WRAPUP 1-Global economic growth robust, but oil dampens
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The International Monetary Fund on Wednesday raised its 2004 world growth forecast to 5 percent, the highest level in three decades, but said sharply higher oil prices had sapped the recovery.
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NEW YORK - Stocks were narrowly mixed Wednesday as investors digested a jump in the second-quarter gross domestic product, while keeping a close eye on falling oil prices.    Investors saw the Commerce Department report, which said the nation's GDP grew 3.3 percent from April to June, as fairly good news, with a few caveats...
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TOKYO: Rising oil prices are unlikely to deal a major blow to global economic growth although the trend may seem &quot;uncomfortable,&quot; a researcher with the International Monetary Fund says.
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The global economy should register its strongest growth in 30 years in 2004 despite soaring oil prices, which are expected to restrain the US expansion a bit, the International Monetary Fund said Wednesday.
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The global economy is set for another   year of strong growth, the International Monetary Fund said on   Thursday, but it warned that rising inflationary pressures and   a slowing U.S. economy were growing dangers.
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OTTAWA - World economic growth will be at risk next year if oil prices remain near all-time highs well into next year, the Conference Board of Canada said Friday.
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Asian economies are heading for robust economic growth in 2004, followed by a slight slowdown in 2005, the Asian Development Bank has said.
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October 17, 2004 -- &quot;The impact of the current surge in oil prices, though noticeable, is likely to prove less consequential to economic growth and inflation than in the 1970s.
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Global economic growth is likely to be dampened by the turbulence on world markets, the IMF says.
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Oil prices extended gains over &#36;71 on  Friday, buoyed by healthy U.S. economic growth that hinted  recent record prices may not hit robust demand.
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WASHINGTON -- Despite soaring oil prices and a slumping dollar, the United States enjoyed a banner year in terms of economic growth in 2004, but the new year is likely to see a significant slowdown, private economists say.
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The soaring cost of oil hits global economic growth, although recovery is not a distant prospect, according to the OECD.
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Finance ministers say the global economy is now recovering after the recent turmoil in worldwide markets.
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Oil was steady at $96 a barrel on Monday, heading for its biggest annual gain this decade as growing geopolitical concerns and dwindling consumer nation stockpiles outweighed the risk of a softening U.S. economy.
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Growth in manufacturing slowed from the euro zone to Japan in October as strong oil prices and a stuttering global economy took their toll, although British companies performed better, survey data showed.
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PARIS The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development on Tuesday lowered its forecast for global economic growth next year, saying that the rise in oil prices was dampening global trade and consumer confidence.
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OTTAWA (CP) - World economic growth will weaken next year if oil prices remain at record-high levels far into next year, the Conference Board of Canada says in its latest outlook report.