The European Commission's Economic Sentiment Indicator (ESI) for the twenty seven countries of the European Union increased in August to 102.7 from 102.0 in July and for the 16 countries of the Euro Area, to 101.8 from 101.1 in July. [...]
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Global| Aug 30 2010Economic Sentiment In Europe Improves, But Pessimists Still In The Majority
- Global| Aug 24 2010
Belgian Business Leaders More Confident
Belgian business leaders appear to be shrugging off warnings of an economic slow down. They have expressed more confidence in the economic outlook over the last two months. The National Bank of Belgium's confidence indicator rose from [...]
- Global| Aug 23 2010
Euro-Area : PMIs And Consumer Confidence
Today's news out of the Euro-Area continues to be relatively favorable. Although the Purchasing Mangers Survey of conditions in the Euro-Area showed small declines in the composite, manufacturing and service indexes, the indexes [...]
- Global| Aug 17 2010
German Investors Lower Their Appraisal Of The Outlook But Raise Their Appraisal Of The Current Economic Situation
The 284 German institutional investors and analysts who participated in the ZEW survey between July 26 and August 16 have become less optimistic about future economic conditions. At the same time, they raised their appraisal of the [...]
- Global| Aug 16 2010
China's Q2 GDP Tops Japan's For The Third Time
For the third time since December 2008 the seasonally unadjusted nominal gross domestic product of China has exceeded that of Japan as can be seen in the first chart. In the second quarter of this year, China reported GDP at $1337 [...]
- Global| Aug 10 2010
Industrial Production: France, Denmark And Finland
France, Denmark and Finland released their June Industrial Production Indexes today. All three indexes are based on 2005=100. Finland and Denmark showed increases from May: the former rose 2.1 points from 99.7 to 101.8 and the latter [...]
- Global| Aug 03 2010
Wheat Prices In Perspective
Wheat prices, as shown in the first chart, have risen sharply over the past few weeks as the implications of the severe weather conditions in many wheat growing countries for their wheat crop have become clear. (These are daily cash [...]
- Global| Aug 02 2010
Trends In French Industrial Turnover
The French industrial sector continues to improve despite a weak construction component. The index (2005=100) of Industrial Turnover (sales), excluding construction, declined from a peak of 117.2 in April, 2008 to 100.8 in March of [...]
- Global| Jul 27 2010
German Consumers: More Confident But Slightly Less Willing To Spend
The GfK group, a market research company headquartered in Nuremberg Germany, released data from its July survey of the German consumer today. Based on the opinions of some 2000 individuals, GfK found a marked improvement in the German [...]
- Global| Jul 26 2010
Continuing Inflation In India
India is experiencing high inflation in contrast to China and South Korea, as can be seen in the first chart that shows the year over year percentage changes in the consumer price indexes of the three countries. The financial crisis [...]
- Global| Jun 29 2010
French Households See Nothing To Cheer About
French households continue to express dissatisfaction with their lot. The June overall Household Confidence Indicator published by INSEE (Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economique) declined another point to -39% [...]
- Global| Jun 28 2010
New Zealand Business Confidence Begins To Weakens
The Bank of New Zealand reported a decline in overall business confidence today. The Bank surveys firms engaged in retail, manufacturing, agriculture, construction and the service industries and publishes the results for each industry [...]
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