Wednesday, October 13, 2010
[IWS] AfDB: AFRICA & GLOBAL ECONOMIC TRENDS QUARTERLY REVIEW [13 October 2010]
IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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African Development Bank (AfDB)
Africa & Global Economic Trends Quarterly Review
Third Quarter 2010
Volume 3, issue 3
12 October 2010
[full-text, 15 pages]
Includes numerous CHARTS & TABLES....
Contents:
1- World Economy
Economic Growth
Inflation – Unemployment
Financial Indicators
2- Africa in the World Economy
Economic Growth
Inflation and Money Supply
Trends in Commodity Prices
Currency Movements
Equity Markets
3- Annex Tables
Africa: Inflation
Africa: Broad Money Supply
Africa: International Reserves
Africa: Exchange Rates
4- Data Sources and Descriptions
Highlights
African economies kept up the pace during the first half of
2010 and expectations for the second half remain positive on
the whole. Nevertheless, recent data suggest that economic
growth in the continent is moderating in line with the world
economic trend.
[CHART]
In South Africa, industrial activity maintained the
momentum, as physical manufacturing/ production,
seasonally adjusted, increased by 0.4% in August 2010
compared with the previous month and by 7.8% compared
with August 2009.
[CHART]
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