And when the economy of the country was changing so drastically and there was no way for him to move the show around, like he had been, it was a very disappointing time for him.
"Essentially we've been talking about the poor, but we haven't had a real understanding of who the poor are, what kind of resources they have available, what we can do so they can really participate in the development of the economy and of the country, " says Ronaldo Zamora, executive secretary of the Philippine government.
Nevertheless, the freer the economy of the peripheral country, the more agilely they can adapt to problems among their trading partners, and the more quickly they can bounce back.
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An Iranian embargo of its own oil exports would complete the ruin of Iran's domestic economy by depriving the country of hard currency.
Macquarie forecasts that interest rates in China could begin to rise as early as the first quarter of next year due to the improving economy, which would benefit both of the country's two biggest insurers.
If it threatens the economy of this country, why can't the U.S. government be more forceful in either encouraging the Europeans on a certain path or helping them financially?
Consumption is the bulk of the American economy, accounting for 72% of the country's total GDP.
Syriza - an alliance of communists, feminists and ecologists - had avoided having to run the army of a Nato country and the economy of a collapsing state.
The Glazers, who also control publicly traded Manchester United of the Premier League, realize the economy is worse in Tampa than in most of the country.
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Most were small traders buying goods for resale at home, and giving a boost as they did so to the economy of eastern Poland, the poorest part of the country.
These included a bonus from the stabilisation, opening and reform of the economy in the 1990s, and a huge lift in the country's terms of trade, thanks to China's appetite for commodities.
But many investors, worried about the future of the market, the economy and the country, will want to adjust their investment portfolios.
Anyone closely following the Chinese economy as the country celebrates the Year of the Snake cannot help but notice an interesting paradox.
In his first remarks to the international media following the election, Mr. Najib told The Wall Street Journal in an interview on Tuesday that expanding the size and scope of the country's economy would help draw support back to the National Front, which has run the country uninterrupted since independence from Britain in 1957.
The March data showed the services sector, which makes up around 70% of the country's economy, saw the highest number of layoffs.
But he also managed to capture the heartlands of the new economy, including California, New York and many of the country's toniest suburbs.
The steady recovery in the U.S. has been supporting markets in the face of financial trouble in the 17-country eurozone, where the economy continues to wilt under the pressure of government budget cuts.
We are trying to develop a diverse economy in this part of the country.
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"Now, it might be in their country of origin if the country of origin has a growing economy -- for instance, think of Angola where there is growth, " he adds.
It seems as if India's influential Planning Commission realised this when it warned that the poor state of the country's economy was being forgotten amid the political crisis being faced by the United Front government.
Last month, Singapore's ministry of trade said the country's economy shrank by more than 4 percent in the fourth quarter of 2008.
Assuming the government does not bend to populist pressure and take economically hazardous steps like reducing the work week to four days, Israel's economy is likely to remain one of the country's most valuable strategic assets.
And I think that members who just got here this month, freshmen in the House and the Senate, I think will have that same measuring -- they want to -- they will look four years from now and say, did what I do in those four years improve the prospects of this country, help the economy grow, help the middle class, make us more secure or not?
"The transportation of energy in this country is so fundamental to the economy that I can't think of an asset I'd rather own, " Kinder says.
In rural Bangladesh some of the poorest women in that country have become the face of a global economy.
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No matter how you slice it, the clean economy is a driving force across many regions of the country.
If you have wondered why the Texas economy has out-performed the rest of t he country in recent years, you need look no further than that familiar check mark-shaped portion of South Texas that delineates the boundaries of the Eagle Ford Shale.
But is this the right thing to do - for the health of our economy, for the poorest in our society, for the future of our country?
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