Japan's January business conditions indexes suggest that the Japanese economy has gained the momentum it appeared to have lost in the fourth quarter when the Gross Domestic Product fell by 1.1% on a seasonally adjusted annual rate. [...]
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Global| Mar 07 2011Japan's Business Conditions Index
- Global| Mar 01 2011
Unemployment In Germany And Other Countries In The Euro Area
Germany reported today that its unemployment rate declined from 7.4% in January to 7.3% in February, the lowest level since December 1991. Harmonized unemployment rates for all the members of the Euro Area and European Union were also [...]
- Global| Feb 28 2011
Japan In The Data News
Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) issued a number press releases today, detailing Japan's Industrial Production, Industry Shipments and Inventories, and Retail Trade. And Markit Economics released its purchasing [...]
- Global| Feb 22 2011
Another Look At The German Consumer Outlook
GfK, one of the largest market research companies in the world, reported today that German "consumer sentiment remains on the ascent"--the overall indicator has been rising steadily since June 2010, when it was 3.5, to 5.8 in February [...]
- Global| Feb 21 2011
German Overall Business Confidence Indicator Rises But Confidence In Retail Trade Continues To Weaken
Confidence, as measured by the IFO, is at an all time high among Germany's businessmen engaged in industry and trade. The February release shows that the balance of opinion on the Business Climate was 21.9% an increase of 1.9 [...]
- Global| Feb 15 2011
ZEW Survey: Germans See Improvement In The Economy But Are Beginning To Worry About Profits
The February results of the ZEW survey of some 267 analysts and institutional investor in Germany show small improvements in their appraisal of current conditions and their expectations for the next six months. Their expectations for [...]
- Global| Feb 14 2011
China: Exports Fall, Imports Rise. Result a Smaller Surplus
China reported a trade surplus of $6.5 billion for January, a decline of $6.6 billion from December, 2010 and $7.7 billion below January of a year ago. The decline from December was the result of 2.2% decline in exports and a 2.3% [...]
- Global| Feb 08 2011
Differences In Inflation: Chile; Latvia And Pakistan
Chile, Latvia, and Pakistan reported their inflation rates for January today. The year to year change in the Consumer Price Index--the most common measure of inflation--was 2.73% for Chile, 3.66% for Latvia and 14.19% for Pakistan.The [...]
- Global| Feb 07 2011
Growth In Pacific Rim GDP Accelerates In Q4 2010: Indonesia, The Latest To Report
Indonesia is the sixth Pacific Rim country to report an increase in its rate of growth in the fourth quarter of 2010. The other countries are China, Singapore, the Philippines, Korea and Vietnam. The quarterly year to year growth [...]
- Global| Feb 01 2011
Australia: Business Confidence And Manufacturing PMI
Australia, barely recovering from the floods of the last two months, is now threatened with a devastating cyclone. The effects of the flooding are only beginning to be reflected in the country's statistics. The consumer price index, [...]
- Global| Jan 31 2011
Why Now? The Revolutions In Egypt, Tunisia And Yemen
Rising food and oil prices and the large proportion of young people in the populations of Egypt, Tunisia and Yemen are inciting the citizens of these countries, finally, to revolt against long standing grievances. Data on these [...]
- Global| Jan 25 2011
More German Consumers Think Times Are Good For Making Major Purchases
The consumer climate in Germany, as measure by GfK* was unchanged in January at 5.5% but is forecast to increase to 5.7% in February. The consumer climate has improved slowly and haltingly from the low point in September and October [...]
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