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Does 2010's 4th. Quarter Results Signal Good Times?

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Gross domestic product (GDP)—a broad measure of all goods and services produced—grew at a 3.2% Final sales—a measure that gives a feeling for underlying demand in the economy by subtracting the change in business inventories from GDP—notched its biggest increase since 1984, growing 7.1% percentage points to GDP.

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Wise Economic Decision Making

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percentage points from GDP, based on the average of 2010's first three quarters. In 2005, housing accounted for 6.1 percent of economic activity in the U.S. Last year, inflation-adjusted investment in new homes probably subtracted 0.17

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What Has the Eurozone Learned from the Financial Crisis?

Harvard Business Review

But the real tragedy happened later: a timid recovery during 2010-11 was followed by a second recession starting in the third quarter of 2011, from which Europe did not start recovering until 2015. But GDP fell so much that the actual effect was to push up the ratio of debt to GDP.

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The New New International Economic Order

Harvard Business Review

There is a much more important change in the global distribution of power underway, and the play for leadership of the World Bank signals that emerging markets will be increasingly bold in asserting their views about the management of the global economy. And apparently not in the fight over leadership of the World Bank.

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What Greece Has to Do Now: Fix Its Economy

Harvard Business Review

As for its official debt to the EU, the ECB, and the IMF, it consisted largely of payments that were made to pass through to EU financial institutions, between 2010 and 2012, so that the Eurozone banks and insurance companies would not be imperiled. So, clemency on loan terms might make procedural sense.

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The Irish Banking Crisis: A Parable

Harvard Business Review

Umair Haque Blogs Umair Haque On: Global business , Competition , Economy The Irish Banking Crisis: A Parable 4:33 PM Monday November 29, 2010 | Comments () Email Tweet This Post to Facebook Share on LinkedIn Print Once upon a time, there was a country where bankers disappeared. All rights reserved.

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How China’s Government Helps — and Hinders — Innovation

Harvard Business Review

Total investment in R&D (as a proportion of GDP) grew from 0.9% From 2010-2015, the share of China-origin patents among all patents granted by the US Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) was only 2.2%. in 2000 to 2.0% in 2015 and is on track to reach a targeted 2.5% ” But what’s the effect? respectively.