The reason for the surprising exclusion of the ultra orthodox parties is the meteoric rise of the secular Yesh Atid party, headed by former TV personality and columnist, Yair Lapid.

Even if Japan had never experienced a real estate and stock market bubble, the meteoric rise of its giant neighbor China would have been a huge challenge.

The other trend is the rise of the populist SD.

The region took off in the 1970's with Apple's development of the personal computer, and it has exploded since then following the creation of the Internet and the enormous demand for software.

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Even faster growth will take place in the coming decades.

The privatization push continues at a breakneck pace in Portugal.

Saving in China is in part a virtuous circle rapid economic growth leads to high saving, which in turn sustains rapid growth.

Having missed their economic takeoff, many Muslim majority countries appear open to the call of Islamist fundamentalism.

Soaring speeches, high hopes, and great expectations have yielded minimal returns.

Growth took off in China. The Chinese started catching up very quickly with the United States.

If the U.S. stock market surge were indeed to end, or to reverse itself, what would be the consequences for the rest of the world?

It's a spectacular sight to see a flock of white doves take off into the sky, looking like a flash of festive fireworks.

This explosive growth was made possible by huge advances in science and technology.

Small wonder, then, that Germany s economy rockets when the world s demand for capital goods soars.

In the absence of relatively well paying jobs, what will happen to the lines of unemployed Gazans?

The potential flight of employment seekers a formidable force worldwide is only one problem.

The rapid spike in prices would harm all economies that import oil, regardless of where it comes from.

They argue that rapid financial sector growth reduces productivity growth in other sectors.

So far, China's economic exuberance has not translated to widespread confidence in job markets.

This is very good news in many ways. Rapid economic growth in developing countries is helping to alleviate poverty.

Across Tanzania's commercial capital, Dar es Salaam, both traffic and new construction are burgeoning.

Domestically, the royal family struck quickly, adopting a ban on public demonstrations and acts of civil disobedience.

Now I'm not talking about a radical drop in population like we saw in the Black Death.

The last six months have witnessed a proliferation of incidents along the 2,520 mile (4,057 kilometer) Sino Indian frontier.

This part of the revolution is far from over in fact, we are merely at the end of the beginning of this revolution. The explosion of computing capacity will soon introduce opportunities now out of reach of anyone's imagination today.

The rapid increase thus appears to be mostly the result of speculative momentum that occurred before the interest rate cuts.

The explosion of computing capacity will soon introduce opportunities now out of reach of anyone's imagination today.

Raising interest rates to the sky in a country that has bad banks and bad debt won't convince and ward off speculators.

When Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao visited India in 2005, he signed eleven agreements, including a comprehensive five year strategic cooperation pact.

Moreover, rapid population growth and bungled economic policy have made Iran excessively dependent on food imports.

Diversification of production took a back seat in policy decisions as commodity prices continued to fuel rapid growth.

For many economies, exports to America would slow, and growth would depend either on finding new markets (say, increased sales in Europe and Japan if those economies picked up), or on being able to increase domestic consumption and investment within those economies.

All in all, there is now hardly any doubt that the economic upturn in Germany that began in the summer of 2005 is now coming to an end.

If investors take money out of the US and park it in other markets, those economies would enjoy a boost of wealth and spending.

A surge in home prices has infected almost all advanced countries since 2000, with the exception of Germany and Japan.

But it was China s ability to sustain rapid economic growth for three decades that necessitated a revisionist look at statist capitalism.

Kondisi seperti ini tentu memiliki dampak jangka panjang seiring dengan berkurang jumlah penduduk usia kerja dan melonjaknya jumlah penduduk lanjut usia.

But soaring deficits did not return the economy to full employment, so the Fed did what it had to do cut interest rates.

Given rapid economic growth and continuous renminbi appreciation, Chinese GDP could exceed that of the US as soon as 2015.

Many of the problems that characterize the complex US Mexican relationship will be ameliorated if Mexico can sustain rapid economic growth.

Many believe the rapid increase in cancer rates is a result of environmental pollution from the last few decades of intense growth in China.

If the Fed does not postpone rate increases until the global economic weather clears, it risks an aborted takeoff the fate of many economies in the last few years.

While too rapid a rate of immigration can cause social problems, proponents argue that, over the long term, immigration strengthens the power of the US.

Beyond global factors that apply to all, rapid catch up growth requires sufficient investment in both physical and human capital.