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Fed unlikely to boost rates
AFP, Washington
The tough talk on inflation from Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke and his colleagues is unlikely to lead to a boost in interest rates -at least for now, economists say.
Even as central bank officials step up hawkish rhetoric, base rates will likely be held steady at 2.0 percent at a two-day meeting opening Tuesday of the Federal Open Market Committee, most analysts predict.
The Fed appears to be in a box with inflation pressures heating up even as the economy teeters on the brink of recession.
The central bank has slashed rates since last September by 3.25 percentage points in an effort to fire up growth, but officials appear to be signaling that cycle of cuts is over, and that inflation is now the biggest threat.
"The Fed is approaching a danger point, in our opinion," said Ethan-Harris, senior economist at Lehman Brothers.
"It is very unusual for it to contemplate hiking rates when the unemployment rate is steadily moving above its inflation-neutral level. Moreover, the rise in inflation expectations is clearly due to surging commodity prices, not an economic overheating."
David Kotok, chairman of Cumberland Advisors, said the Fed "will not raise interest rates this year, at least not until after the (November presidential) election."
Luxury goods prices spike in Vietnam
Ann/Viet Nam News
Consumers can expect a price rise for mobile phones, cosmetics, alcohol and other luxury products, following an import duty hike that takes effect Friday.
Industry insiders forecast that the price rises will also hit automobile components.
Following a proposal from the ministry of industry and TYade, the Ministry of Finance decided to lift import duties from 3 to 10 per cent.
Nguyen The Hung, marketing director of Thegioididong, one of the country's leading mobile phone retailers, said the import duty rise would lead to a surge in mobile phone prices.
However, mobile phone companies have said the rise will be slight.
A representative from Nokia said his company had yet to make a final decision on raising prices. He said the import hike would have a negative impact on the psychology of domestic consumers, adding that Nokia would come to a final decision with its distributors and aimed to "minimise the negative impacts on consumers".
India lags behind China: Survey
Ann/ The Statesman
India is likely to witness the largest growth in its share of overall foreign investment over the next five years and should become the world leader for investment in manufacturing. But it is China that will corner the biggest chunk of corporate investment by 2013-14, moving ahead of even the US, global think-tank KPMG says in its latest survey released on Thursday.
‘‘As investments go global, the smart money is increasingly finding its way from the traditional investment destinations of the US and Europe to the BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China),” said KPMG CEO in India, Russel Parera. “The more recently recognised India opportunity is reflected in the fact that a significant amount of investment into India in the next five years is expected from first time investors," he added.
However, though the growth of Indian investment scenario is overwhelming, it is way behind China, already acknowledged as a major new economic power that is expected to receive funds from 24 per cent of corporate investors globally, the KPMG survey titled "Global Corporate Capital Flows 2008-09 to 2013-14" underlined.
Korea's graduate employment rate near OECD bottom
Ann/ The Korea Herald
The employment rate of college and university graduates in South Korea was the second-lowest among member countries of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in 2005, government data showed Thursday.
Officials attributed the low rate to the fact that the nation's female employment increased little despite a rising number of women completing higher education. More postsecondary graduates also put off landing jobs until they get decent ones, which also drives down the employment rate, they said.
Korea's employment of tertiary graduates stood at 76.8 per cent as of 2005, far lower than the OECD average of 84.1 per cent, the National Statistical Office said.
TUrkey placed last in the list with 76.1 per cent.