"But the expansion of the world economy, though favourable for many developing countries, was built on unsustainable global demand and financing patterns.
Broadly favourableThe OECD's latest Economic Outlook concluded that prospects for the world economy were "broadly favourable".
"They're generally tech-savvy, and they came of age and went into the marketplace at a time when the economy was not favourable to them, so they don't have a traditional positive relationship with established businesses.
Still growingThe OECD, in a preliminary edition of its Economic Outlook, said that prospects for the world economy were more favourable than they had been for over ten years.
The company had lost two of its leading lights, at a time when the UK economy was far from favourable.
The suspicion among islanders is that the government is quietening a critical voice to ensure that potential investors in the new economy can expect a favourable reception.
Not only are the opinion polls clearly favourable and the economy only likely to get less so, but now that the Labour hierarchy has allowed the momentum for an early contest to build to such a pitch, failure to call one now risks looking like a lack of nerve.
The author only just stopped short of comparing Scotland to a newly independent banana republic.The new parliament has not pulled all the best, or even best-known, Scottish politicians back homeFeelings might be more favourable if the economy were stronger.
My purpose is to show how we are faring in relation to others and to suggest the possible effect on our lives of continuing decline.On the basis of historical experience it seems to me that it would be wrong to assume that a way of life, based as ours is on a relatively favourable and stable economy, will necessarily remain unimpaired if the conditions change.
"Brazil's historic humiliation has set off a warning signal in Dilma Rousseff's government, which fears that the bad mood stemming from the defeat may affect expectations for the economy - already not very favourable - as well as the campaign trail," a column in the Folha de Sao Paulo newspaper said.
