A Dun & Bradstreet survey of business expectations found sales expectations had risen by five points, to 33 index points the highest level in six years. Profit expectations increased by eight index points to 18 for the June quarter, the highest level in five years. The June

EXPECTATIONS for sales and profits for the June quarter are at their highest for at least five years, which indicates the worst of the global financial crisis has long passed, a survey shows. A Dun & Bradstreet survey of business expectations found sales expectations had risen 5 points, to

Gross domestic product grew at the fastest pace since the third quarter of 2000, Statistics Canada said today in Ottawa. The median estimate of 23 economists surveyed by Bloomberg News was for a 4.2 percent expansion, and the Bank of Canada had projected a 3.3 percent gain. The figures

Gross domestic product rose 0.3 percent from the third quarter, compared with a previous calculation of 0.1 percent growth, the Office for National Statistics said today in London. The median forecast in a Bloomberg News survey of 27 economists was for a 0.2 percent increase. Brown is seeking

Private consumption dropped 1 percent from the third quarter and capital investment fell 0.7 percent, the Federal Statistics Office in Wiesbaden said today. That offset the impact of a 3 percent jump in exports, leaving gross domestic product unchanged from the previous three-month period, the

Sunday February 21, 2010, 3:12 pm Fitch Ratings has upgraded Rio Tinto Ltd 's long term credit rating after the global miner reduced debt and on expectations that China will keep buying commodities. Rio's long term issuer default ratings and senior unsecured ratings were

The China economic story has a few decades to run, which will benefit the Australian economy , a senior Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) official says. RBA assistant governor of economics Philip Lowe says the continuing urbanisation in China and its subsequent investment in

Orders, an indicator of business investment in three to six months, climbed 20.1 percent from November, the Cabinet Office said today in Tokyo. The median forecast of 31 economists surveyed by Bloomberg News was for an 8 percent gain. A resurgence in overseas demand thanks to global stimulus

Capital investment expectations for the June quarter have risen to the highest level in seven years and employment expectations are back in the black, a business survey shows. Twelve per cent of firms surveyed expect to increase capital investment, while just two per cent are planning to