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Investors will want Beijing to take a bolder stance to revive its economy, which is still sputtering amid a four-plus year downturn in the real estate market and battered business and consumer confidence.

Rashad quickly realizes that, out in the middle of nowhere, he has hit a dog, and now his car is sputtering and stalled.

One of the cylinders in the U.S. economic engine is causing some sputtering.

He made the comments after the central bank surprised markets by holding its policy rate at 1.50% Wednesday, despite below-target inflation and sputtering growth.

But throughout Hollywood, mega-franchises that once fueled the industry are sputtering.