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OECD says Britain must restore sound public finances
AFP, London
The British government must restore sound public finances once recovery' takes hold, and improve credit conditions to help the economy emerge from recession, the OECD said in a report on Monday.
"As in most other OECD countries, the fiscal situation has deteriorated sharply." the Paris based OECD said in its 2009 UK economic survey.
"Room for additional fiscal stimulus is limited, although further targeted measures may be warranted if prospects weaken further.
"To maintain credibility and promote growth, the government should continue to develop a comprehen sive plan to rein back debt to a prudent level once the recovery’ has taken hold "
The OECD added: "The schedule for rebalancing the budget after die current economic downturn abates should be more ambitious.
Britain's public finances have come under intense strain since late 2007 as the global financial crisis forced the state to spend billions to nationalise or take majority control of several large banks.
Last weeki, the OECD had forecast that the recessionhit British economy would shrink by 4.3 percent this year. That was worse than government's official forecast of a 3.5-percent contraction.
"In the short term, the policy priority must be to further improve conditions in credit markets. This is essen tial for reviving the economy," the OECD said on Monday.
China luxury hotels hit by downturn, swine flu
Al l’, Beijing
Luxury’ hotels in Beijing have been forced to lay off staff and cut costs as the number of guests has plummeted due to the economic crisis and the swine flu outbreak, state media said Monday.
The average occupancy rate at the capital's star-rated hotels was 44.5 percent during the first quarter of the year, down from 54.6 percent in die same period a year ago, the China Daily said, citing official figures.
Some hotels even saw the level slump to just three percent, thepapersaid, citing anecdotal evidence.
"It's slash and burn, " said an expat chef at one five-star hotel in Beijing, who was recently asked to resign or face being sacked.
"During the Olympics, rooms were going for 6,000 to 7000 yuan (875 dollars to 1,020 dollars) a night. Now they are going for 550 yuan," said the chef.
The paper quoted a manager at the Holiday Inn Lido Beijing as saying die hotel had received a double blow."
Earlier in the year, businesspeople stopped coming due to the economic downturn, and in May the first case of swine flu or A(H1N1) was detected in Beijing, causing the number of tourists to fall.
European economic confidence improves: EU survey
AFP, BruueIs
European business and consumer confidence firmed in June for the third month running albeit from depressed levels, according to an EU survey on Monday.
The European Commssion's economic sentiment indicator for the 16-nation eurozone rose to 73.3 points in June from 70.2 points, climbing further away from a record low 64.6 points reached in March.
Meanwhile, in the 27-nation European Union the indicator rose to 71.1 points from 67.9.
"The increase observed at sector and country level is mainly driven by improving expectations, as the main economic actors seem to be gaining confidence that the crisis is easing," the commission said in the report.
"In a consistent development, employment expectations picked up in industry and services and consumers' unemployment expectations decreased," it added.
The improvement was driven by higher consumer and service sector confidence in particular, and to a lesser degree industry as well.
Japanese industrial output rises for third month
AFP, Tokyo
Japan's industrial output rose for a third straight month, matching the fastest pace in 56 years, as the world's number two economy claws back from its worst recession on record, data showed Monday.
Japanese manufacturers moved swiftly to idle production lines after the global economic downturn sent their exports plunging. Having succeeded in reducing their bloated stockpiles, they are now ratcheting up output again.
Production rose 5.9 percent in May from the previous month, matching April's revised growth, which was the strongest since a record 7.9 percent increase in March 1953, according to the trade and industry ministry.
Market expectations had been for a slightly bigger increase of 6.9 percent. Compared with a year earlier, production was down 29.5 percent, underscoring the drastic measures taken by firms since the economic crisis erupted