The economy is shifting from consumption to investment growth. The long commodity boom will also promote spending on construction and engineering that will grow the economy further.

Foreign direct investment is so important to the growth of China's economy that the national government doesn't want to do anything to endanger that.

With strong investment growth and an expected improvement in exports, our forecast for the economy overall is that annual GDP growth will pick up modestly during 2006 to about 3.25 pct.

Truth is commodity in political consumption.

Falling investment and poor productivity threaten Britain's long-term economic growth and competitiveness in the new global economy.

It looks like manufacturing is still under pressure. We're getting to a stage of a two-speed economy where the manufacturing sector needs lower interest rates but the consumption side doesn't.