EIU Country Analysis

other sectors (for example, pharmaceuticals) as long as they are not applied in...they are not applied in a discriminatory fashion. Under Decision ###...charges imposed by providers with a dominant market share of ##...Authority of Vietnam (ERAV) announced a new power pricing system to

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February from US$###.#m a year earlier, as export revenue growth slowed. The...exports totalled US$###.#m, a #.#% increase from a year earlier, but slowing from...#.#%, dragged down by a #.#% drop in revenue...imported rice and wheat, at a time when prices of such

all, but consumers often get a poor deal. European air travel...travel came into force. But as promises of lower prices and...more choice for consumers flowed, a different view of European air...of frazzled passengers were not. A combination of greater security checks

South Korea) plans to build a US$###m plant to make...will produce ##m mobile phones a year in the first stage...expand to produce ###m units. A Formosa Plastics (Taiwan) unit and...in Hanoi) plan to build a US$#bn steel complex in

UNIT The government has introduced a number of measures designed to...of energy cuts and rationing as the system struggles to cope...### gwh, ##% lower than a year earlier and the lowest...the country was emerging from a drought that was also caused

The Spanish economy has been a driving force for economic activity...euro area for more than a decade, with year-on-year...housing bubble, raising fears of a deeper and more abrupt economic...the last ten years--with a decline in residential building permits

#.#% in March, from a decade-high of #.#...by #.#% in February, as public housing rents dropped by...rising by ##.#% after a ##.#% gain in February...the #.#% growth seen a month earlier, which had been

## was partly driven by a healthy rate of credit expansion...relatively modest. Concerns remain, however, as many of the bad loans...bad loans have built up as a result of state-owned banks...costs have remained high, even as the interest-rate spread has

####. Yet the country remains a challenging business environment. Relative political...maintain some policy levers, such as targeted subsidies, tendering preferences and...WTO, Vietnam committed to opening a range of services to foreign...since January ##th #### in a range of services, such as law and engineering. Certain restrictions

be buying financial stocks WHEN a sector takes a battering, it is natural to...is natural to wonder whether a buying opportunity has emerged. Financial...are seen by some investors as the bargain of the moment...related bonds, the exposure to a slowing American economy and the

to the carte famille nombreuse, a discount card for families with...with three or more children. As the government has now discovered...regard this card not just as an ordinary concession: it is...an ordinary concession: it is a passport to a way of life, validating the

on top of riots in a number of Sub-Saharan states...prices is being driven by a number of factors. The rapid...from new emerging markets, such as China and India, is clearly...and India, is clearly having a substantial impact, but prices have

THE ECONOMIST INTELLIGENCE UNIT In a sign that Canada#;s economic...on April ##nd. This follows a ##bp cut on March #th...wake of #/##. Although a probable US recession will no...it is only natural that as the US#;s economy slows

FROM ECONOMIST.COM AS THE global banking crisis has...up with an innovative plan--a "special liquidity scheme" that may...British banks. The need for a new approach has been clear...ability to raise funds in a hurry. The longer the mistrust

ECONOMIST.COM THE COST of a phone call abroad has dropped...liberalisation and advances in technology. A one-minute fixed-line call...around nine times pricier for a cross-border natter in Japan

FROM THE ECONOMIST As commodity prices rocket and America...are still rising, although at a slower pace. The prices of...too are feeling the pinch, as unemployment rises, the value of...not care about price hikes as much as they did in the past

Credit quality has also improved, as shown by lower non-performing...over the next few years as capital requirements are aligned more...companies or individuals that own a controlling interest in more than...controlling stakes to or create a single holding company for their

##.#% in comparison with a year earlier, the largest year...this category have risen at a pace in excess of ##...reflect the use of oil as an input--rose by ##...for March are consistent with a trend of gradually declining inflation