quarter on quarter

Growth has continued to slow in quarter-on-quarter terms and the economy is now expanding at an unremarkable pace.

The company's first quarter-on-quarter sales decline shows even the mighty search giant isn't immune to the pullback in and spending.

Against this background, Goldman Sachs is forecasting a marked slow down in quarter-on-quarter growth in Asia excluding Japan and China.

"We still have good traffic, and revenues are growing quarter on quarter, " he said.

For policy makers, the focus of attention should be the current momentum of the economy, shown by the quarter-on-quarter data.

Costs relating to troubled loans in the investment bank doubled year on year, with a sharp jump quarter on quarter in the loss rate.

It hasn't yet given an estimate of quarter-on-quarter growth for the second quarter, and in public is still not confident of its techniques.

The adjusted quarter-on-quarter calculation is a reflection of the current momentum of the economy, a comparison of today with yesterday.

But Brazil's economy failed to expand at all in the third quarter from the second quarter, remaining flat quarter-on-quarter, the IBGE said.

The statistics bureau had suggested that the quarter-on-quarter data would be available starting in 2010.

The German economy pulled out of recession in the second quarter, growing by 0. 3% quarter-on-quarter.

In the adjusted quarter-on-quarter calculation, however, comparing like with like is considerably more difficult.

The key is growth margins went in the right direction, unit volume increased quarter on quarter, and expenses came down.

Analysts will look at the growth of GNP, its trends, quarter-on-quarter, year-on-year, by analyzing the various components in detail.

Analysed by economic uses , lending grew in most sectors on a quarter -on-quarter comparison .

The picture looks a bit brighter in quarter-on-quarter comparisons, which are better for pin-pointing economic turning points.

The quarter-on-quarter calculation can also show the peaks and troughs in growth appearing at different points from the year-on-year data.

On a quarter-on-quarter basis, residential-property prices are dropping in 23 of the 45 countries surveyed by Knight Frank, an estate agent.

The central bank's new quarter-on-quarter number, if accurate, has some important implications.

The German economy showed a stellar quarter-on-quarter growth rate of 2. 2% in the second quarter.

The US figure would translate to a quarter-on-quarter expansion rate of about 0. 8%.

Quarter-on-quarter growth is the preferred measure in most major economies.

For China, there's been lots of debate recently over what quarter-on-quarter change is implied by the 6. 8% year-on-year growth rate.

Trade volumes rose by 6%, quarter-on-quarter, in the final three months of the year.

'We expect a final GDP recovery, on a quarter on quarter basis, to start by middle of 2010, ' Ma said.

One industry estimate suggested overall trading revenues were up 37 per cent quarter-on-quarter.

On a quarter-on-quarter basis, Taiwan's economy contracted at an annualised rate of 19. 36 per cent.

China's statistics agency has said it will start publishing quarter-on-quarter growth rates in 2010.

It has already been reported that eurozone retail sales shrank by 0. 7% quarter-on-quarter in the third quarter.

Private investment tumbled, with capital expenditure down 10. 4 per cent quarter-on-quarter.

Household consumption, down 1. 1 per cent quarter on quarter, remains worryingly weak.

Australia's GDP grew 0. 4 per cent quarter-on-quarter in the first three months of the year.

Search ad prices had also posted a 5% quarter-on-quarter rise.

But in seasonally adjusted, quarter-on-quarter terms, the economy grew by 2. 3%.

Private consumption, in particular, increased by 0. 4% quarter on quarter, following a contraction of 0. 2% in the previous quarter.

The 21-point quarter-on-quarter fall in the index was surpassed only by a 26-point plunge during the 1973-1974 oil shock.

JP Morgan gave an estimate of 1. 5 percent quarter-on-quarter annualized growth.

Household consumption grew by 0. 8% quarter on quarter.

In the third quarter, however, they dipped 40 per cent quarter on quarter.

consumption grew by 0. 8% quarter on quarter.

Hong Kong's first quarter GDP fell 7. 8 per cent over the same period last year, and 4. 3 per cent quarter on quarter.

Private consumption growth accelerated to 0. 6% quarter on quarter (from 0. 4% in the fourth quarter of 2009);