LISBON – Portugal’s economy faces “virtual stagnation” in 2013 after a deep contraction of 3.1% this year, the nation’s central bank said on Tuesday, after austerity imposed by an EU/IMF bailout ...

Vancouver’s growth in GDP is expected to level off this year, partly due to government restraint, but will be offset by strong job growth and a booming mining sector, which is expected to help boost ...

MADRID – Spain’s debt burden will rise substantially this year because of the country’s high cost of borrowing and the government’s pledge to guarantee loans for local governments to pay back ...

Optimism and Pessimism are the flavors of choice in this RTI. I wanted to show everybody the latest consensus forecasts for real GDP growth in major world economies. I arranged them below. Top ...

BEIRUT: The specter of the economic slowdown which loomed over Lebanon this year amid the tense political atmosphere in the country and the regional turmoil will probably persist in 2012 if the ...

The Bank of Canada's failure to forecast the fall 2012 economic downturn is an ongoing mystery. What makes this failure even more puzzling is that the Bank of Canada's forecasts, while overly ...

Oman’s real GDP growth will ease from 6.1% in 2010 to 5.2% in 2011 and then 3.9% in 2012, according to the latest QNB Capital Economic Insight report. Oman’s nominal GDP reached an estimated $58bn in ...

BMO is forecasting GDP (gross domestic product) growth in Manitoba exceeding the national average this year and next year with a strong rebound from the agricultural sector leading the charge.

The surprisingly high growth recorded in Slovakia's GDP for the final quarter of 2011 (3.4 percent year-on-year) brings a more optimistic outlook for 2012, the Slovak central bank (NBS) indicated in a ...

What a difference hindsight can make in what passes for economic debate in Australia, especially among the commentariat in the national papers, and banking and finance circles. Now that we have nearly ...

Shanghai plans to grow its economy by about 67 percent over the next five years while achieving an improved economic structure, rising efficiency, lower energy consumption and environment protection, ...