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The Banking & Insurance sector – often referred to as the lifeblood of the real economy – is of vital importance in the modern credit-driven economic growth model. Among its functions are intermediation between savers and borrowers, ensuring funds are allocated efficiently; support of payment and settlement systems that facilitate trade and international economic relations; and provision of various products that mitigate risk and uncertainty. The accelerating pace of technological change, stricter regulation and shifting consumer habits are reshaping the traditional banking model and pushing the sector towards innovation-led growth.
Activities associated with Banking & Insurance are depositary and non-depositary credit intermediation and related activities, investment banking, securities brokerage, commodity contracts dealing and diverse financial investment activities. The sector also includes insurers, re-insurers and insurance brokerages, pension funds, health and welfare funds, monetary authorities, stock exchanges, and collection and credit agencies.
The communications equipment sector has enjoyed marginal success in Q3 2017 in the face of high market saturation and domestic economic uncertainty. Inventory increased in a preparation for a record-selling Q4 due to the Chinese Single’s Day ...
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In the first nine months of 2017, the real investments and the building sales have been driven by the continuous rebound of the Chinese economy. While the growth in building sales since the beginning of 2017 slowed down to 14.6% y/y from 43.2% y/y in ...
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Mexico’s construction sector accounted for 8% of the country’s GVA, 5.6% of FDI inflows and 8.1% of the labour force in 2016. Construction activities followed a downward trend during the first nine months of 2017, as a result of lower ...
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China produces one-third of the world’s meat, a quarter of the world’s fruit and one-fourth of the world’s beer. It also consumes half of the world’s vegetables and a third of the world’s baijiu. In the first nine ...
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China, with its huge manufacturing sector, is the world’s largest consumer of all kinds of base metals, as well as the largest producer of metal products. The country also ranks as the biggest producer of iron, aluminium, lead and zinc in the ...
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China, with its huge manufacturing sector, is the world’s largest consumer of all kinds of base metals, as well as the largest producer of metal products. The country also ranks as the biggest producer of iron, aluminium, lead and zinc in the ...
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In the third quarter of 2017 the revenue of the ferrous metal smelting and pressing sector marked an increase of 14.6% y/y, reaching RMB 1.8bn. Steel prices continued to rise, as a result of the tightening supply of steel products due to the ...
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The food and beverage sector does not take a significant share in Russia’s economy, generating just 1.9% of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) and employing 1.7% of the total workforce in 2016. The sector’s gross value added ...
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The third quarter of 2017 recorded a stable growth in the sales and output of motor vehicles, a more intense competition between major players, leading to lower prices and profit declines y/y. Imports grew faster compared to exports, showing a growth ...
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The sales revenue of China’s car parts sector is estimated to have reached RMB 3,456bn in 2016 – an increase of 7.6% y/y over 2015 – according to the latest annual growth estimates by the China Association of Automobile ...
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