But Germany's inflation rate is only 1% and it could well drop over the next year, as weaker growth causes its output gap to widen by more than elsewhere.

ECONOMIST: The world economy

According to such an interpretation, the drop in household saving, to only 1.5% of personal income in December, is no cause for alarm: households no longer need to save, because rising wealth in shares and homes will do it for them.

ECONOMIST: The American economy

While the magazine advertising pages across the industry were down 9.5% in 2008 and 20% in 2009, Meredith's magazines saw their ad pages drop 14% in 2008 and only 1% in 2009, according to Craig Huber, an analyst at Huber Research Partners.

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Enyimba's win means Sudanese side Al Hilal drop to second in the group as they could only draw 1-1 with CotonSport of Cameroon in Omdurman on Friday .

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Nevertheless, a survey of 100 economists painted a bleak picture of housing, as they expected prices to drop 2.5% this year, and then only rise 1.1% through 2015.

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According to calculations by Ms Johnson and Messrs Hooper and Marquez, a 1% drop in the dollar reduces Americans' demand for imports by only 0.3% in the long term.

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The high-school drop-out rate, for example, would fall only from 17.3% to 16.1%, and the proportion of teenage mothers from 20% to 18%.

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April 11 data showed only a 7-centimeter drop in the Guri water level and an even bigger increase in water intake 1, 035 cubic meters per second over a one-day period.

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