Economic 'escape velocity' hinges on Japan's consumers

Despite downward revisions, the latest GDP data contain many bright spots, but Japan has a history of 'false starts'

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New Zealand housing market may take a dive

Record New Zealand property values could presage a crash in Australian real estate

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South Africa's 2015/16 budget avoids controversy, but even its moderate consolidation aims could be derailed

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Syriza government is caught between filling gap in public finances and breaking election promises

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An inability to restructure debts or boost economy will force Washington to intercede

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Unions will continue to be undermined by governors, with occasional flashpoints

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Rapidly growing incidence of non-communicable diseases poses an underappreciated threat to China's economic outlook

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Entrepreneurial visas have become gridlocked in Congress, to the detriment of would-be immigrants

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New government is lobbying in EU for new debt deal consistent with anti-austerity election promises

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Lower commodity prices will bring fiscal pressures that threaten to reverse modest progress on poverty

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