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BRISBANE, Dec 3 Asia Pulse - A top Australian trade adviser said today that global markets were showing signs of recovery, three months after the September 11 terrorist attacks.
Australian Trade Commission (Austrade) executive general manager Roger Bayliss said the terrorist attacks had dramatically impacted on global markets, but signs of recovery were apparent.
"While the major one-off economic impact of the attacks has been estimated at $US350 billion ($A678.69 billion) in economic losses worldwide, or equal to one per cent of global output, the vast majority of global equity markets have recovered to above pre-September 11 levels," Mr Bayliss said.
"And global growth is expected to return by the third quarter of 2002.
"Our major concern is that Australian businesses could risk losing market share and opportunities to our overseas competitors, ...