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The growth outlook for the emerging APAC region for H2 2014 remains strong despite weaker growth in Q1 2014. Growth in the region picked up in Q2 2014, primarily driven by stronger export demand from the advanced economies and improved financial conditions that helped strengthen the domestic demand. While relatively low interest rates in the region...

Despite slow economic expansion in the advanced economies in the first quarter of 2014, emerging Asian economies are expected to record moderate to robust growth rate throughout 2014, primarily driven by improved domestic demand conditions, higher foreign direct investment growth, and investment in infrastructure. Relatively stable oil prices and d...

BRICS economies witnessed a massive slowdown in early 2014 owing to various domestic instabilities and are unlikely to return to pre-financial crisis growth levels in the near future. From a short-term perspective, the sluggish recovery in the US and in the Eurozone, production slowdowns in China, political conflicts in Russia, deteriorated busines...

Economies of the Rest of World (RoW) countries are expected to grow moderately in H2 2014 as they gradually revive from the global economic slowdown. In Australia, investments in non-mining sectors are low and there are signs of contraction. A modest growth in manufacturing is expected to drive growth marginally in Argentina. An improved business ...

Growth forecasts in 2013 were constantly upgraded or downgraded due to the long-lasting effects of debt in Europe, and stronger performances from the United States and the United Kingdom. Emerging global economies were also beginning to feel the effects of the easing of the US monetary policy; this led to volatility in capital markets globally. For...

Low consumption demand and high inflation are expected to keep Brazil’s growth sentiments subdued. A rebound in manufacturing output of Russia is expected in H1 2014 because of a gradual decline in input prices with a decline in inflation and rise in demand for domestic goods. Improvements in current account and fiscal balances in India are expec...

The emerging Asia-Pacific economies are likely to register moderate growth in 2014. While the downside risk factors due to advanced economies ebbed in 2013, domestic demand is expected to be strong in 2014, sustained by easy financial conditions, a healthy labor market, strong investment in infrastructural projects, and robust manufacturing sector ...

Australia, Argentina, Japan, and South Korea have been classified as the Rest-of-World (RoW) countries in this study. The RoW countries are gradually reviving from global economic slowdown so they are expected to register moderate growth in Q1 2014. Post the mining boom era, investment in non-mining industry is expected to revive the growth path of...

Malaysia is striving to become to a developed nation by 2020, and in line with this, the Economic Transformation Programme (ETP), launched in 2010, aims to help Malaysia attain the status of a high-income nation by 2020. The ETP is expected to attract investments worth $444 billion during 2010–2020. Despite the anticipated negative effects of wea...