Germany's IFO institute reported today that its business climate index rose to 85.9 (2000=100) in June up from 84.3 in May. This was the third month of improvement. The business climate index is made up of the business community's [...]
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Global| Jun 22 2009German Business Confidence Improving But Still Subdued
- Global| Jun 22 2009
German Business ConfidenceImproving But Still Subdued
Germany's IFO institute reported today that its business climate index rose to 85.9 (2000=100) in June up from 84.3 in May. This was the third month of improvement. The business climate index is made up of the business community's [...]
- Global| Jun 16 2009
Optimism Increases Among German Investors and Analysts
Optimists regarding the outlook for the next six months among German financial market professionals outweighed pessimists by 44.8% in June according to the latest ZEW Survey (The Mannheim based Center for European Economic Research). [...]
- Global| Jun 09 2009
More First Quarter GDP Results
A diverse group of European countries--Czech Republic, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, Malta and Portugal--reported their first quarter GDPs today. Cyprus, the second smallest country in terms of population in the Euro Area, was one of [...]
- Global| Jun 08 2009
OECD Leading Indicators: Signs of Recovery
For the second month in a row there was a rise in the April estimate of the OECD composite leading indicator for all 29 countries, suggesting that, on average, the pace of economic deterioration may be slowing in the major [...]
- Global| Jun 08 2009
OECD Leading Indicators: Signs ofRecovery
For the second month in a row there was a rise in the April estimate of the OECD composite leading indicator for all 29 countries, suggesting that, on average, the pace of economic deterioration may be slowing in the major [...]
- Global| Jun 01 2009
Encouraging News From UK's Hometrack Housing Survey
This May, the Hometrack Housing Survey, which processes information gathered by real estate agents in England and Wales, suggests that the decline in the property market may be reaching bottom. Three of the indicators that Hometrack [...]
- Global| May 19 2009
German Investors And Financial Analysts More Optimistic
While continuing to be pessimistic about current conditions, German investors and financial analysts have become surprisingly more optimistic about the economic outlook over the next six months. The ZEW indicator of current economic [...]
- Global| May 18 2009
News From Eastern Europe Still Mainly Negative
While faint signs of recovery have begun to appear in various parts of the world, few have appeared in Eastern Europe and this remains the case with today's reports from Eastern Europe that include industrial production in Russia and [...]
- Global| May 11 2009
March Industrial Production Data For Italy And France
On a seasonally adjusted basis, industrial production in France declined 1.4% from February to March; and, in Italy, 4.6.%. For the quarter industrial production in France was down 6.8% compared with 6.9% in the fourth quarter. The [...]
- Global| May 06 2009
Commodity Prices And Exchange Rates
Among the signs that the global downturn may be bottoming are recent increases in some commodity prices. The Commodity Research Bureau Index of Spot Prices is up 11.2% from its recent low of 305.59 (1967=100) reached on March 18, as [...]
- Global| May 04 2009
Most April Manufacturing PMI's Show a Lessening of Contraction: India's and China's Show Expansion
Manufacturing activity around the world appears to have stopped contracting.Markit Economics reported today that the diffusion indexes representing the opinions of purchasing managers in manufacturing in a number of countries have [...]
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