David Cohen
David Cohen
Former writer for The Simpsons who helped develop the hit animated series Futurama.
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth13 July 1966
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It will be a solid performance, given the strong year-end export numbers and the general strength already seen in the regional economies.
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The U.S. and China continue as the primary engines of export growth for the region, and we are seeing improvements in Europe and Japan as well. Export strength is helping support investment and consumer demand.
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Exports held up at a solid increase and imports have been in a more moderate range, after skyrocketing in the middle of the year.
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Exports are susceptible to the pharmaceuticals number, which is volatile from month to month.
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For the first quarter of the year, it appears that the momentum will be carrying on as exports continue to be supported by global export demand, while the demand from the global tech cycle also looks good so far.
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The economy is finishing the year on a strong note. Exports have gotten back on track quite nicely, including electronics, which had a bit of difficulty at the start of the year. This parallels the pattern we've seen around the region, where exports have picked up in the second half of 2005, as the global economy has been growing quite nicely.
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The improvement in exports has been shared by regional neighbors. The electronics sector has been picking up in the region and the rest of the world, and that's one more sign that is continuing.
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We're in the process of transition as an industry, so there's still?a need for a specialist group to handle digital media. It's a matter of maturity.
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Our unwillingness to do a deal is keeping the spotlight on this original sin.
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I think that it is an excellent school, but it ought also to be a model for how to conduct employee relations, between an employer and an employee, and I don't think that it does that,
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It is an overpriced network compared to other regional sports networks around the country.
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I think Malaysia can hold its own. The natural resources remain a source of strength and the record in recent years has been reasonably encouraging, so I don't think they have to be paranoid.
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Manufacturing is picking up in the second half. Pharmaceuticals can be enormously volatile, but overall they are on an uptrend.
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You can argue that it's in everybody's interest to maintain a positive spin, but the point is the fundamentals in Indonesia and across the region are healthier than the case in 1997-98, particularly with most of the countries running current account surpluses and not dependent on borrowings from overseas.