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China considers $54b stimulus plan
AFP, Shanghai
China is considering a 54 -billion-dollar stimulus plan involving tax cuts and government spending, state media said Monday, in another sign that boosting the economy is becoming a priority.
The 370-billion yuan proposal, which has yet to be finalised, includes 220 billion yuan in fiscal spending and 150 billion yuan in tax cuts, according to the Economic Observer, a weekly newspaper.
News of the plan follows a slowdown in Chinese economic expansion, which some experts fear could intensify following the end of the Olympics in Beijing.
There are also concerns about the Asian giant's export engine as US growth struggles and recession looms over both Japan and the Eurozone.
"The report docs have a great deal of credibility," said Shanghai-based Oriental Securities economist FengYuming.
Chinese economic growth slowed to 10.4 percent in the first half from 11.9 percent for all of 2007, partly because of a deceleration in export growth.
Recent data showed China's trade surplus declined 9.6 percent in the first seven months of 2008 from the same period last year, confirming the impact of the US-led global economic slowdown.
Sanyo to pull out of Indian
TV venture
AFP, Tokyo
Japan's Sanyo Electric Co. is pulling the plug on a lossmaking joint venture in India producing cathode-ray tube televisions, a spokesman said Monday.
Sanyo closed a factory in Bangalore run jointly with Indian electronics company BPL last month and will shift the production to Indonesia, disbanding the joint venture by March next year.
"Because of the increasingly fierce competition, we don't expect the business performance there to improve in the future." said Sanyo spokesman Ryo Hagiwara, adding that cathode-ray tubeTVs no longer meet the market's demands.
Japanese electronics makers have been scaling down, or withdrawing from, production of the old-style box TVs in response to a consumer shift tow'ard sleek new liquid crystal display or plasma televisions.
Sanyo has slashed thousands of jobs and sold non-core operations as part of a massive overhaul in recent years, while increasing its focus on rechargeable batteries and environment-friendly technology.
Dollar gains on worries about European economies
AFP, Tokyo
The dollar rose against the euro and pound in Asian trade Monday on growing speculation about interest rate cuts in Europe to shore up flagging economic growth there, dealers said.
Sterling fell below 1.85 dollars for the first time in more than two years, hit by mounting concerns about the health of the British economy.
The euro slipped to 1.4713 dollars in Tokyo afternoon trading from 1.4779 in New York late Friday and to 161.89 yen from 162.61.
The dollar was also trading at 110.03 yen compared with 110.01 yen in New York.
"It's not any specific cue today, but the pound has entered a technical downtrend," Keiichi Iguchi, a dealer at Resona Bank, told Dow Jones Newswires.
"Technical selling for the euro isn't that strong yet, but the euro is still likely to fall a little more," he said." Many players appear to be keen to buy back the dollar.”
Thai economic growth falls to 5.3 pc
AFP, Bangkok
Thai economic growth dropped to 5.3 percent in the second quarter of 2008, official figures showed Monday, as political uncertainty, soaring inflation and weak domestic demand hit the kingdom.
The National Economic and Social Development Board said gross domestic product (GDP) growth at an annual rate was down from a revised 6.1 percent in the first quarter of the year.
The board's secretary general Amphon Kittiamphon said the decline was due to lower government spending and a slowdown in private sector investment.
Despite that, the board forecast the Thai economy would likely grow between 5.2 and 5.7 percent this year, up from its Mayprojectionof4.5and5.5percent.
If the government pushes forward with its mega projects including infrastructure construction, as well as creating confidence among investors, our GDP in the last six months of this year is most likely to be no less than 5.2 percent," Amphon told reporters.