The OECD now reckons that the fallout from the financial crisis will, on average, knock some 3% off rich countries' potential output.
Retail stocks were under pressure in afternoon trading after major U.S. store chains reported generally weak October sales, clipping 32.41 points off the Dow Jones industrial average and knocking the benchmark index below the recently attained 12,000 level, to 11,998.61.
Retail stocks were under pressure in morning trading after major U.S. store chains reported generally weak October sales, clipping 36.98 points off the Dow Jones industrial average and knocking the benchmark index below the recently attained 12,000 level, to 11,994.04.
The US industrial average was knocked by record-breaking losses at insurer AIG.
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Meanwhile, Halifax reported a 0.6% drop in house prices in June, knocking the average price of a UK home down £1,100 to £183,462.
Indeed they are the most avid revisers, knocking an average 0.62% off the numbers.In contrast, funds with no need to beat past high-water marks typically inflated their first submissions by 0.4%, making them look more successful to prospective backers.
My favourite, however, is from somewhere that I've sadly never been, but am now even keener to visit – Trinidad and Tobago, where the average lunchtime sarnie knocks our chilly triangles of egg mayonnaise for six.
The last is where the dollars really add up: It costs an average of $57 to knock on the door of each person who has not mailed in the 10-question form.
If Brown-Forman's figures are correct, even a conservative estimate suggests that on average every Chinese adult is knocking back a couple of litres of fake alcohol a year.
