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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Rising oil prices are slowing growth across the world but key emerging economies such as China and India will continue to support the near-term outlook for commodities, the world's largest mining company said Friday.
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By Toby Reynolds LONDON  - Oil prices held firm on Tuesday as China showed no let-up in its strong import growth and U.S. Gulf producers reported damage to offshore rigs from Hurricane Ivan.
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The recent jump in world oil prices has cast a cloud over the global economic recovery, the International Monetary Fund says. The Washington-based watchdog said world growth was expected to be the strongest
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.  - High oil prices will probably  brake U.S. growth but will not derail the economy provided they  do not rise sharply from current levels, top Federal Reserve  policymakers said on Tuesday.
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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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Higher oil prices pose the greatest threat to the world economy next year, but that will be only one of a number of risks facing global growth in 2005, namely depending too much
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Plunging housing prices and soaring oil costs have provoked gloomy talk of a possible recession. Yet the economy has kept growing. How much longer can the expansion carry on?   How much longer can the expansion carry on?
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World oil prices slipped Monday, tracking a slump in global stock markets as investors worry about slowing economic growth and a risk of recession in the United States.
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The world economy is sound, although  financial markets may remain ragged for some time, and China  must let its currency rise faster to rebalance global growth,  finance officials from rich nations said on Friday.
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The chatter about the economy tends to focus on the big picture. How much did gross domestic product rise? How many jobs were created? What's the price of oil?
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European stock markets steadied and U.S.  Treasuries eased on Tuesday after an unexpected upward revision  to U.S. growth showed the world's biggest economy in a slightly  more favorable light.  But European shares struggled to push on  higher and euro zone debt was supported as the euro again  flirted with $1.33, U.S. oil prices edged back toward $50 a  barrel, and after data showed European economic sentiment at a  four-month low.
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If the global economy slows, oil prices will fall. But probably not until after March.
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MANILA : The economies of developing Asia can expect gross domestic product (GDP) growth to hit 7.0 percent this year despite rising world oil prices, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said on Wednesday.
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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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Investor's Business Daily - There seems to be a significant slowing in the pace of global economic growth this year, the International Monetary Fund said. The IMF cautioned that restoring world financial markets will be a complex, drawn-out process. The Fed's 75- basis-point 18ate cut on Tue. was "appropriate and helpful," said IMF spokesman Masood Ahmed, who also said the U.S. should apply "targeted and timely" fiscal stimulus.
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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.