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The Fed predicts a 5.2 percent rate of inflation, as measured by the personal consumption expenditures price index, before falling rapidly to 2.6 percent next year and 2.2 percent in 2024, Chair Jerome Powell says during a press conference. SOUNDBITE
Buenos Aires, Jun 23 (EFE) .- (CAMERA: Alberto Caratozzolo) The gross domestic product (GDP) of Argentina registered a year-to-year rise of 2.5 percent in the first quarter of the year, according to the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (Indec).
Ho Chi Minh, Sep 29 (EFE/EPA) .- Vietnam's GDP grew 2.62 percent year-on-year in the third quarter thanks to increased exports of electronic parts, steel and other industrial products , the National Statistics Office reported on Tuesday.(Camera: LINH LUONG THAI)SHOT LIST: THE MID-AUTUMN FESTIVAL CELEBRATIONS IN HO CHI MINH, VIETNAM.
The chair of the US Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell, predicts an annual inflation rate of 4.2 percent in 2021, up from the 3.4 percent forecast in June, dropping to 2.2 percent in 2022. SOUNDBITE
Tokyo, Aug 16 (EFE/EPA).- Japan's gross domestic product grew 7.5 percent between April and June compared to the same period of the previous year, mainly driven by the recovery in consumption, according to government data published Monday.Compared to the first quarter of 2021, the world’s third largest economy grew 0.3 percent, due to the persistent impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to preliminary data from the Japanese Cabinet Office.The economic growth in the second quarter of this year is mainly due to the 7.3 percent increase in household consumption, the main pillar of Japan’s GDP, which had been suffering from the successive states of emergency in the country. Citizens reacted with increasing indifference to this despite the rebound in infections. (Camera: ARCHIVE).ARCHIVE FOOTAGE SHOWS PEDESTRIANS ON STREETS OF TOKYO, AND PEDESTRIANS WALK ON THE SHIBUYA SCRAMBLE CROSSWAY IN TOKYO, JAPAN.
London, May 12 (EFE) .- (Camera: Clàudia Sacrest) The British gross domestic product (GDP) registered a contraction of 1.5% in the first quarter of 2021, but in March it grew by 2,1%, helped by the beginning of the lifting of restrictions by Covid-19.FOOTAGE OF TRADING IN TOWER BRIDGE AND LONDON BRIDGE, AND SHOPS AND COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY IN OXFORD STREET.