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ECONOMY In the year to the second quarter, GDP rose by 5.8% in Turkey and by 5.9% in Hungary. In August the 12-month rate of consumer-price inflation slowed to 2.7% in South Korea, but it rose to 2.2% in Thailand and to 6.1% in Indonesia. Egypt's trade deficit narrowed to $11.5 billion in the 12 months to June.
This article appeared in the Economic & financial indicators section of the print edition under the headline “ECONOMY”
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