{"id":1581,"date":"2014-11-14T07:05:33","date_gmt":"2014-11-14T12:05:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=1581"},"modified":"2014-11-14T07:05:33","modified_gmt":"2014-11-14T12:05:33","slug":"cold-comfort-as-france-germany-eke-out-growth-reuters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=1581","title":{"rendered":"Cold comfort as France, Germany eke out growth | Reuters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2014\/11\/14\/us-markets-global-idUSKCN0IY02H20141114\">Cold comfort as France, Germany eke out growth | Reuters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 15px; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; line-height: 23px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 20px 0px;\">(Reuters) &#8211; European\u00a0<span class=\"mandelbrot_refrag\"><a class=\"mandelbrot_refrag\" style=\"color: #006e97; text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/finance\/stocks?lc=int_mb_1001\" data-ls-seen=\"1\">stocks<\/a><\/span>\u00a0were flat on Friday after gross domestic product numbers showed both France and Germany grew marginally in the third quarter, while the dollar rose further against the yen on expectations of a snap election in\u00a0<span class=\"mandelbrot_refrag\"><a class=\"mandelbrot_refrag\" style=\"color: #006e97; text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/places\/japan?lc=int_mb_1001\" data-ls-seen=\"1\">Japan<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 15px; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; line-height: 23px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 20px 0px;\">The European data confirmed that the outlook for much of the world\u00a0<span class=\"mandelbrot_refrag\"><a class=\"mandelbrot_refrag\" style=\"color: #006e97; text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/finance\/economy?lc=int_mb_1001\" data-ls-seen=\"1\">economy<\/a><\/span>\u00a0still looks much shakier than for the United States, although France beat expectations. Asian\u00a0<span class=\"mandelbrot_refrag\"><a class=\"mandelbrot_refrag\" style=\"color: #006e97; text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/finance\/stocks?lc=int_mb_1001\" data-ls-seen=\"1\">stocks<\/a><\/span>\u00a0fell following the latest signs that growth in China is slowing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 15px; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; line-height: 23px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 20px 0px;\">Energy stocks were depressed as\u00a0<span class=\"mandelbrot_refrag\"><a class=\"mandelbrot_refrag\" style=\"color: #006e97; text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/finance\/commodity?symbol=GB@IB.1&amp;lc=int_mb_1001\" data-ls-seen=\"1\">crude oil<\/a><\/span>\u00a0hovered near a four-year low in an oversupplied market and the Russian ruble, hammered in recent weeks as world oil prices fell, was again testing record lows around 48 rubles per dollar.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 15px; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; line-height: 23px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 20px 0px;\">Germany&#8217;s\u00a0<span class=\"mandelbrot_refrag\"><a class=\"mandelbrot_refrag\" style=\"color: #006e97; text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/finance\/economy?lc=int_mb_1001\" data-ls-seen=\"1\">economy<\/a><\/span>\u00a0eked out growth of 0.1 percent on the quarter, while France &#8211; generally seen as in deeper trouble than its neighbor &#8211; grew by 0.3 percent. Overall\u00a0<span class=\"mandelbrot_refrag\"><a class=\"mandelbrot_refrag\" style=\"color: #006e97; text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/subjects\/euro-zone?lc=int_mb_1001\" data-ls-seen=\"1\">euro zone<\/a><\/span>\u00a0data was due later.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 15px; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; line-height: 23px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 20px 0px;\">&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cold comfort as France, Germany eke out growth | Reuters. (Reuters) &#8211; European\u00a0stocks\u00a0were flat on Friday after gross domestic product numbers showed both France and Germany grew marginally in the third quarter, while the dollar rose further against the yen on expectations of a snap election in\u00a0Japan. 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