China's total trade surplus rose $4.7 billion from $14.2 billion in March to $18.9 billion in April. Although exports declined by $4.1 billion in April, imports declined even more--by $8.8 billion. The seasonally adjusted trade [...]
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Global| May 09 2011German Trade in Goods Improves in March in spite of Rising Euro
Germany's exports of goods rose 7.3% from 84.7 billion euros in February to 90.9 billion euros in March. The rise in imports was smaller, 3.0% from 73.46 billion euros to 75.7 billion euros in March, resulting in an increase of 3.96 [...]
- Global| May 03 2011
Inflation Expectation For South Korea And India
Inflation expectations have been added to the Haver Data Base, EMERGEPR for South Korea and India. The South Korea data include monthly data, starting in February 2002 on the average expected inflation rate over the next twelve [...]
- Global| May 02 2011
April Manufacturing PMI For Euro-Area Still Strong
The Purchasing Managers Index for manufacturing in the Euro Area recovered in April some of the momentum lost in March. Although the index declined in March it remained in the expansion zone, that is over 50%. The index increased in [...]
- Global| Apr 26 2011
Widening Interest Rate Differentials World Wide Are Encouraging Carry Trades
The monetary authorities in Japan and the United States appear to be more concerned about the pace of recovery than about inflation. They are showing little signs of raising their very low official rates--close to zero in Japan, and [...]
- Global| Apr 25 2011
Preliminary Indicators of the Economic Effects of Japan's March Earthquake and Tsunami
It is not yet possible to quantify the damage to Japan's economy from the March Earthquake, Tsunami and the subsequent damage to its nuclear facilities. There are plenty of descriptions of the devastation and warnings of potential [...]
- Global| Apr 11 2011
Contrasting Trends in Industrial Production: Far East Vs Euro Area
Four more countries reported February data for Industrial production data today--India and Malaysia, representing the Far East; and France and Italy, representing the Euro Area. On the basis of the country data it appears that [...]
- Global| Apr 05 2011
UK: To Raise Or Not To Raise Interest Rate on April 11?
What will the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee do about the official bank rate when it meets on April 11? The rate has been held at 0.5% since March 5, 2009 and inflation concerns are rising. The incoming data continue to [...]
- Global| Apr 04 2011
Canada Business Opinion Turns More Negative
The Bank of Canada's Business Outlook Survey shows increased pessimism among businessmen in the first quarter of this year. The balance of opinion on future sales growth, which declined seven percentage points in the fourth quarter of [...]
- Global| Mar 15 2011
Germany's ZEW Indicators: A Hint Of What The Impact Of The Japanese Earthquake Might Be On German Activity
Germany's ZEW Indicator of Economic Expectations, based on the opinions of institutional investors and financial analysts, fell 1.6 points from 15.7% in February to 14.1% in March. The slight drop hides a much more dramatic decline in [...]
- Global| Mar 14 2011
Japan: Some Economic Consequences of the Kobe Earthquake of 1995
While the recent earthquake in Japan in terms of lives lost and property damage, to say nothing of the potential nuclear fallout, exceeds that of the Kobe earthquake of 1995, a look at the economic statistics following that earthquake [...]
- Global| Mar 08 2011
German Manufacturing New orders and Sales: An Increase in Domestic Demands?
The Value of Manufacturing New Orders in Germany were strong in January, up 3.7% from December. Following the peak of 129.6 (2005=100) reached in November 2007, the value of new orders dropped 39% to 79.2 in February, 2009. The [...]
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