoming Competitive Differentiator for Large Companies as Refinancing Bubble Looms
added: 10-03-2011

The split between cash-rich businesses and those in need of capital has set the stage for a bifurcated economy, with growing challenges for small- and medium-sized companies, finds the Deloitte study "A Tale of Two Capital Markets."
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Resource-Rich Economies Lift Pacific's Performance - ADB Report
added: 10-03-2011

The recovery in the global economy will help the Pacific economies improve in 2011. The strongest gains are expected in the resource-rich countries that are benefiting from both major new resource projects and better world commodity prices, says the Asian Development Bank's (ADB) Pacific Economic Monitor.
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OECD Annual Inflation Rate Steady at 2.1% in January 2011
added: 09-03-2011

Consumer prices in the OECD area rose by 2.1% in the year to January 2011, the same inflation rate as in December 2010. Energy and food prices continued to rise at relatively high rates: 8.4% and 2.6% respectively in January 2011, broadly unchanged from December 2010.
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Financial Rules Must Do More For Developing Countries
added: 09-03-2011

Overhauls of global financial rules typically take years to put into action and rapidly lose relevance. The Basel I and II accords succeeded one another, and took roughly a decade each to implement. The global financial crisis abruptly ended implementation of the latter. Basel III may be no different. The risk is that today’s proposed fixes address the problems of yesterday. If these fixes look outdated now, then they will look even more irrelevant by 2018 – the deadline for full implementation.
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Hedge Funds and Equities in Demand in 2010, According to Towers Watson
added: 09-03-2011

The number of equity mandates awarded by global professional services company Towers Watson’s clients worldwide in 2010 increased by over 30% from 2009, while the number of hedge fund mandates grew by 50% during the same period. At the same time, the number of bond mandates fell by 30%, with U.S. and European bonds showing the most significant fall in demand from the previous year. Private markets attracted significantly more interest from investors in 2010 than in 2009, with the number of mandates growing 73%, led by renewed interest in direct real estate and distressed debt.
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Deloitte Report Views Insurers to Be 'Bearish' About Economic Growth for the Next Two Years
added: 08-03-2011

The ongoing struggle to maintain growth in a slowly recovering economy, coupled with a host of new challenges and issues, has resulted in the insurance industry adopting a "bearish" attitude toward economic growth, according to a new report from Deloitte.
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Environment: Households Going Green
added: 08-03-2011

Mexicans and Koreans worry more about their environment than people in the Netherlands. And many Australians and Norwegians say their own actions can make a difference.
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