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CLEAN : STOCKSHOTS: Japan's economy slips into recession, with 0.9% GDP drop: govt
Japan dives into its first recession since 2015, according to official data Monday, with the world's third-largest economy contracting by 0.9 percent in the first quarter as it wrestles with the fallout from the coronavirus (Footage by...
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CLEAN : STOCKSHOTS: Japan economy shrinks historic 7.8% in April-June
Japan's economy shrank 7.8 percent in the April-June quarter, the worst contraction in the nation's modern history, as the coronavirus deepens the country's economic woes (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : STOCKSHOTS: Japan exits recession as GDP grows 5.0% in Q3
Japan's economy exited recession in the third quarter, growing a better-than-expected 5 percent, as signs of recovery began to emerge after a record contraction (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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HM Treasury building
CLEAN: Exterior shots of the HM Treasury building on the day GDP figures showed the UK economy recovering after the Covid-19 lockdown on 12 August 2021 in London, United Kingdom
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CLEAN : France 2022 candidate Pécresse would boost French defence budget
Les Republicains' party presidential candidate Valérie Pécresse proposes increasing France's defence budget beyond 2% of GDP to 65 billion euros in 2030 (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
Bloomberg
Singapore Averts Recession; Monetary Authority Raises Currency Band
Singapore's economy averted a recession, with gross domestic product rising 1.5% from the previous quarter. On a year-on-year basis, the economy expanded 4.4% after a revised 4.5% growth in the previous quarter. And the central bank...
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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Wednesday that the central bank is prepared to provide additional stimulus if the current economic lull persists.
HEADLINE: Bernanke: Fed would supply more stimulus if needed
CAPTION: Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Wednesday that the central bank is prepared to provide additional stimulus if the current economic lull persists. (July...
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HONG KONG: GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCE A 5 PERCENT DROP IN GDP
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Hong Kong has fallen into full-blown recession, with its once-booming economy shrinking by 5 percent in the second quarter, the government has announced.
Massive government spending sent transactions climbing to a new...
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Lab technicians working on Lithium Sulphur batteries
CLEAN: Interior shots of workers in a laborotary manufacturing hi-tech lithium sulphur batteries at Oxis Energy on 10 May 2019 in Abingdon, United Kingdom
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Lab technicians working on Lithium Sulphur batteries
CLEAN: Interior shots of workers in a laborotary manufacturing hi-tech lithium sulphur batteries at Oxis Energy on 10 May 2019 in Abingdon, United Kingdom
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CLEAN : 'Significant downgrades' for US, China behind IMF global growth outlook slash: Gopinath
The first deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund, Gita Gopinath, explains that "significant downgrades for the US and for China" are behind the IMF's decision to cut its world GDP forecast for 2022 to 4.4 percent,...
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UK: Interview with Rishi Sunak MP re: GDP bounceback, economy, covid, Brexit & taxes.
VOICED: The UK economy has bounced back during the summer, growing by 15 point 5 percent from July to September. But ONS figures show the growth slowed to just one point one percent in September. Our economic editor Ed Conway has been...
Bloomberg
UBS Sees 'More Balanced Recovery' in China's Economy
Apr.15 -- Wang Tao, head of Asia economics and chief China economist at UBS Group AG, discusses the state of the world's second-largest economy, its outlook and policies. China’s economy soared in the first quarter as consumer spending...
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China Figures Confirm Economy Has Bottomed Out: Morgan Stanley
Jan.16 -- Robin Xing, chief China economist at Morgan Stanley, talks about the economy, policies, and the trade deal with the U.S.. China’s economy stabilized last quarter after slowing to the weakest pace in almost three decades. Xing...
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CLEAN : Warsaw would like to exclude defence spending from budget deficit
At a press conference with the Swiss President Ignazio Cassis, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki announces that Poland will seek to amend EU rules limiting member states' budget deficits to 3% of GDP by excluding defence spending...
Bloomberg
China’s GDP Growth Slows Amid Property, Energy Crises
China’s economy slowed in the third quarter. Gross domestic product expanded 4.9% from a year earlier, down from a previously reported 7.9% in the preceding quarter and compared with a median forecast of 5% in a Bloomberg survey of...
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AP Reporter explains the NATO summit in Brussels
AP reporter Jill Colvin explains the first day of the NATO summit in Brussels on Wednesday.
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Brussels - 11 July 2018
1. SOUNDBITE (English) Jill Colvin, AP...
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Sajid Javid interview on GDP figures and Brexit
CLEAN: Interior interview with Chancellor Sajid Javid MP on the latest GDP figures and Brexit on 9 August 2019 in Newark, United Kingdom
Bloomberg
India's 20.1% GDP Growth 'Encouraging': Fmr. RBI Deputy Head
Sep.01 -- Rakesh Mohan, former deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of India, discusses the outlook for the economy and policies amid the Covid-19 pandemic. The economic toll from a deadly second wave of Covid-19 outbreak in India last...
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China's Economy Grows at Slowest Pace Since Wuhan Outbreak
China's economy grew at the slowest pace since the initial coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan. Gross domestic product increased 0.4% from a year earlier. That's the worst performance since the first quarter of 2020. Enda Curran reports on...