Gross Domestic Product News

Decrease in some sectors such as manufacturing, wholesale and retail trade, has dragged down the non-oil Gross Domestic Product growth by 0.8 per cent in the first quarter of 2012, data released by the National Bureau of Statistics , has shown.

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BRITAIN'S recession is deeper than first feared according to revised official figures published today, which show the nation's economy shrank by 0.3 per cent in the first quarter of 2012.

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Bangladeshs economy is forecast to have grown at 6.32% in the fiscal year to June, a slowdown from last years expansion, dragged by a saturated farm sector, officials said yesterday.

The global economy has embarked on a fragile recovery, which might be derailed by the crisis hovering over the eurozone, warned the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development on Tuesday.

Finance Minister Tendai Biti's review of the country's economic performance for the first quarter painted a gloomy picture of what lies ahead in the face of increasing budgetary pressures and demands for better economic performance.

The United Arab Emirates' current account surplus quadrupled to Dh112.7 billion, $30.7bn in 2011 as both crude and non-oil exports soared, according to the Central bank 's annual report.

The Federal Government is to use the Gross Domestic Product being generated to address unemployment, Minister/Deputy Chairman National Planning Commission, , Dr Shamsuddeen Usman, said yesterday.

The national statistics agency added that GDP was 1.3% down compared to the first quarter of last year, according to preliminary seasonally-adjusted figures.

Gross Domestic Product: December 2011 quarter key facts • Economic activity grew 0.3 percent in the December 2011 quarter, unchanged from previously published.

Staff Report ISLAMABAD: The United Nation Economic and Social Survey of Asia and Pacific projected the economy of Pakistan to grow by 4 percent during the year 2012.

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It's not often that the endemic malfeasance in the lucrative world of arms deals spills out in the open This year, India has earmarked for defence a sum of over Rs 1.93 lakh crore - 1.9 per cent of the Gross Domestic Product , almost 13 per cent of the central government's budget, and representing an increase of 17.63 per cent over the previous ... (more)

REDUCED consumer spending, double digit inflation and the instability in the foreign exchange market are the big concerns for telecom operators in the proposals for the 2012/2013 budget.

Nepal, one of the fastest urbanising countries in the South Asia, generates 65 percent of Gross Domestic Product while the same was only 29 percent in 1975 with the urbanisation, according to the study conducted by World Bank entitled, 'NEPAL: Urban Growth and Spatial Transition: An Initial Assessment'. The study also says that the urban economy ... (more)

KUALA LUMPUR, May 8 -- The government expects the franchise industry to contribute 2.6 per cent to Gross Domestic Product this year compared with a 2.5 per cent contribution last year.

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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's national debt at the end of last year stood at RM257.2 billion or 30.2 per cent of Gross Domestic Product , the Dewan Negara was told today.