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GDP data and business surveys underscore brighter outlook for region
Tumbling inflation and surging stock exchanges create buoyant mood
Several explanations for the disappointing trend since the financial crisis
Financial weakness, debt and fears of a collapse in co-operation are hurdles
Regional disparities hamper technology transfer and job creation as economy recovers
Rising optimism can be seen in labour markets and spending as well as opinion polls
Stronger outlook brightens mood after ‘longest earnings recessions in history’
Rapidly improving picture due to exports, tight labour market and foreign investment
IMF makes aid contingent on country sorting out its tottering bank sector
The government is prioritising spending to transform its rural economy into a prosperous middle income nation
The question is whether politics will give the necessary support to long-term recovery
An economist explains how the banking system works and ways to fix its dysfunction
The president’s agenda is up in the air. That is how business likes it
Commodity price boom enables economy to avoid recession and target record run
Figures highlight crisis as IMF and EU fight over the terms of Athens bailout
The UK outlook is rosy despite dire predictions about the effects of Brexit
Grievances in Africa’s best-performing economy are still being settled by the gun
Rises in consumption and business investment help curb concern over Duterte and Trump
But cash levels imply there is still an underlying air of caution, according to poll
Forecasts highlight planned US tax cuts and infrastructure spending
The most innovative companies are the ones where growth is highest
Region continues to power ahead as South America struggles to exit recession
Clamour for Komatsu to share findings of system tracking 430,000 machines worldwide
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