May 17, 2013

Global economy lacking demand growth

Christine Lagarde delivers a speech at the Nikkei Special Forum in Japan ©Getty

For every nation reporting good news, there are weaker data elsewhere

A view of Moscow's Kremlin ©Reuters From WORLD May 17, 2013

Russia grows at slowest rate since 2009

Economy hurt by falls in investment and commodity prices

An LNG ship off the western coast of Australia From COMPANIES May 17, 2013

US energy revolution gathers pace

Obama approves wider LNG exports as door opens to Japan and EU

Thein Sein ©Bloomberg From WORLD May 17, 2013

US prepares red carpet for Myanmar leader

Key issues include rival bids for $1bn Yangon airport contract

An Irish commuter walks past the abandoned, unfinished headquarters of Anglo Irish Bank in Dublin on Thursday, March 22, 2012 pworld ©AP From WORLD May 17, 2013

Dublin proposes law to hold banking probe

Five years on, questions remain over what politicians and regulators knew

) A file photo dated 14 March 2013 shows a Volkswagen Golf VII being picked by an automatic elevator to be transported out of the glass silo, which is used as storage for new VW cars in the Autostadt in Wolfsburg, Germany. Volkswagen on 09 April 2013 posted its first monthly fall in sales in more than three years amid a slump in the European auto market. Europe's biggest car maker said sales of its flagship VW brand dropped by 0.8 per cent in March to 532,000, compared with the same month last year. ©EPA From COMPANIES May 17, 2013

EU car sales inch into positive territory

Early Easter helps carmakers end 18-month downward trend

MAY 17 ECONOMIC DATA - Click here for full calendar

Country Data Estimate Actual
Russia 1Q GDP (YoY) 1.3% 1.6%
Mexico 1Q GDP (YoY) 1.1% 0.8%
US Univ Michigan sentiment 78 83.7
Venezuela GDP (YoY) 1.4%