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ECONOMIC ENGINE [1 record]

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Record 1 2002-03-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economic Conditions and Forecasting
CONT

[Some] industries turn into engines (industries that push forward the economy as a whole)....

CONT

[Today] the high-growth strategic businesses - the engines - [fall] into four categories: 1) computers and semiconductors....; 2) health and medical care ...; 3) communications and telecommunications ...; 4) instrumentation (process controls, environmental equipment and consulting, optical instruments and lenses, engineering and scientific gear).

Key term(s)
  • engine of the economy
  • economic engine

French

Domaine(s)
  • Prévisions et conjonctures économiques

Spanish

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