Among the many Haver data bases where information on Eastern European economies can be found are: EMERGECW, EUROSTAT, OECDMEI, OECDNAQ, IFS, EIUDEEUR and EIUIEEUR. EMERGECW contains data from the official country source. EUROSTAT [...]
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Global| Aug 25 2009Economic Information for Eastern European Countries
- Global| Aug 24 2009
More Good News From Asia: Thailand's Q2 GDP Increases 2.32%
Asian economies appear to be emerging from recession. Thailand is the latest Far Eastern country to report growth in its second quarter GDP.The second quarter was 2.32% above the first quarter. Contrary to the experience of other [...]
- Global| Aug 18 2009
Economic Sentiment In Germany's Financial Community Rises Sharply In August
The participants in the ZEW survey--institutional investors and analysts--have become much more positive about the outlook, six months ahead. The ZEW Economic Sentiment indicator increased 16.6 points in August to reach a percent [...]
- Global| Aug 17 2009
Skepticism Greets Announcement Of Japan's 2nd Quarter GDP
As generally expected, Japan's GDP rose in the second quarter, but the 3.7% annual rate of increase was below the 4-4.5% consensus estimate and failed to impress the financial markets. Japan's Nikkei 225 stock price index greeted the [...]
- Global| Aug 11 2009
Latvia And Lithuania Report Improvement In Their Current Accounts
The Baltic States, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia have begun to repair their current accounts deficits which had reached as high as 18-28% of GDP . The first chart shows the current accounts as a percent of GDP for the three countries. [...]
- Global| Aug 10 2009
Japan's Current Account Balance Improves Sharply In June
Japan's Current Account increased sharply, outpacing expectations, in June to 1,799 billion yen from 1, 016 billion Yen in May. It was moreover, the fifth successive month of increase and the year over year change is now above the [...]
- Global| Aug 04 2009
Mixed Signals From Down Under
The official policy interest rates in both Australia and New Zealand have been unchanged since May of this year--Australia at 3% and New Zealand at 2.5%, as can be seen in the first chart. In recent news releases, Glenn Stevens, the [...]
- Global| Aug 03 2009
Japanese Wages Continue To Decline In June
Cash earnings, including bonuses, for Japanese workers in all establishments of 5 or more persons were 430,620 Yen (approximately $4,500) in June, 8% below a year ago. The sharp decline was due to lower bonuses and less overtime pay. [...]
- Global| Jul 14 2009
German Investors And Analysts Become Less Positive On The Outlook
German investors and analysts have become somewhat less positive about the economic outlook, six months ahead. In the July survey of the financial community by the ZEW institute, the excess of optimists over pessimists regarding the [...]
- Global| Jul 07 2009
German Manufacturing Orders And Sales Recovering From Their Steep Declines
The volume of new orders in German Manufacturing rose 4.4% in May after a small rise of 0.1% in April and a 3.7% rise in March. The three month rise has brought the level of new orders to 84.5 (2005=100). This is still 33% below the [...]
- Global| Jun 29 2009
Business and Consumer Confidence Improve in the Euro Area
The European Commission's Business Climate Indicator for the Euro Area is designed to deliver a clear and early assessment of the cyclical situation. The extent that it has done so in the past can be seen in the first chart that shows [...]
- Global| Jun 23 2009
French Business Confidence: Viewed By Entrepreneurs And Purchasing Managers
While the World Bank has down graded its forecast for Euro area growth this year to -4.5% from its earlier forecast of -2.7%, indicators of French and German Business confidence have become less pessimistic, although they are still [...]
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