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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.
As the world’s second-largest economy, China relies heavily on coal to ensure the stable operation of its main industries, such as energy and steel. Rising energy consumption has already made China the world’s largest producer and ...
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The revenue of China’s paper sector in Q3 2017 amounted to RMB 403.4bn, up 10.4% y/y, thanks to increased paper and paper product sales and prices. The sales volume of machine-made paper and paperboard in the third quarter of 2017 rose by 7.2% ...
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Hungary’s food and beverage industry accounted for 4.6% of the total gross output and for 2.2% of the gross value added of the economy in 2016. The industry is a significant part of the manufacturing sector, accounting for 11.5% of its gross ...
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Russia’s healthcare and pharmaceutical sector was badly affected by the 2015-2016 recession, which resulted in a sharp drop in government spending, while the weak rouble and high inflation cut into households’ disposable incomes. Though ...
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In Q3 2017, the total passenger traffic, including airlines passenger traffic, highway passenger traffic, railway passenger traffic and waterway passenger traffic, dropped by 5% y/y to 4.7bn, due above all to a decrease in highway passenger traffic, ...
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In the third quarter of 2017, the growth of China’s textile sector slowed down, largely impacted by the government’s stricter environmental protection measures. In recent months as much as 40% of all Chinese factories have been shut down ...
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In Q3 2017 China continued to implement healthcare reforms which resulted in further development and growth of the sector. According to a health management summit held in Beijing in late 2017, the country’s healthcare market will reach RMB 4 ...
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Mexico is the second-largest economy in Latin America in terms of nominal GDP, and thereby a key consumer market in the region, with a population of over 122.8mn people, as of December 2016. Over the period 2011-2016, the trade sector performed well, ...
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Construction is a key sector in the Czech Republic’s economy. In 2016, it generated a gross value added (GVA) of CZK 234bn – 5.5% of the economy’s total GVA. Real estate activities generated a GVA of CZK 361bn in 2016 or about 8.4% ...
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In line with the beginning of the economic recovery in 2017, motor vehicle output and sales in Brazil rebounded after a prolonged period of contraction. Since 2014, the automotive sector in the country has experienced one of the deepest crises in its ...
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