German public deficit slashed as growth tops six-year high in 2006
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Germany slashed its public deficit to 1.7 percent of output in 2006 -- much lower than originally estimated -- thanks to the booming economy, official data showed on Thursday.
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It was the fastest pace of growth since records began for reunited Germany in 1991, according to official figures yesterday.
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Inflation averaged 2.2 percent in Germany last year, its highest level in 13 years, data released Wednesday by the national statistics office showed.
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BERLIN  - Germany's leading economic institutes on Tuesday raised their growth forecast for the country this year to 1.8 per cent, but predicted that the recovery in Europe's largest economy would slow next year amid slowing export growth and high oil prices.
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The OECD is increasing its forecast for European economic growth in 2006, as recovery is well under way.
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The deficit declined by six percent, after setting records for five straight years. The improvement came despite a huge jump in the bill for foreign oil and another record deficit with China.
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The Commission has lifted the excessive deficit procedure, first launched in 2003, against France and Germany. But already there are doubts about Germany respecting the rules in 2005.
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The German government will take on an extra 14 billion euros (&#36;17.23 billion) in debt this year because the country's economic upturn so far has failed to boost tax revenue, taking new borrowing to a record level, the finance minister said Wednesday.
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The U.S. trade deficit widened more  than expected in December and grew 6.5 percent during all of  2006 to a record $763.6 billion, a U.S. Commerce Department  report showed on Tuesday.
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The German government announces a series of measures to rein in its public deficit, including proposing scrapping one public holiday.
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The U.S. trade deficit climbed to a record high for the fifth straight year, with  2006 imports exceeding exports by $764 billion, the Commerce Department reported yesterday. The gap reflects higher oil prices, which increased the nation's import bill, and American consumers' rising appetite for foreign-made goods....
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DESPITE the budÂ­get deficit, contiÂ­nued inÂ­creases in oil and consumer priÂ­ces, the econoÂ­my, as measured by gross domestic proÂ­duct, grew by 6.3 percent in the third
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Japan&#39;s Cabinet authorized a national spending plan for next fiscal year to cut the budget deficit by 6 percent to curb expansion of the world&#39;s largest public debt.
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European stock markets mainly eased after closing at the highest levels for six years.
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The World Bank released its annual report on global economic prospects saying developing countries will register growth of 6.1% this year and just above 5% in 2005 and 2006.
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Germany's trade surplus hit a surprise record in October, underpinning optimism about the pace of economic recovery.
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Britain&#039;s economy grew by 0.6 percent during the first quarter of 2006, unchanged from the previous quarter and leading to the fastest annual growth pace since 2004.