Germany Raises Growth Forecast to 3%
According to a sharply upwardly revised Bundes-bank forecast issued as investors pushed the cost of borrowing by its government to fresh record lows, the Germany’s economy will grow by 3% this year.
The recovery in Europe’s largest economy was increasingly generating its own momentum, the central bank said with positive ripple effects spreading in the eurozone.
The prognosis underscored policymakers’ confidence that the eurozone will avoid falling back into recession. However, Germay is taken as an isolated success story, with its haven status boosted by renewed worries about Ireland and southern countries worst hit by this year’s crisis over public finances.
Rebuke Spurs EU Rethink on Trade Duties
The European Union has been rebuked by the WTO for the way it imposes extra duties on imports it deems unfairly priced, with potential implications for a wide collection of products ranging from shoes to glazed tiles.
In a notable victory for China, a WTO panel found in an interim report that the EU’s practice of imposing a single national blanket duty on imports covered by so-called “anti-dumping” measures breaks global trade rules.
The case became another example of a trend in international trade diplomacy—WTO members seeking to circumscribe their trading partners’ use of anti-dumping and other emergency blocks on imports by litigation at the WTO.
European Central Bank Extended Emergency Support Facilities
In the last week, the European central Bank extended its emergency support facilities for eurozone banks into the new year, as it tries to keep a lid on the tension in the market.
However, according to the BIS, it is reported that euro-zone government bond markets had stabilized during the second quarter of the year.
Rim Yields to India over BlackBerry Data Access
Rim, the maker of BlackBerry phones, will give India access to secure data from tomorrow. The Indian interior ministry is reported to have said that Research in Motion has granted it temporary access to its secure data and that further discussions will take place over the next two months on a permanent solution.
India has announced that it wants the means to fully track and read BlackBerry’s secure e-mail and instant messaging services, which officials fear could be misued by militants.
Stylish Rustic Furniture
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Rustic furniture pieces with sticks, twigs or logs are getting increasingly popular these days, as it tend to bring a fresh breeze of nature via displaying the look the natural beauty of wood grains, showing the age and strength of the wood used. It also bring your room the warm country feeling, which could be of great help with relieving you from the stress of everyday life.
The best thing of all is that your indoor decoration will be unique with the display of rustic furniture. Any piece of rustic furniture can not be duplicated, but have unique pattern of the growth ring of the wood. Your living room or bedroom won’t need to be a copy of the model room from some magazine.
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Unemployment in the UK
A study by the Centre for Economics and Business Research, the economic consultancy, said that unemployment is forecast to keep high in the North and West for the next five years, which rise above 10% in some areas.
It also said that London is tipped to increase its share of UK economic activity to 19.8% by 2015, which is up from 16.3% in 1995.
Invest in Forestry Management
As Greenhouse effect is becoming the concern of different countries, there is a rise in the demand of people for better regulations in protecting natural forest worldwide. The global Wood Market Prices is growing at dramatic speed, reflecting the change of people’s attitude towards environment issue. As a result, investing in forestry industry is getting more promising with growing ROI and returns available within short period.
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