vrijdag 30 oktober 2009

Synthèse du Plan Marshall 2. vert

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Falling fertility

Astonishing falls in the fertility rate are bringing with them big benefits. Read the complete article in The Economist here.

A joyless recovery

THE American government reported on Thursday October 29th that gross domestic product rose at an annualised rate of 3.5% in the third quarter compared with the second. This was the first increase since the second quarter of 2008. It backs up other evidence that the recession ended in the third quarter or just before, though the official decision, by the National Bureau of Economic Research, a group of academic economists, is still some way off. Robert Gordon, a member of this group, is confident that the recession, which began in December 2007, ended in June. But at 18 months that would still make it the longest since 1933. Read the complete article in The Economist here.