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Germany's economy pays a high price for the rejection of Russian pipeline gas

By Rhod Mackenzie

For the first two decades of the 21st century, Germany was in its economic ascendency. Its economy boomed,it was one success after another. It gained dominace in world markets in areas such as high-tech,luxury cars and precision engineering and sold so much of its output that i...

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Manufacturing activity in China gives hope that recession has bottomed out

By Sergey Manukov

It seems that Beijing's measures to support the Chinese economy are producing results. The decline in production in China eased somewhat in August. This, and the improved situation with new orders, gave the Chinese some reasons to hope that the main sector of the Chinese economy...

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