Finance Matters » quarter four http://www.smoothlinking.net/financematters When Finance Matters Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:18:59 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 UK Q4 GDP final reading due this week http://www.smoothlinking.net/financematters/9333/uk-q4-gdp-final-reading-due-this-week/ http://www.smoothlinking.net/financematters/9333/uk-q4-gdp-final-reading-due-this-week/#comments Mon, 28 Mar 2011 09:48:15 +0000 Kay Murchie http://www.financemarkets.co.uk/?p=25166

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) will tomorrow publish its final reading of gross domestic product (GDP) for the fourth quarter of 2010. In January, the ONS revealed the UK economy contracted by 0.5% in the October to December period. Last month, the figure was revised down further to 0.6% with bad weather being attributed [...]

]]> http://www.smoothlinking.net/financematters/9333/uk-q4-gdp-final-reading-due-this-week/feed/ 0 Ireland’s economy contracts in Q4 http://www.smoothlinking.net/financematters/9222/ireland%e2%80%99s-economy-contracts-in-q4/ http://www.smoothlinking.net/financematters/9222/ireland%e2%80%99s-economy-contracts-in-q4/#comments Thu, 24 Mar 2011 16:26:40 +0000 Kay Murchie http://www.financemarkets.co.uk/?p=25142 Figures today have revealed Ireland’s economy contracted by 1.6% in the October to December period, following a 0.6% growth rate in the previous quarter, according to the Central Statistics Office. The latest figures are a further blow to the former “Celtic Tiger” economy which suffered a prolonged recession and was one of the last euro [...]
]]> http://www.smoothlinking.net/financematters/9222/ireland%e2%80%99s-economy-contracts-in-q4/feed/ 0 New Zealand economy sees Q4 growth, avoids recession http://www.smoothlinking.net/financematters/9217/new-zealand-economy-sees-q4-growth-avoids-recession/ http://www.smoothlinking.net/financematters/9217/new-zealand-economy-sees-q4-growth-avoids-recession/#comments Thu, 24 Mar 2011 10:15:07 +0000 Kay Murchie http://www.financemarkets.co.uk/?p=25133 Statistics New Zealand has today revealed the economy avoided recession after growing by 0.2% in the October to December period. The fourth quarter growth follows a contraction of 0.2% in the third quarter and takes the annual rate of growth to 1.5%. Two consecutive quarters of negative growth would have pushed the economy into another [...]
]]> http://www.smoothlinking.net/financematters/9217/new-zealand-economy-sees-q4-growth-avoids-recession/feed/ 0 Australian economy grows 0.7% in Q4 http://www.smoothlinking.net/financematters/8331/australian-economy-grows-0-7-in-q4/ http://www.smoothlinking.net/financematters/8331/australian-economy-grows-0-7-in-q4/#comments Wed, 02 Mar 2011 09:48:35 +0000 Kay Murchie http://www.financemarkets.co.uk/?p=24729 The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has today reported the economy grew by 0.7% in the October to December period, boosted by private spending on machinery and equipment, and inventories. However, the figure was slightly lower than the 0.8% growth expected by analysts. According to the ABS, the quarter-on-quarter figure was up from a revised [...]
]]> http://www.smoothlinking.net/financematters/8331/australian-economy-grows-0-7-in-q4/feed/ 0 German posts economic growth of 0.4% in Q4 http://www.smoothlinking.net/financematters/8121/german-posts-economic-growth-of-0-4-in-q4/ http://www.smoothlinking.net/financematters/8121/german-posts-economic-growth-of-0-4-in-q4/#comments Thu, 24 Feb 2011 14:45:47 +0000 Kay Murchie http://www.financemarkets.co.uk/?p=24624 Germany has today posted economic growth of 0.4% for the fourth quarter – its seventh consecutive quarter of expansion, the Federal Statistical Office confirmed today. The data confirms an initial estimate published last week. Germany is driving the recovery in the euro zone and export demand helped to bring the economy out of recession in [...]
]]> http://www.smoothlinking.net/financematters/8121/german-posts-economic-growth-of-0-4-in-q4/feed/ 0 US economy sees Q4 growth of 3.2% http://www.smoothlinking.net/financematters/7876/us-economy-sees-q4-growth-of-3-2/ http://www.smoothlinking.net/financematters/7876/us-economy-sees-q4-growth-of-3-2/#comments Fri, 28 Jan 2011 15:10:27 +0000 Kay Murchie http://www.financemarkets.co.uk/?p=24199 The Commerce Department has today revealed US economic growth for the fourth quarter expanded by an annualised 3.2% – boosted by consumer spending. However, the rate of growth was slightly lower than the 3.7% expected by analysts but follows growth of 2.6% in the third quarter. Meanwhile, the world’s largest economy grew by 2.9% in [...]
]]> http://www.smoothlinking.net/financematters/7876/us-economy-sees-q4-growth-of-3-2/feed/ 0 Stock markets await US GDP estimate http://www.smoothlinking.net/financematters/7877/stock-markets-await-us-gdp-estimate/ http://www.smoothlinking.net/financematters/7877/stock-markets-await-us-gdp-estimate/#comments Fri, 28 Jan 2011 11:14:37 +0000 Kay Murchie http://www.financemarkets.co.uk/?p=24195 Global stock markets were lower today as investors awaited US fourth quarter economic growth figures. Analysts expect the economy expanded at an annual rate of 3.5% in the final three months of 2010, after growth of 2.6% in the third quarter. The US economic recovery appears to be gathering momentum after positive figures for the [...]
]]> http://www.smoothlinking.net/financematters/7877/stock-markets-await-us-gdp-estimate/feed/ 0 Japanese economy expands 1.1% in Q4 http://www.smoothlinking.net/financematters/1945/japanese-economy-expands-1-1-in-q4/ http://www.smoothlinking.net/financematters/1945/japanese-economy-expands-1-1-in-q4/#comments Mon, 15 Feb 2010 08:24:01 +0000 Kay Murchie http://www.financemarkets.co.uk/?p=16742 The Japanese economy grew at a better than expected 1.1% in the last three months of 2009, meaning it retains its status as the world’s second largest economy.
Meanwhile, official figures show that GDP grew at an annualised pace of 4.6% in the fourth quarter of 2009, cementing a strong recovery from its worst recession in [...]
]]> http://www.smoothlinking.net/financematters/1945/japanese-economy-expands-1-1-in-q4/feed/ 0 Euro zone economy grows just 0.1% in Q4 http://www.smoothlinking.net/financematters/1942/euro-zone-economy-grows-just-0-1-in-q4/ http://www.smoothlinking.net/financematters/1942/euro-zone-economy-grows-just-0-1-in-q4/#comments Sun, 14 Feb 2010 17:24:26 +0000 Kay Murchie http://www.financemarkets.co.uk/?p=16732 Official figures have revealed the euro zone economy grew just 0.1% in the final three months of 2009, suggesting the economic recovery is faltering.
The news came after poor GDP figures from the euro zone’s largest economies. Germany, which is the euro zone‘s largest economy, said GDP remained flat in the three month period, with growth [...]
]]> http://www.smoothlinking.net/financematters/1942/euro-zone-economy-grows-just-0-1-in-q4/feed/ 0 Shell Q4 profits plunge 75% http://www.smoothlinking.net/financematters/1549/shell-q4-profits-plunge-75/ http://www.smoothlinking.net/financematters/1549/shell-q4-profits-plunge-75/#comments Thu, 04 Feb 2010 08:34:11 +0000 Kay Murchie http://www.financemarkets.co.uk/?p=16542 Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell has today posted a 75% fall in profits for the fourth quarter to $1.2 billion (£755 million), compared with the $4.8 billion the company made a year ago.
The Anglo-Dutch company, which is Britain’s second largest oil company, has been hit by a slump in demand for oil from a weak [...]
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