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Mark Kopinski, chief investment officer, global and non-US equity at American Century Investments, looks at the guidelines set out in China's new Five-Year Plan and what they mean for investors.

The UK is heading for zero average GDP growth over the next five years, according to the chief strategist at Arbuthnot Securities.

India has faced a number of headwinds this year but the country still offers plenty of investment potential, writes Nitin Jain, principal fund manager at Kotak Mahindra (UK).

Sharat Dua, portfolio adviser to the Charlemagne Magna Africa fund, asks why the continent is not attracting investors' money.

Among the brigade of economists and investment strategists a depressing idea has been gaining traction in recent years, one we might call the Japanification of the Anglo Saxon world.

HSBC Asset Management's emerging market debt specialists Guillermo Osses, and Nathan Chaudoin discuss this diverse and rapidly growing marketplace.

UK output softened in the three months to August, and if the economy weakens further it will pave the way for more QE, according to the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR).

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The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) has slashed its forecast for UK GDP growth this year for the third time as the economy continues to wane.

The US Commerce Department has said US GDP rose at an annualised rate of 1% in the second quarter, down from an earlier estimate of 1.3%.