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Eurozone prices fall 0.2pc
AFP, Brussels
Consumer prices In the 16 euro countries fell by 0.2 per cent in August over 12 months markedly smaller than the record 0.7 percent fall registered in July, EU data showed on Monday.
August preliminary figures from the official Eurostat EU data agency marked the third month of the first-ever drop in prices since the euro bloc was formed in 1999. and a remarkable U-turn for Europe's economy.
The downward trend began in June with a 0.1 percent fall in prices across the 15 nation bloc.
After hitting a record high of 4.0 percent in June and July 2008, eurozone inflation has fallen sharply as oil and other commodity prices have collapsed in the face of the global economic downturn.
The consumer credit crunch has also hit spending, and therefore prices.
Most economists expected that eurozone inflation would dip briefly into negative territory but they have ruled out a longer downward spiral in prices like the one during Japan's "lost decade" in the 1990s.
While the prospect of falling prices may delight consumers it can wreak havoc on the broader economy as households put off purchases hoping for future bargains, undermining demand and in turn investment in new production.
Japan's factory output rises for fifth month
AFP, Tokyo
Japan's factories boosted production for a fifth straight month, but wages and retail sales remained weak, data showed Monday, highlighting the rocky recovery path facing the world's number two economy.
Industrial output increased by 1.9 percent in July from June, but was down 22.9 percent compared with a year earlier, reflecting a plunge in production at Japanese manufacturers since the global economic downturn began.
Factory output is expected to rise a further 2.4 percent in August and by 3.2 percent in September, according to the manufacturers' own forecasts, the trade and industry ministry said.
The figures supported hopes that the worst of Japan's export and production slump is over.
"We believe production is likely to continue trending higher into July-September on support from exports and economic stimulus," said Barclays Capital economist Kyohei Morita.
"However, we have yet to see a self-sustaining economic recovery backed by a turnaround in capital expenditure."
Australia won’t curb stimulus
AFP, Canberra
Australia on Monday said it was too early to wind back its multi-billion dollar economic stimulus measures, warning premature withdrawal would "knee-cap" recover}' from the global slump.
Treasurer Wayne Swan said government stimulus measures totalling more than 70 billion dollars (60 billion US) were the sole reason Australia's economy grew 0.4 percent in the March quarter, while many other economies shrank.
Although Australia has been the only major western nation to avoid a technical recession and while its recent economic indicators have been promising, Swan said support from government stimulus was still needed.
"To withdraw the stimulus now would simply kneecap the recovery and lead to much higher unemployment," he told reporters.
"The economic stimulus at the moment is vital to supporting business to keep customers coming through the door.”
The government handed out 10.4 billion dollars to pensioners and others in December, then earmarked 42 billion in February on measures including cash bonuses to eligible taxpayers and a massive school refit programme.
Nigeria files economic charges against bank chiefs
AFP, Lagos
The Nigerian anti-graft agency' on Monday filed charges against 16 bank chiefs arrested for incurring billions of dollars in bad loans for five ailing banks, a spokesman said.
"We filed fraud and economic charges against the 16 bank directors today at the federal high court in Ikoyi. Lagos," Femi Babafemi of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission's (EFCC), told AFP.
He said the suspects would be arraigned in the court on Monday afternoon.
"We got the approval of the attorney-general of the federation to file the charges and they will be arraigned this afternoon, "he said.
The heads of the five distressed banks were sacked on August 14 by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for mismanagement and running the institutions into insolvency.
The CBN said the total loan portfolio of the five banks Afribank, Intercontinental Bank, Union Bank. Oceanic Bank and Finbank - stood at 2.8 trillion naira (17.8 billion dollars, 12.6 billion euros).