Wednesday, October 13, 2010

[IWS] AfDB: AFRICA & GLOBAL ECONOMIC TRENDS QUARTERLY REVIEW [13 October 2010]

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Stuart Basefsky
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African Development Bank (AfDB)

 

Africa & Global Economic Trends Quarterly Review

Third Quarter 2010

Volume 3, issue 3

12 October 2010

http://www.afdb.org/fileadmin/uploads/afdb/Documents/Publications/101012%20Africa_Global%20Econ%20Trends_3Q2010.pdf

[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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