As reported by Germany's Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the German economy has indicated slower growth in 2013 as compared to the preceding years. The country's price, season and calendar adjusted gross domestic product (GDP) in ...
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India is targeting a gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate of 8-9 per cent in the coming years and to enable this growth, the economy needs the support of its power sector and India's electrical equipment industry is expected to play a ...
Japan's real gross domestic product for November rose a seasonally adjusted 0.1% from October, marking the fourth straight monthly rise, according to an estimate released Dec. 27 by the Japan Center for Economic Research. Personal ...
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Total U.S. healthcare spending in 2012 increased by 3.7 percent -- 0.4 percentage points higher than in 2011 -- the lowest rate since 1960, U.S. officials say. An analysis by the Office of the Actuary at the Centers for Medicare and ...
Today, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued findings that show slower growth in health spending since the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. This successful cost control is consistent with data demonstrating ...
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Americans' spending on health care rose a relatively modest 3.7 percent in 2012 -- slower than the growth of the overall economy -- dropping from 17.3 percent of U.S. spending to 17.2 percent, according to an annual report from the Centers ...
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An index of the U.S. economy's service sector decreased in December, the Institute for Supply Management reported Jan. 6. ISM's monthly services index declined to a 53 reading from 53.9 in November. Figures of more than 50 indicate ...
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China’s manufacturing activities in private and export-oriented companies grew in December at the slowest pace in three months, the latest evidence that structural reforms have slowed China’s economic growth, a survey showed ...
Ascent Solar Technologies Inc of Thornton, CO, USA, which makes lightweight, flexible copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) thin-film photovoltaic modules that it integrates into its EnerPlex series of consumer products, has signed a ...
China's largest steel base, Hebei province, will cut 67.26 million metric tons of capacity by 2017 without putting too much emphasis on local growth in gross domestic product in order to create a sustainable development of the industry and ...
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Singapore's growth quickened in 2013 and the country will "do well" going forward, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said. Gross domestic product rose 3.7 per cent this year, Lee, 61, said in his New Year message today. That's in line with ...
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China's economic growth is likely to stand at 7.6 percent this year, slightly down from 7.7 percent in 2012, said a State Council report on Wednesday. Economic growth has been higher than expected since 2011 despite a declining trend, ...
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Vietnam's economy grew more than analysts estimated as exports climbed,even as banks struggled to meet the government's lending target. Gross domestic product rose 6.04 percent in the fourth quarter from a year earlier,according to data ...
President Obama projected that 2014 would be a "breakthrough year" for the U.S. economy. "We head into next year with an economy that's stronger than it was when we started the year," Obama said Dec. 20 at the White House during his final ...
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The mood among consumers in Germany is again remarkably good as 2013 draws to a close. Further increases were recorded in economic expectations and willingness to buy. Income expectations declined slightly from a high level. Following a ...
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