ADVANCED countries registered anaemic growth earlier this year due to the moribund IT sector, weak equity markets, soft labour conditions, low capacity utilisation, terrorism concerns, as well as deflationary risks in Japan.
Growth in these countries were further weighed down by geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, a strong Euro and volatile oil prices.
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