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World Bank Chief Economist Justin Yifu Lin says China shouldn't be forced to let its currency appreciate as a way to rebalance the world economy, staking out a strong position that runs contrary to calls from policy makers in Europe, Japan and elsewhere.

Korea's economy will grow 4.7 percent in 2010, driven by robust household consumption and the revival of exports, an editor of U.K. magazine the Economist said yesterday.

Celebrated playwright George Bernard Shaw once famously quipped: "If all economists were laid end to end, they would not reach a conclusion."

Citigroup on Tuesday announced that it has appointed Minggao Shen as chief economist for Greater China, a newly created position in the bank.Johanna Chua, chief economist for Citi Asia-Pacific, said that Shen, who will be based in Hong Kong, will take on macroeconomic analysis and research with a primary...

* Caijing chief economist Shen Minggao quits * Returns to Citi as chief Greater China economist * Caijing turns to four part-time economists (Adds comments from Caijing, Shen's background) HONG KONG/BEIJING, Aug 11 - Shen...

HONG KONG/BEIJING, Aug 11 - Shen Minggao, chief economist for Chinese magazine Caijing, will rejoin his former employer Citigroup to cover macroeconomic research in the Greater China region, according to an internal memo. Shen's new...

* Economist Frank Gong becomes a top China banker * Gong is well known for his bullish China forecasts * Gong expected to seek more corporate clients in China (Adds comments from Frank Gong) HONG...

BEIJING, July 27 - China must continue to use fiscal and monetary policy to stimulate the economy or face a backslide in growth, the national statistics agency's chief economist said in remarks published late Sunday....

BEIJING, July 22 - The Chinese economy is unlikely to double-dip in the second half as export growth will pick up even as the impact of stimulus spending weakens, a government economist said in remarks...

SEOUL, June 24 - The recent sharp rebound in oil prices appears to have been driven by speculative bets and is unlikely to be maintained without a recovery in real demand, the IMF's chief economist...