Investors in Germany appear to be encouraged by the steps the central bank and the government have taken in recent weeks to deal with the economic slowdown. The European Central Bank reduced it key rate by 50 basis points on October 8 [...]
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Global| Nov 10 2008Declines in Commodity Prices Leading to Lower Inflation Rates Worldwide
Inflation is beginning to take a back seat in the deliberations of Central Bankers. The financial crisis, rising unemployment and declining production are overshadowing inflation fears at the same time that these fears are lessening. [...]
- Global| Nov 03 2008
Economic Forecasts in Haver Analytics
With recession on the horizon, questions have arisen as to how deep, how widespread and how long it will be. Forecasts of Gross Domestic Product for a number of countries, which may help in answering some of these questions, can be [...]
- Global| Oct 27 2008
No Surprise: German Ifo's Business Climate Indicator Continues To Decline
It is no surprise, given the world economic turmoil that German firms have become increasingly pessimistic regarding their economic outlook. The IFO Business climate indicator fell 2.9% to 90.2 (2000=100) in October from 92.9 in [...]
- Global| Oct 21 2008
The Global Financial Crisis Hits British Industry
The Confederation of Business Industry (CBI) released the results of its latest surveys of industrial trends. The quarterly survey gathers the opinions of manufacturers on a number of trends--the general business outlook, trends in [...]
- Global| Oct 20 2008
China's Real GDP Continues to Slow
China's real Gross Domestic Product in the third quarter of this year, just released, was 9% over the third quarter of last year. The increase was below consensus and was the fifth quarter in a row in which the rate of increase [...]
- Global| Oct 13 2008
China's Trade Balance and theChanging Pattern of Trade
China chalked up another monthly record surplus on its trade in goods in September, rising $3.8 billion to $28.8 billion. Exports increased by $1.8 billion and imports declined by $2.0 billion, as shown in the first chart. So far this [...]
- Global| Oct 07 2008
Odd Man Out: Bank Indonesia Raises its Interest Rate
With calls for lower interest rates in the Euro Area, the United States and the United Kingdom and yesterday's steep cut of one percent in Australia's base rate, the action of the Bank Indonesia in raising its key interest rate [...]
- Global| Oct 06 2008
No Place To Hide: Stock Markets In Different Parts Of The World Increasingly Move Together
Stock prices in Europe, Japan and the emerging markets appear to have moved in lock step with those in North America over the past year as shown in the first chart that plots Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) daily stock [...]
- Global| Sep 30 2008
More Signs of Recessions in Japan
Japanese gross domestic product declined at an annual rate of 2.96% in the second quarter of this year after having risen at an annual rate of 2.76% in the first quarter. Monthly data released recently for the third quarter suggest [...]
- Global| Sep 29 2008
Economic Sentiment in the Euro Area Declines Again in September
The Euro Area's Economic Sentiment Indicator fell another 0.8 points in September, continuing a virtually uninterrupted decline since May 2007. The index now stands at 87.7 compared to the long-term average of 100. The indicator, [...]
- Global| Sep 23 2008
As British Mortgages Approvals Decline Outstanding Mortgage Debt Declines but Credit Card Debt Keeps Rising
August data on bank lending to individuals for mortgages and consumer credit were released today by the British Banking Association (BBA), a trade association which comprises Britain's biggest banks. According to the BBA report, [...]
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