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Weak GDP may delay policymakers’ ‘Industry 4.0’ plans

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INTERNATIONAL

This spending is needed as manufacturers are under pressure to re-engineer their businesses by deploying technologies to enhance productivity and develop and scale new products…

Prospects for the euro-area to end-2023

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PROSPECTS H2 2023

Tourism and other customer-facing sectors are growing solidly even though above-target inflation is squeezing disposable incomes. However, strong services activity is keeping core…

COVID-19 will hit US GDP but recovery may be V-shaped

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UNITED STATES

US economic outlook.

Few foreign investors will remain in Myanmar

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MYANMAR

The United States and other Western powers have imposed sanctions on senior military figures and military-controlled businesses in the light of the February 1 coup. China -- long…

Prospects for the global economy in 2019

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PROSPECTS 2019

Prospects for the global economy in 2019.

Prospects for the global economy to end-2020

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PROSPECTS 2020 H2

COVID-19 dominates the scenarios for the next six months, which range from a swift sharp recovery to another dramatic fall in activity. Policy responses, financial markets…

Virus will stymie Seoul's economic recovery hopes

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SOUTH KOREA

The economic outlook for South Korea in 2020.

ECB may spark rate rises in Central-Eastern Europe

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CENTRAL-EASTERN EUROPE

Inflation rates are rising sharply across Central-Eastern Europe (CEE), mainly thanks to a recovery in commodity prices. A flurry of stronger-than-expected economic data is…

US dollar strength will weigh on exports to Europe

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UNITED STATES

The dollar has risen sharply in the past year; on May 1, 2014, the euro traded close to 1.39 dollars compared to 1.11 dollars today. The trade weighted dollar index is up 20% in…