Creaking and grinding, the global economy accelerated during the summer months. Some of the Asian economies so badly hit by the 1998 financial crisis began to motor, and Germany's export orders responded to an improvement in global demand. The US economy, meanwhile, continued to roar ahead, fuelled by rampant consumer demand and strong corporate investment....more

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