South Africa's economy is expected to grow at a rate of 3.6 percent this year, according to a report released by the SA Institute of International Affairs on Tuesday.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 5 -- UBS Investment Bank expects the Malaysian economy to grow by 4.5 per cent this year and 5.0 per cent in 2012. Managing director and deputy head of global economics, UBS Investment Research, Paul Donovan said the forecast numbers are in line with the global political and economic situation.

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The nation's economic recovery was interrupted by the devastating February aftershock in Christchurch, which killed 181 people, but Treasury economists say that the economy probably still grew by 0.3 percent, and will do better in the rest of the year.

New Zealand's economy probably grew at the fastest pace in four quarters in the first three months of 2011 as robust manufacturing and exports helped make up for the impact of Canterbury's earthquakes.The economy expanded 0.4...

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Unemployment is lower and the state's doing much better than most of the country, but that doesn't mean everyone is content with Obama's policies. Last week in Salem, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney told voters that President Obama's economic policies "didn't work" and that "people are hurting." The next day in Raymond, fellow candidate Michele Bachmann told voters they couldn't ...

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Struggling at a low economic growth rate is an unsatisfying scenario, except for the far worse fate: falling back into recession.