German Budget Deficit Widens in First Half of 2004
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Germany's budget deficit widened in the first half of this year, figures released Tuesday showed, but the government renewed its commitment to get the shortfall back within a European Union-imposed limit next ...
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BERLIN  - Germany experienced the strongest growth in four years in 2004, but weak consumer spending continued to hamper Europe's largest economy, the government statistics office said Thursday.
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The U.S. government began fiscal  2005 with a budget shortfall, right after posting a record  $412.28 billion budget gap for all of the 2004 budget year, a  report on Wednesday showed.
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WASHINGTON - The federal deficit surged to a record $413 billion in 2004, the Treasury Department announced Thursday, injecting the figure into a presidential campaign in which the two parties have clashed over President Bush's management of the economy and the budget.    The number was a significant improvement from the shortfalls that analysts projected earlier this year, including a $521 billion estimate the Bush administration made in February...
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The US budget gap expanded to $412.55 billion in fiscal 2004, marking the Bush administration&#39;s second-straight record deficit, the Treasury Department said on Thursday.
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German economic growth picks up but analysts doubt the recovery is sustainable.
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The Bundesbank is forecasting growth of 1.2 - 1.3 percent for the German economy next year, much less than the government's official forecast of 1.7 percent.
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Germany's budget deficit for 2004 is expected to be far lower than forecast and fall below the record of 40 billion euros (52 billion dollars), a finance ministry spokesman revealed.
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The deficit jumped by 9.3 percent, to $63.1 billion, the government said, reflecting record oil imports. The deficit with China declined while the weak dollar lifted exports to a record high.
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Propelled by a boom in political campaign budgets, ad spending in the major media tracked by Nielsen Media Research rose 6.4 percent during the first half of 2004, according to estimates released Tuesday by Nielsen&#39;s Monitor-Plus unit. The automotive ...
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The nation's budget deficit will drop to $205 billion in the fiscal year that ends in September, less than half of what it was at its peak in 2004
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The federal deficit of the US government hit a record high of US$436.9 billion in the first 11 months of fiscal year of 2004 ending on September 30, the Treasury Department reported on Monday.
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The countryâs gross domestic product (GDP), which serves as the main barometer of the economy, expanded by 6.5 percent in the first three quarters of 2004, capped by a 6.3-percent
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The German economy, the biggest in the 12-country eurozone, will grow by 2.0 to 2.5 percent this year -- a faster rate than originally forecast, Economy Minister Michael Glos has said.
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Germany said on Tuesday budget  consolidation and higher national savings in the United States  and more Asian exchange rate flexibility were among measures  that would help avoid a disorderly unwinding of global  imbalances.
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The U.S. budget deficit expanded to  $412.55 billion in the 2004 fiscal year, making the Bush  administration's second-straight record fiscal gap, the  Treasury Department said on Thursday.
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German Finance Minister Hans Eichelsaid Thursday that the country's economy could grow more than 1.5 percent this year.