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| Dani Rodrik: The myth of rising protectionism | 13-OCT-09 |
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| There was a dog that didn’t bark during the financial crisis: protectionism. Despite much hue and cry about it, governments have, in fact, imposed remarkably few trade barriers on imports. Indeed, the world economy remains as open as it was before the crisis struck. |
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| Australian treasurer warns, unemployment to rise | 12-OCT-09 |
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| Australia's economy will likely perform under capacity and unemployment will rise, despite the country's resilience in the face of the global downturn, Treasurer Wayne Swan said today. |
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| Japan sees withdrawing economic stimulus 'premature' | 07-OCT-09 |
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| Japan believes it is still "premature" to withdraw economic stimulus as the nation's historically high level of unemployment and weak exports cast doubts over prospects for a steady recovery from its worst recession in decades, the Japanese senior vice minister of financer. |
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| Oil lower in Asian trade | 06-OCT-09 |
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| Oil eased in Asian trade today as traders continued to evaluate the pace of recovery in the US economy, the world's biggest energy user, analysts said. |
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| US unemployment rate at 26-year high | 03-OCT-09 |
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| Employers cut more jobs than forecast last month and the unemployment rate rose to a 26-year high, calling into question the sustainability of the economic recovery. |
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| IMF remains cautious about global economic recovery | 04-SEP-09 |
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| Acknowledging that the global economy appears to be emerging from the worst financial and economic crisis in the post-war period, the International Monetary Fund(IMF) Managing Director, Dominique Strauss-Kahn Friday said the recovery will be sluggish and that a jobless recovery remains a risk. |
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