German business confidence improved in January in contrast to that of investors and consumers, but it is still relatively subdued. The IFO institute, which surveys some 7000 executives in manufacturing, construction, wholesale and [...]
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Global| Dec 26 2009Less Pessimism Among German Business Executives
- Global| Dec 22 2009
German Consumer Climate Cooling Slightly
According to the latest GfK* survey, the German Consumer Climate is cooling, not that it was recently especially warm. Based on consumers' appraisals of the outlooks for the economy and their personal situation and their willingness [...]
- Global| Dec 21 2009
Japanese Trade Balance Improves
Japanese balance of trade continues to improve in spite of the high and rising yen. In November the seasonally adjusted trade balance was 492.4 billion yen, up from the low point reached in January, 2009 when the balance was a [...]
- Global| Dec 15 2009
Rising Exports Fuel Rise in Japanese Industrial Production
The ZEW indicator of investors sentiment in Germany declined for the third month in December. The percent balance of opinion on macro expectations six months ahead is now at 50.4%, down 7.3 percentage points from the peak of 57.7% in [...]
- Global| Dec 14 2009
A Pause In Economic Activity In The European Union
After rising for five consecutive months, industrial production fell 0.6% in the Euro Area in October and 0.7% in the entire European Union. The attached chart shows the index of Industrial Production (2005=100) for the Euro Area and [...]
- Global| Dec 08 2009
German Industrial Production Falls In October
German Industrial Production declined almost 2% to 95.7 (2005=100) in October, from 97.5 in September. Although expectations had been for a small rise, yesterday's sobering report on new orders should have dampened expectations. Among [...]
- Global| Dec 07 2009
German Manufacturing New Orders Decline In October
German manufacturing new orders in volume terms fell 2.14% in October to 91.4 (2005=100) from 93.4 in September. This was the first drop since orders began to rise in March of this year. Domestic orders were down only 0.55% but [...]
- Global| Dec 07 2009
German Manufacturing New OrdersDecline In October
German manufacturing new orders in volume terms fell 2.14% in October to 91.4 (2005=100) from 93.4 in September. This was the first drop since orders began to rise in March of this year. Domestic orders were down only 0.55% but [...]
- Global| Dec 01 2009
German Unemployment Rate Declines
The Bundesbank announced today that the Registered unemployment rate in Germany declined in November to 8.1% from 8.2% in the preceding three months. At the same time, Eurostat reported harmonized unemployment rates for October. On [...]
- Global| Nov 30 2009
The Canadian Economy Begins to Show Growth
Canada's Real Gross Domestic Product rose 0.40% on an annual rate basis in the third quarter, its first increase after three quarters of decline. The annual rate of rise was smaller than the 2% the Bank of Canada had predicted a month [...]
- Global| Nov 24 2009
Business Confidence In Germany And France
Overall business confidence in Germany and in France improved slightly in November. Confidence in both countries, however, is still subdued. In Germany, confidence is measured in two ways: (1) as a percent difference between the [...]
- Global| Nov 23 2009
Thailand Adds To The Asian Recovery
Thailand continues to recover from recession. On a quarter to quarter basis the third quarter Real Gross Domestic Product rose 1.35% compared with 2.27% in the second quarter, as shown in the first chart. The smaller increase in the [...]
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